Archive for the ‘Film Music News’ Category

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the horror thriller Wolf Man co-written and directed by Leigh Whannell and starring  Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matlida Firth, Beatriz Romilly, Ben Prendergast, Sam Jaeger, Zac Chandler, Benedict Hardie and Milo Cawthorne. The film’s original music is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch (It, Alien: Romulus, The Invisible Man, Twisters, Blade Runner, Shazam!, 2049, Hidden […]

The Guild of Music Supervisors today announced the nominations for its 15th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which will take place at an in-person and and virtual awards gala at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 23, 2025. The awards will recognize outstanding Music Supervisors representing Motion Picture, Television, Games, Trailers […]

2025 BAFTA Nominations Announced

Posted: January 15, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2025 EE British Academy Film Awards, including the five nominees in the music category. The organization has previously released a shortlist of ten titles last month. The winners will be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, February 16 […]

Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action thriller Den of Thieves 2: Pantera  written and directed by Christian Gudegast and starring Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Evin Ahmad, Swen Temmel, Meadow Williams and Salvatore Esposito. The film’s original music is composed by Kevin Matley (The Family Plan, Concrete Cowboy, Arthur the King, Path of the […]

The Television Academy has announced a number of rules changes for the 78th & 79th Emmy Awards competition in 2025 & 2026, including an update in the Music – Main Title Theme category for 2026. The new rules state that a “Main Title Theme must appear in 50% or more of eligible episodes submitted for the […]

The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 61st Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside re-recording, production, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Nick Baxter for James […]

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross have received their third Golden Globe in the Original Score category for their score for Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers at tonight’s 82nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony. They previously won the award for their music for The Social Network & Soul and were also nominated for their The Girl with the Dragon […]

Opening semi-wide in around 700 U.S. theaters this weekend is the period psychological horror drama The Damned directed by Thordur Palsson and starring Odessa Young and Joe Cole. The film’s original music composed by Stephen McKeon (Evil Dead Rise, The Hole in the Ground, Pilgrimage, Queen & Country, Norm of the North, The Cellar, Rose Plays Julie). Moonflower Records […]

2025 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced

Posted: January 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today announced the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2025. This longlisting round was introduced in 2021, resulting in three rounds of voting. Round One voting produced the longlists in all categories announced today. 118 films were submitted for consideration. Round Two voting, […]

Tim Rice (The Lion King, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Road to El Dorado) has revealed in a recent interview with The Irish News that he is co-writing new original songs for the upcoming film adaptation of the stage musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Andrew Lloyd Webber (The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, […]