The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday night (September 4) to present an Honorary Award to composer Lalo Schifrin. He will be honored at the Academy’s 10th Annual Governors Awards on Sunday, November 18, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center. Born and raised in […]
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Lalo Schifrin to Receive Honorary Academy Award at 2018 Governors Awards
Posted: September 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Lalo Schifrin
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Steve McQueen’s ‘Widows’ to Feature Original Song by Sade
Posted: August 31, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Sade, Steve McQueen, Widows
Sade has recorded the original song The Big Unknown for Steve McQueen’s upcoming heist thriller Widows. The track is co-written by herself and Ben Travers who also produced the song with Aaron Taylor Dean. The singer/songwriter has previously contributed an original song for Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time, which was released earlier this year. […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 24, 2018)
Posted: August 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A.X.L., Alfonso de Vilallonga, Arizona, Blue Iguana, Christopher Lennertz, David Buckley, Joseph Stephens, Papillon, Searching, Simon Lambros, Support the Girls, The Bookshop, The Happytime Murders, Torin Borrowdale
Two new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the comedy The Happytime Murders directed by Brian Henson and starring Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale and Elizabeth Banks. The film’s original music is composed by Christopher Lennertz (Horrible Bosses, Lost in Space, Ride Along, Agent Carter, Sausage Party). No soundtrack album has […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 17, 2018)
Posted: August 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alpha, Billionaire Boys Club, Blaze, Brian Tyler, Chris Ruggiero, Crazy Rich Asians, Down a Dark Hall, Edward Shearmur, Ingmar Süberkrüb, Jeff Russo, Jeremy Rubolino, Jocelyn Took, Joseph S. DeBeasi, Juliet Naked, Luis and the Aliens, Martin Lingnau, Michael Stearns, Mile 22, Minding the Gap, Nathan Halpern, Nathan Larson, Nick Zammuto, The Little Mermaid, The Wife, Victor Reyes, We the Animals
Three new movies are opening nationwide this week: Already playing in theaters since this past Wednesday is the romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Constance Wu, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding and Chris Pang. The film’s original score is composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast & […]
2018 World Soundtrack Awards Composer of the Year Nominations Announced
Posted: August 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the first wave of nominees for the 2018 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories Film Composer of the Year, Best TV Composer and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Wednesday, October 17 at the Ghent […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 10, 2018)
Posted: August 10, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Crooked Somebody, A Prayer Before Dawn, Andrew Hewitt, Aska Matsumiya, BlacKkKlansman, Brandon Campbell, Craig Wedren, Dog Days, Elizabeth Harvest, Harry Gregson-Williams, Matt Novack, Nicolas Becker, Rachel Zeffira, Ramin Djawadi, Skate Kitchen, Slender Man, Terence Blanchard, The Meg
Four new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week: Expected to top the weekend box office is the shark thriller The Meg directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Page Kennedy, Robert Taylor and Sophia Shuya Cai. The film’s original music is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 3, 2018)
Posted: August 3, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Benjamin Wallfisch, Christopher Robin, Death of a Nation, Dennis McCarthy, Gatto Ciliegia contro il Grande Freddo, Geoff Zanelli, Jon Brion, Julian Wass, Never Goin' Back, Nico 1988, Sarah Jaffe, The Darkest Minds, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Tyler Bates
Four new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the family drama Christopher Robin directed by Marc Forster and starring Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss, Jim Cummings, Chris O’Dowd, Brad Garrett and Sophie Okonedo. The film’s original score is composed by Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 27, 2018)
Posted: July 27, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Dustin O'Halloran, Hot Summer Nights, Jane Antonia Cornish, Jared Faber, Jeff Beal, Lorne Balfe, Mark Korven, Martin Todsharow, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Our House, Puzzle, Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, The Bleeding Edge, The Captain, Will Bates
Opening in most theaters is the action thriller Mission: Impossible – Fallout directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Cavill, Michelle Monaghan, Alec Baldwin, Vanessa Kirby, Sian Brooke, Angela Bassett and Sean Harris. The film’s original music is composed by Lorne Balfe (The LEGO Batman Movie, Home, Terminator Genisys, The Crown, Genius). Paramount […]
Patrick Williams (1939 – 2018)
Posted: July 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Patrick Williams
Patrick Williams has passed away today at age 79. The composer has scored numerous features, TV shows and television movies over a five decade-spanning career. Among his feature film credits are John Water’s 1990 comedy Cry-Baby, the 1992 drama The Cutting Edge, Robert Zemeckis’ Used Cars, Richard Donner’s 1982 film The Toy, and Richard Lester’s […]
