Justin Hurwitz was honored with the Critics’ Choice Movie Award in the Best Score category for his music for Damien Chazelle’s First Man at tonight’s 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, CA. He previously received a Critics’ Choice Award for his score for Chazelle’s La La Land in 2017. The other composers nominated in […]
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Justin Hurwitz Wins Critics’ Choice Award for ‘First Man’
Posted: January 13, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Star Is Born, Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando, Critics Choice Awards, First Man, Justin Hurwitz, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 11, 2019)
Posted: January 11, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Dog's Way Home, Against the Clock, Ashes in the Snow, Bruno Coulais, Hauschka, Jose "Pepe" Ojeda, Mark Kilian, Michael Andrews, Mychael Danna, Perfect Strangers, Replicas, Rob Simonsen, Tall Tales, The Upside, Victor Reyes, Volker Bertelmann
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide: Opening in most theaters is the family drama A Dog’s Way Home directed by Charles Martin Smith and starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Judd, Wes Studi, Alexandra Shipp, Jonah Hauer-King and Edward James Olmos. The film’s original music is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball, Capote, Little Miss Sunshine, On the Basis […]
9th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 10, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
The Guild of Music Supervisors announced the nominations for its 9th annual awards ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. The awards will recognize outstanding Music Supervisors representing Motion Picture, Television, Games, Trailers and Advertising. Below are the nominations for some of the major categories. […]
2019 BAFTA Nominations Announced
Posted: January 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2019 Orange British Academy Film Awards. The winners will be announced at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday, February 10. For a full list of nominations, click here. Here are the nominations in […]
55th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 8, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: CAS Awards, Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 55th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past few years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside production, re-recording, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Tyson Lozensky for John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place (scored by […]
Michael Giacchino to Collaborate with Brad Bird on Original Musical
Posted: January 7, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Brad Bird, Michael Giacchino
Brad Bird revealed in an interview with Variety on the red carpet at this year’s BAFTA Tea Party this past Saturday that he is collaborating with composer Michael Giacchino on an original musical, which will be the director’s next project and will contain about 20 minutes of animation. No other details have been announced yet. […]
Justin Hurwitz Wins Golden Globe for ‘First Man’
Posted: January 6, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Star Is Born, Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando, First Man, Golden Globes, Justin Hurwitz, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson
Justin Hurwitz has received his third Golden Globe Award in the Original Score category for Damien Chazelle’s First Man. He previously won two Golden Globes for both score and song for Chazelle’s La La Land. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns), Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther), Alexandre Desplat (Isle […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 4, 2019)
Posted: January 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Being Rose, Benjamin Wallfisch, Brian Tyler, Crooked Arrows, David Wingo, Escape Room, H. Scott Salinas, John Carey, Rust Creek, State Like Sleep, The Vanishing
The only new movie opening nationwide this week is the psychological thriller Escape Room directed by Adam Robitel and starring Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani and Yorick van Wageningen. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Furious 7, Crazy Rich Asians, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron) and John Carey. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 28, 2018)
Posted: December 28, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Destroyer, Holmes & Watson, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mychael Danna, Nicholas Britell, On the Basis of Sex, Rolfe Kent, Stan & Ollie, Theodore Shapiro, Vice
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is the political comedy drama Vice written and directed by Adam McKay and starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carrell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe and Tyler Perry. The film’s original music is composed by Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Battle of the Sexes, Succession). Decca […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 21, 2018)
Posted: December 21, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alan Silvestri, American Renegades, Angelo Badalamenti, Aquaman, Between Worlds, Bumblebee, Cold War, Dario Marianelli, Eric Serra, Jason Solowsky, Marc Shaiman Returns, Marcin Masecki, Mary Poppins Returns, Michael Andrews, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Second Act, Welcome to Marwen
Five new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week: Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the movie musical Mary Poppins Returns directed by Rob Marshall and starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Angela Lansbury and […]
