2021 BAFTA Nominations Announced

Posted: March 9, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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bafta1 The British Academy of Film and Television has announced the nominations for the 2021 EE British Academy Film Awards, including the five nominees in the music category. The organization has previously released a shortlist of fifteen titles last month. The winners will be announced at the EE British Academy Film Awards on the weekend of April 10 & 11, 2021. For a full list of nominations, click here.

Here are the nominations in the ‘Original Score’ category:

Mank – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Minari – Emile Mosseri
News of the World – James Newton Howard Read the rest of this entry »

A soundtrack album has been released for the Danish drama Erna at War (Erna i krig). The album features the film’s original music composed by Mihkel Zilmer (Burden of Peace, Truth and Justice). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio clips. Erna at War is co-written and directed by Henrik Ruben Genz (Terribly Happy) and stars Trine Dyrholm, Anders W. Berthelsen, Ulrich Thomsen and Sylvester Byder. The movie is set in 1918, on the border between Germany and Denmark and tells the story of a woman who disguises herself as a man to join the regiment of her son who has been called up to fight in WWI. Read the rest of this entry »

Intrada Records has announced the CD premiere release of the soundtrack album for the 1986 comedy Legal Eagles directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp and Steven Hill. The album features the original score from the Universal Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, Airplane, Far from Heaven, The Great Escape). Also included are three songs from the movie performed by The Rascals, Steppenwolf and Daryl Hannah. Visit the label’s official website to order the CD, for more details about the album and to check out audio samples. MCA Records has previously released the soundtrack on vinyl at the time of the comedy’s release in 1986. Read the rest of this entry »

Waxwork Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1976 cult slasher movie Alice, Sweet Alice co-written and directed by Alfred Sole and starring Linda Miller, Paula Sheppard, Mildred Clinton and Brooke Shields. The album features the film’s original music composed by Stephen Lawrence (Bang the Drum Slowly, Red Riding Hood, Jennifer On My Mind, Dragonfly). The soundtrack is now available to purchase as a CD and vinyl edition on the label’s official website and is also available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Danna (The Good Dinosaur, Onward, The Addams FamilyThe Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusThe Boondock Saints) has recently recorded his score for  upcoming Netflix animated feature Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans. The film marks the culmination of Guillermo del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia saga and features the voices of Emile Hirsch, Lexi Medrano, Charlie Saxton, Kelsey Grammer, Alfred Molina, Steven Yeun, Nick Frost, Colin O’Donoghue,Diego Luna, Tatiana Maslany and Nick Offerman. The movie takes place after the events of the Tales of Arcadia trilogy and follows the heroes of Arcadia who must band together to protect humanity from the evil Arcane Order, who wield their dark and uncontrollable magic to summon ancient titans that threaten to destroy the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the TV series Shadowplay. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Nathaniel Méchaly (Taken, The Grandmaster, Colombiana, Transporter: The SeriesShut In, Taxi Brooklyn). Also included is the song Heideröslein performed by Herbert Grönemeyer. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other digital music stores. Shadowplay is created by Måns Mårlind and stars Taylor Kitsch, Michael C. Hall, Mala Emde, Sebastian Koch, Tuppence Middleton and Logan Marshall-Green. The 8-part thriller follows an American cop who arrives in Berlin in the summer of 1946 to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Morrow (Ibiza, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado, Hammer, Trolls Holiday) has composed the original score for the new National Geographic documentary Own the Room. The film is directed by Cristina Costantini & Darren Foster and follows five young star students on their journey to win one of the world’s most prestigious competitions for student entrepreneurs, the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards. Rupert Maconick (Eddie the Eagle) & Jeffrey Plunkett are producing the Saville & Shopify Studios production. Read the rest of this entry »

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste were honored with the Critics’ Choice Award in the Best Score category for their music for Pixar’s animated movie Soul at tonight’s virtual 26th Critics’ Choice Awards. Reznor & Ross previously won the award in 2011 for their score for David Fincher’s The Social Network and were also nominated this year for their work on Fincher’s Mank. The other composers nominated in the category were Ludwig Göransson for Tenet, James Newton Howard for News of the World, Alexandre Desplat for The Midnight Sky and Emile Mosseri for Minari. Read the rest of this entry »

Premiering on Friday, March 12, is the Netflix original film Yes Day directed by Miguel Arteta and starring Jennifer Garner, Edgar Ramirez, Jenna Ortega, Julian Lerner, Everly Carganilla, Arturo Castro, Nat Faxon, Fortune Feimster and Molly Sims. The film’s original music is composed by Michael Andrews (Donnie DarkoBridesmaidsBad TeacherThe Big Sick, Daddy’s Home, Freaks & Geeks, Instant Family). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the family comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Also premiering on Friday is the Netflix original series The One created by Howard Overman based on John Marss’ book and starring Hannah Ware, Dimitri Leonidas, Amir El-Masry, Wilf Scolding, Stephen Campbell, Diarmaid Murtagh, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Lois Chimimba, Pallavi Sharda, Zoë Tapper and Gregg Chillin. Dave Rowntree (The Capture, After the Screaming StopsWhite Island) and Ian Arber (MediciMy Name Is LennyI Am Bolt) have composed the show’s original music. Click here for more information about the sci-fi drama, which will be available to stream on Netflix. Read the rest of this entry »

Jazz musician Avishai Cohen is composing the original music for the upcoming historical drama Tel-Aviv/Beirut. The film is directed by Michale Boganim (Land of Oblivion, Odessa…Odessa!) and stars Zalfa Seurat, Sarah Adler, Shlomi Elkabetz, Younès Bouab, Sofia Essaïdi and Maayane Boganim. The movie is set against the backdrop of the Israeli–Lebanese conflict in 1982 and 2006 and tells the story of two families on each side of the border whose fate intertwined because of the war raging in Lebanon. Read the rest of this entry »