Anastacia is writing and performing the theme song for the upcoming neo-noir thriller American Night. The film is written and directed by Alessio Jim Della Valle and stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, Jeremy Piven, Fortunato Cerlino, Annabelle Belmondo, Mara Lane and Alba Amira Ramadani. The movie follows the Don of the New […]
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Anastacia to Write & Perform Theme Song for Alessio Jim Della Valle’s ‘American Night’
Posted: May 3, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alessio Jim Della Valle, American Night, Anastacia
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David Holmes & Keefus Ciancia Win BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Killing Eve’
Posted: April 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards, David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia, Killing Eve
David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven, Out of Sight, Haywire) & Keefus Ciancia (True Detective, The Motel Life) won their first BAFTA TV Craft Award today for her music for the BBC series Killing Eve developed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and starring Sandra Oh & Jodie Comer. The composers accepted their award in person last night at the ceremony […]
Gabriel Yared to Receive Max Steiner Award
Posted: April 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Gabriel Yared, Hollywood in Vienna, Max Steiner Award
It was announced today that Gabriel Yared (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, The Lives of Others) is the recipient of this year’s Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award, which will be presented at the annual Hollywood in Vienna Concert Gala at Vienna Concert Hall on October 19, 2019. The composer will be accepting the award in […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 26, 2019)
Posted: April 26, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, Avengers: Endgame, Ben Lovett, I Trapped the Devil, Ilan Eshkeri, J.T. Leroy, The White Crow, Tim Kvasnosky
The only movie opening nationwide this week is Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame directed by Anthony & Joe Russo and stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson and Josh Brolin. The film’s original music is composed by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Captain America: The First […]
Academy Confirms Return of Short Lists in Music Categories
Posted: April 24, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy has announced the updated rules for next year’s 92nd Academy Awards and confirmed that the short lists that were reintroduced last year in both “Original Score” and “Original Song” music categories will return for next year’s Oscars. The new procedure in the nomination phase generated mixed reactions last year, with some parties feeling […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 19, 2019)
Posted: April 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Feltenstein, Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache, Breakthrough, Brian McOmber, Disasterpeace, Drunk Parents, Family, Fast Color, George Fenton, Hail Satan?, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jeremy Turner, John Nau, Joseph Bishara, Little Woods, Malcolm Parson, Marcelo Zarvos, Penguins, Peter G. Adams, Red Joan, Rob Simonsen, The Curse of La Llorona, Under the Silver Lake
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week: Opening in most theaters is the horror thriller The Curse of La Llorona directed by Michael Chaves and starring Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez and Raymond Cruz. The film’s original music is composed by Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Annabelle, Insidious, The Prodigy). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s […]
Danny Boyle’s ‘Yesterday’ to Feature Original Song by Ed Sheeran
Posted: April 19, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Danny Boyle, Ed Sheeran, Yesterday
Ed Sheeran has recorded an original song for Danny Boyle’s upcoming musical comedy drama Yesterday. The track will be featured in the movie written by Richard Curtis and starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon, as well as the singer/songwriter himself. The movie, which follows a struggling singer whose dreams are fading who wakes to […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 12, 2019)
Posted: April 12, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: After, Benjamin Wallfisch, Carter Burwell, Crypto, Germaine Franco, Girls of the Sun, Hellboy, Her Smell, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Johann Johannsson, Justin Burnett, Keegan DeWitt, Little, Mary Magdalene, Missing Link, Morgan Kibby, Nima Fakhrara, Steve London, Stockholm, Teen Spirit
Four new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Missing Link written and directed by Chris Butler and starring Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Zach Galifianakis, Timothy Olyphant, Emma Thompson, David Walliams, Stephen Fry and Matt Lucas. Carter Burwell (Carol, Fargo, Twilight, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) has composed the film’s original score. […]
Terence Blanchard to Be Named BMI Icon at BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
Posted: April 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI, BMI Film TV & Visual Media Awards, Terence Blanchard, William Ross
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) announced today that film composer and celebrated jazz musician Terence Blanchard will be named a BMI Icon at the 35th annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards in recognition of his significant contributions to the cinematic community. The composer whose film scoring credits include Malcolm X, Inside Man, 25th Hour […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (April 5, 2019)
Posted: April 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ben Lovett, Benjamin Wallfisch, Gary Yershon, High Life, Joanne Higginbottom, Marcelo Zarvos, Pet Sematary, Peterloo, Shazam, Stuart A. Staples, The Best of Enemies, The Public, The Wind, Tyler Bates
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week: Opening in most theaters is the superhero movie Shazam! directed by David F. Sandberg and starring Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Asher Angel, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Faithe Herman, Cooper Andrews and Marta Milans. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Blade […]
