The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced that composer John Powell will be honored at the 33rd Annual Screen Music Awards (previously known as ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards) on May 23, 2018 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Powell will receive the Henry Mancini Award, which is given to composers for outstanding […]
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John Powell to Receive Henry Mancini Award
Posted: March 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP Screen Music Awards, Henry Mancini Award, John Powell
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Nominations for BAFTA TV Craft Awards Announced
Posted: March 22, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards
The BAFTA TV Craft Awards nominations have been announced today. Check out the nominees in the music-related category after the jump. This year’s awards ceremony hosted by Stephen Mangan will take place at the Brewery, London, on Sunday, April 22, and will be hosted for the sixth time by Stephen Mangan. The BAFTA TV Awards […]
Matt Dunkley to Serve as Musical Director on Rupert Goold’s ‘Judy’
Posted: March 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Judy, Matt Dunkley, Rupert Goold
Pathé and Calamity Films announced today that Matt Dunkley will serve as the musical director on the upcoming biographical drama Judy. The film is directed by Rupert Goold (True Story) and stars Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland, alongside Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock and Sir Michael Gambon. The movie follows the legendary performer as she arrives in London in the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 16, 2018)
Posted: March 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 7 Days in Entebbe, Brent McCorkle, Dear Dictator, Demon House, Emilio Kauderer, Family Blood, Flower, Furlough, Hildur Guonadottir, I Can Only Imagine, Jeff Cardoni, Joseph Stephens, Josie, Journey's End, Junkie XL, Love Simon, Mimi Page, Natalie Holt, Raney Shockne, Rob Simonsen, Rodrigo Amarante, The Newton Brothers, Tom Holkenborg, Tomb Raider
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the action adventure Tomb Raider directed by Roar Uthaug and starring Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins and Daniel Wu. The film’s original music is composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) (Mad Max: Fury Road, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Divergent, Black Mass). Sony Classical has released […]
Pitbull to Write & Perform Original Song for Robert Rodriguez’s ‘UglyDolls’ Movie
Posted: March 13, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Armando Christian Perez, Pitbull, Robert Rodriguez, UglyDolls
STX Entertainment announced today that Grammy Award winner Pitbull (aka Armando Christian Perez) will write and perform an original song for the upcoming animated UglyDolls movie. The singer/rapper/record producer will also lend his voice talent to one of the film’s key characters. The movie based on the David Horvath-created dolls is directed and produced by Robert Rodriguez […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 9, 2018)
Posted: March 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Wrinkle in Time, Adrian Johnston, Bent, Carlo Virzi, Christophe Beck, Christopher Willis, Erik Friedlander, Gringo, Lorne Balfe, Ramin Djawadi, Sune Martin, The Death of Stalin, The Hurricane Heist, The Leisure Seeker, The Outsider, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Thoroughbreds, Zacarías M. De la Riva
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is Disney’s fantasy drama A Wrinkle in Time directed by Ava DuVernay and starring Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Storm Reid, Mindy Kaling, Guru Mbatha-Raw, Michael Peňa, Levi Miller, Zach Galifianakis and Chris Pine. The film’s original music is composed by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones, Westworld, Pacific […]
Alexandre Desplat Wins Academy Award for ‘The Shape of Water’
Posted: March 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, Coco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, The Shape of Water
Alexandre Desplat was honored with his second Academy Award for his score for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water at tonight’s 90th Oscar ceremony. The other nominated composers in the Best Original Score category were Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread), Hans Zimmer (Dunkirk), John Williams (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and Carter Burwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 2, 2018)
Posted: March 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amit Poznansky, Dance Academy: The Movie, Darren Morze, David Hirschfelder, Death Wish, Foxtrot, Hondros, James Newton Howard, Jeff Russo, Ludwig Göransson, Ophir Leibovitch, Red Sparrow, Submission, The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the spy thriller Red Sparrow directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeremy Irons. The film’s original music is composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, The Fugitive, Signs, King Kong, Fantastic Beasts and Where […]
Diane Warren to Pen Original Song for Amy Ziering’s & Kirby Dick’s Next Documentary
Posted: March 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Amy Ziering, Diane Warren, Kirby Dick
Diane Warren is reteaming with Amy Ziering & Kirby Dick (The Invisible War) and write an original song for the the filmmakers’ next, currently untitled documentary about the #MeToo movement and Hollywood. The movie will examine abuse and cover-ups within the entertainment industry and explore the lack of parity and diversity within the entertainment industry. […]
Stephen Schwartz to Develop Hans Christian Anderson Movie Musical
Posted: February 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Stephen Schwartz
Deadline is reporting that Stephen Schwartz is developing an untitled original musical fantasy about Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The project marks the first original musical from the composter/lyricist since Wicked and follows Andersen as a young man as he gets trapped in a world of his own imagination and searches for a way back to reality, […]
