Eli Brueggemann has won his first Emmy Award for the original song Come Back Barack from the Chance The Rapper-hosted episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live in the Music & Lyrics category at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. He was previously nominated three more times for other songs from the NBC show over the last six years. In the Outstanding Music Direction category, Gregg Field was […]
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Eli Brueggemann & Gregg Field Win Emmy Awards
Posted: September 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Eli Brueggemann, Emmy Awards, Gregg Field, Saturday Night Live, Tony Bennett: The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
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Beth Krakower (1971 – 2018)
Posted: September 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Beth Krakower
Publicist Beth Krakower who specialized in promoting film/TV composers and soundtrack albums/cast recordings has passed away yesterday, September 5, at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica after a nearly two year battle with breast cancer. She was 46. Among her clients were composers Cliff Martinez (Drive, Traffic), Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, 10 Cloverfield Lane), Rolfe […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
