The only movie opening nationwide this weekend is the comedy Just Getting Started written and directed by Ron Shelton and starring Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Russo, Joe Pantoliano, Glenne Headley, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Elizabeth Ashley, George Wallace, Graham Beckel and Jane Seymour. The film’s original music is composed by Alex Wurman (March of the Penguins, Talladega Nights, Anchorman, The […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 8, 2017)
Posted: December 8, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alex Wurman, Andrew Feltenstein, Austin Wintory, Bullet Head, David Norland, Gustavo Santaolalla, I Tonya, John Nau, Just Getting Started, November Criminals, Peter Nashel, The Pirates of Somalia, The Tribes of Palos Verdes
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23rd Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: December 6, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critics Choice Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominations for the 23rd Critics’ Choice Movie Awards this morning. The film music-related categories are listed below. For a full list of nominations, click here. The awards will be given out on January 11, 2018 at the 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony, which will broadcast […]
Nominations for 45th Annie Awards Announced
Posted: December 4, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 45th Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees: Music in an Animated Feature Production Theodore Shapiro – Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie – DreamWorks Animation Michael Giacchino, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez & Germaine Franco – Coco –Pixar Animation Studios Clint Mansell – Loving Vincent –BreakThru Films, Production Company […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 1, 2017)
Posted: December 1, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 24 Hours to Live, Alexandre Desplat, Dave Porter, The Disaster Artist, The Shape of Water, Tyler Bates, Wonder Wheel
No movies are opening nationwide this week. Opening in New York before being released in Los Angeles next week and in other markets later this month is the fantasy drama The Shape of Water co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Doug Jones and Octavia Spencer. […]
60th Grammy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: November 28, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Grammy Awards
The nominations for the 60th Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film music-related categories: Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Arrival (Jóhann Jóhannsson) Dunkirk (Hans Zimmer) Game Of Thrones: Season 7 (Ramin Djawadi) Hidden Figures (Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams & Hans Zimmer) La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)
Scott Cooper’s ‘Hostiles’ to Feature Original Song by Ryan Bingham
Posted: November 21, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hostiles, Ryan Bingham, Scott Cooper
Ryan Bingham has recorded the original song How Shall a Sparrow Fly for Scott Cooper’s western Hostiles. The singer/songwriter, who also appears in the movie, previously co-wrote the song The Weary Kind for Cooper’s 2009 feature Crazy Heart with T Bone Burnett, for which he received an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award. Check back […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 17, 2017)
Posted: November 17, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bear McCreary, Brooke Blair, Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard, Jeff Danna, John Paesano, Justice League, Marcelo Zarvos, Mudbound, Mychael Danna, Revolt, Roman J. Israel Esq., Sweet Virginia, Tamar-Kali, The Breadwinner, The Star, Will Blair, Wonder
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the comic book movie Justice League directed by Zack Snyder and starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Ezra Miller, Jason Monoa, Ray Fisher, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane, Connie Nielsen, J.K. Simmons and Ciarán Hinds. The film’s original music is composed […]
‘Plus One’ to Feature Original Songs by Real Estate
Posted: November 16, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Plus One, Real Estate
The indie rock band Real Estate will be contributing original songs to the upcoming romantic comedy Plus One. The film is written and directed by Andrew Rhymer & Jeff Chan and stars Jack Quaid, Maya Erskine, Ed Begley Jr, Perrey Reeves, Finn Wittrock, Rosalind Chao, Jon Bass and Beck Bennett. The movie centers on a […]
Luis Bacalov (1933 – 2017)
Posted: November 15, 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Luis Bacalov
Luis Bacalov has passed away today at age 84 in Rome. The composer is best known for his score for the Italian drama Il Postino, for which he received the Academy Award in the Best Original Score category in 1996. He was also Oscar-nominated in 1967 for his work on Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew. His […]
