Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the live-action adaptation of Disney’s Dumbo directed by Tim Burton and starring Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin, Finley Hobbins, Nico Parker, Roshan Seth, Deobia Oparei, Joseph Gatt and Sharon Rooney. The film’s original music is composed […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 29, 2019)
Posted: March 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Vigilante, Blake Kanicka, Blitz the Ambassador, Danny Bensi, Danny Elfman, Diane, Dumbo, Jeremiah Bornfield, John Debney, Keegan DeWitt, Making Babies, Marcelo Zarvos, Saunder Jurriaans, The Beach Bum, The Burial of Kojo, The Chaperone, Unplanned
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Michael Giacchino to Receive ASCAP Henry Mancini Award
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP, ASCAP Henry Mancini Award, ASCAP Screen Music Awards, ASCAP Shirley Walker Award, ASCAP Vanguard Award, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Michael Giacchino, Pinar Toprak
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, has announced today that Michael Giacchino will be honored at this year’s 34th ASCAP Screen Music Awards, which takes place on May 15 in Beverly Hills. The Academy Award-, Emmy Award- and Grammy Award-winning composer whose credits include Up, The Incredibles, Lost, Ratatouille, Star Trek, Jurassic World, Rogue One: […]
BAFTA TV Craft Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: March 28, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards
The 2019 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 will take place at the Brewery, London, on Sunday, April 28, and will be hosted for the seventh time by Stephen Mangan. For the first time, the event will […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 22, 2019)
Posted: March 22, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Clint Mansell, Dragged Across Concrete, Hauschka, Hotel Mumbai, Jeff Herriott, László Melis, Michael Abels, Out of Blue, S. Craig Zahler, Sunset, Us, Volker Bertelmann
The only new movie opening in theaters nationwide is the horror thriller Us written and directed by Jordan Peele and starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop and Evan Alex. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Abels (Get Out). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 15, 2019)
Posted: March 15, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Breton Vivian, Brian Tyler, Captive State, Dickon Hinchliffe, Finding Steve McQueen, Five Feet Apart, Gast Waltzing, Jed Kurzel, Juan José Javierre, Knife + Heart, M83, Martin Phipps, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, Never Grow Old, No Manches Frida 2, Rob Simonsen, Sherri Chung, Steven Price, The Aftermath, The Highwaymen, The Hummingbird Project, The Mustang, Thomas Newman, Victor Reyes, Wonder Park, Yardie, Yves Gourmeur
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Wonder Park written and produced by Josh Applebaum & Andre Nemec and featuring the voices of Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick, John Oliver, Mila Kunis and Ken Jeong. The film’s original score is composed by Steven Price (Gravity, Suicide Squad, Baby Driver). Sony Classical […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 8, 2019)
Posted: March 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Captain Marvel, Disasterpeace, Gloria Bell, I'm Not Here, Latham Gaines, Matthew Herbert, Nima Fakhrara, Pinar Toprak, Rich Vreeland, Shelby Gaines, The Kid, Triple Frontier
The only movie opening nationwide this week is Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck and starring Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Mckenna Grace, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg and Jude Law. The film’s original music is composed by Pinar Toprak (Krypton, The Angel, Fornite). Marvel Music […]
Lynn Shelton’s ‘Sword of Trust’ to Feature Original Song by Marc Maron & Tal Wilkenfeld
Posted: March 5, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Lynn Shelton, Marc Maron, Sword of Trust, Tal Wilkenfeld
Marc Maron and Tal Wilkenfeld have written and recorded an original track for the upcoming indie comedy drama Sword of Trust. The track will be featured during the end credits of the film directed by Lynn Shelton (Your Sister’s Sister, Laggies, Outside In) and starring Maron himself, Jon Bass, Michaela Watkins, Jillian Bell, Toby Huss, […]
Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel Team Up with Josh Gad for Rip Van Winkle Musical
Posted: March 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Elyssa Samsel, Josh Gad, Kate Anderson, Rip Van Winkle
THR is reporting that songwriters Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel are teaming up with Josh Gad on a movie musical based on the American folk tale of Rip Van Winkle. Cynthia Erivo is attached to star in the film, which is based on the short story written by Washington Irving (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) about a villager […]
Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ to Feature End Credits Song by Arcade Fire
Posted: March 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Arcade Fire, Dumbo, Tim Burton
Walt Disney Pictures has announced that Arcade Fire has recorded a new version of the Academy Award-nominated song Baby Mine for Disney’s upcoming Dumbo live-action movie. The song was originally written by Frank Churchill and Ned Washington (lyrics) for the 1941 animated classic. The new version will be featured during the movie’s end credits and […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 1, 2019)
Posted: March 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Antonio Pinto, Apollo 11, Christopher Lennertz, Cliffs of Freedom, Climax, Erez Koskas, George Kallis, Giant Little Ones, Greta, Harry Escott, James T. Sale, Javier Navarrete, Mapplethorpe, Marcelo Zarvos, Matt Morton, Michael Brook, Philip White, Saint Judy, Stephen McKeon, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, The Hole in the Ground, The Wedding Guest, Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral, We Die Young
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the comedy A Madea Family Funeral written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry who also stars in the movie with Cassi Davis and Patrice Lovely. Philip White (Boo 2! A Madea Halloween, Nobody’s Fool) has composed the film’s original score and Christopher Lennertz […]
