Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the animated feature Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch directed by Scott Mosier & Yarrow Cheney and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Alice in Wonderland, Nightmare Before Christmas). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 9, 2018)
Posted: November 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Lockington, Carter Burwell, Danny Elfman, Dr. Seuss' The Grinch, Jed Kurzel, Keegan DeWitt, Overlord, Rob Simonsen, Roque Banos, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Front Runner, The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Long Dumb Road, Time Freak
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Francis Lai (1932 – 2018)
Posted: November 7, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Francis Lai
French composer Francis Lai has passed away at age 86. He is best known for his score for Arthur Hiller’s 1970 feature Love Story, for which he received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and also earned a Grammy Award nomination. Lai was also Golden Globe-nominated for his score and songs from Claude Lelouch’s 1966 […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 2, 2018)
Posted: November 2, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Private War, Annettte Focks, Bodied, Bohemian Rhapsody, Boy Erased, Brain and Melissa, Daniel L.K. Caldwell, Danny Bensi, H. Scott Salinas, In Harm's Way, In Search of Greatness, Inyoung Park, James Newton Howard, Leo Birenberg, Michel Legrand, Nobody's Fool, Philip White, Prospect, Rampant, Saunder Jurriaans, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The Other Side of the Wind
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the biographical drama Bohemian Rhapsody directed by Bryan Singer and starring Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aiden Gillen, Tom Hollander and Mike Myers. The movie doesn’t feature an original score. Hollywood Records has […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 19, 2018)
Posted: October 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, Andrew Hung, Atticus Ross, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, Danny Mulhern, David Lang, Eugenie Jacobson, Galveston, Halloween, Jeff Cardoni, Jens Grötzschel, John Carpenter, Malicious, Marc Chouarain, Mid90s, Nate Heller, Stefan Schulzki, The Super, Trent Reznor, What They Had, Wildlife
The only new movie opening nationwide this weekend is the slasher thriller Halloween co-written and directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Virginia Gardner and Nick Castle. The film’s original music is composed by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies. Sacred Bones Records has released a soundtrack album featuring […]
Johann Johannsson Named Film Composer of the Year at 2018 World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 17, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Johann Johannsson, Laurent Eyquem, Ramin Djawadi, Tamar-Kali, World Soundtrack Awards
Johann Johannsson was named Film Composer of the Year at the 18th World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 45th Ghent Film Festival. Among the late composer’s final scores released over the last year were Mandy, Mary Magdalene (co-scored with Hildur Guðnadóttir who accepted the award on his behalf) and The Mercy. He previously received the […]
2018 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: October 16, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: HMMA, Hollywood Music in Media Awards
The nominations for the 9th Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) in the Visual Media categories have been announced. Check out the nominees in the major categories below after the jump and visit the official HMMA website to buy tickets and for the full list of nominations. The awards show will be held on Wednesday, November 14, […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 12, 2018)
Posted: October 12, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 22 July, Apostle, Aria Prayogi, Asher Goldschmidt, Bad Times at the El Royale, Bear McCreary, Beautiful Boy, Bigger, Bret Mazur, Dominic Lewis, Fajar Yuskemal, First Man, Gabriel Yared, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, I Still See You, Jeff Beal, Justin Hurwitz, Look Away, Mario Grigorov, Michael Giacchino, Mike McCready, Sadie, Sune Martin, The Happy Prince, The Kindergarten Teacher, The Oath
Three new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the biographical drama First Man directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Ciarán Hinds, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit and Lukas Haas. The film’s original music is composed by Justin Hurwitz (La La Land,Whiplash). […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 5, 2018)
Posted: October 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Crooked Somebody, A Star Is Born, Andrew Hewitt, Chasing the Blues, Dustin O'Halloran, Eduardo Reyes Napoles, Federico Jusid, Jeremy Bullock, Keegan DeWitt, Lorne Balfe, Loving Pablo, Ludwig Göransson, Paul Haslinger, Private Life, Ride, Shine, Studio 54, The Hate U Give, Venom
Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the superhero movie Venom directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze and Reid Scott. The film’s original music is composed by Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther, Creed, Fruitvale Station, Community). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack […]
Stelvio Cipriani (1937-2018)
Posted: October 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Stelvio Cipriani
Stelvio Cipriani has passed away today at age 81. The Italian composer has scored over 200 movies and TV shows over an almost five decade-spanning career. Among his best known scoring credits are Umberto Lenzi’s Nightmare City, James Cameron’s Piranha II: The Spawning, Mario Bava’s A Bay of Blood and Rabid Dogs, Ovidio G. Assonitis’ […]
