Nominations for 47th Annie Awards Announced

Posted: December 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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annie-awardsThe International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 47th Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees:

Music in an Animated Feature Production

  • Gints Zilbalodis– AWAY – Dream Well Studios
  • Christophe Beck, Frode Fjellheim, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez – Frozen 2 
 – Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Dan Levy – I Lost My Body – Xilam for Netflix
  • Mark Ronson, Theodore Shapiro – Spies in Disguise – Blue Sky Studios
  • Randy Newman – Toy Story 4 – Pixar Animation Studios

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Soundtrack Album for Hallmark’s ‘A Christmas Love Story’ Released

Posted: December 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Soundfile Records has released a soundtrack album for the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie A Christmas Love Story. The album features the film’s original music composed by Michael Baiardi (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills/New York, Jersey Shore, Teen Mom). Also included are the Christmas songs from the movie. The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music. A Christmas Love Story is directed by Eric Close and stars Kristin Chenoweth, Scott Wolf, Keith Robinson and Kevin Quinn. The movie revolves around a youth choir director who needs to write a big song for a Christmas Eve show but is distracted when a boy with a golden voice joins her choir. Read the rest of this entry »

Natalie Holt to Score Claudia Llosa’s ‘Fever Dream’ (‘Distancia de Regata’)

Posted: December 2, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring Assignments
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Natalie Holt (Journey’s End, The Honourable Woman, Knightfall, Beecham House, Three Girls) has been tapped to score the upcoming Netflix original movie Fever Dream (Distancia de Regata). The film is directed by Claudia Llosa (The Milk Of Sorrow, Aloft) and stars María Valverde and Dolores Fonzi. The drama is based on the novel of the same title by Samanta Schweblin and tells a story of broken souls, toxins, looming environmental and spiritual catastrophes, and the ties that bind a parent to a child. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 1, 2019)

Posted: December 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring Assignments
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Premiering on Wednesday, December 4 is the Fox comedy The Moodys developed by Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg & Tad Quill based on the Australian TV series A Moody Christmas and starring Denis Leary, Elizabeth Perkins, Francois Arnaud, Chelsea Frei and Jay Baruchel. The show’s original music is composed by Lyle Workman (Superbad, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Overboard, Good Boys). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series.

Premiering on Thursday, December 5 is the Netflix original series V Wars created by William Laurin & Glenn Davis based on the comics by Jonathan Maberry & Alan Robinson and starring Ian Somerhalder, Adrian Holmes, Jacky Lai, Peter Outerbridge, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf and Kimberly-Sue Murray. Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Rampage,) has composed the show’s themes and Michael White (Hevn) has composed the project’s score. Click here for more information about the series. Read the rest of this entry »

Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘The War of the Worlds’ Released

Posted: December 1, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Modus Recordings/RD Arts and Mammoth Screen have released a soundtrack album for the BBC mini-series The War of the Worlds. The album features selections of the original music from the 3-parter composed by Russ Davies. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. The War of the Worlds is directed by Craig Viveiros, written by Peter Harness and stars Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall, Rupert Graves, Nicholas Le Prevost, Harry Melling, Jonathan Aris and Robert Carlyle. The sci-fi drama is based on H.G. Wells’ novel of the same title and follows a couple as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion. Read the rest of this entry »

‘Wings Over Everest’ Soundtrack Released

Posted: November 30, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Chinese action adventure Wings Over Everest. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Ip Man, Ring, Dark Water). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. Wings Over Everest is written and directed by Fei Yu and stars  Zhang Jingchu, Koji Yakusho and Austin Po-Hung Lin. The movie tells the story of a rescue team that must go after a crashed plane in the Himalayas to recover important CIA documents that could prevent a terrorist incident. Read the rest of this entry »

Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 29, 2019)

Posted: November 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Two new movies are opening in theaters nationwide this week:

Opening in most theaters is the murder mystery Knives Out written and directed by Rian Johnson and starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Katherine Langford and Christopher Plummer. The film’s original music is composed by Nathan Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom, Don Jon, Looper). Cut Narrative has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.

Also opening nationwide is the drama Queen & Slim directed by Melina Matsoukas, written by Lena Waithe and starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith. Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Palo Alto) has composed the film’s original score. Domino Recording Co. has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (click here for more information) and Motown Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie (click here for more details). Read the rest of this entry »

Regina Spektor’s Original Song ‘One Little Soldier’ from ‘Bombshell’ Released

Posted: November 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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Sire Records has released the original end credits song One Little Soldier from the drama Bombshell. The track, which is written and performed by Regina Spektor, is now available to stream/download here. Check out the official lyric video after the jump. Bombshell is directed by Jay Roach and stars Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Mark Duplass, Rob Delaney, Malcolm McDowell and Allison Janney. Read the rest of this entry »

‘The Mandalorian’ Chapter 4 Soundtrack Released

Posted: November 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music Albums
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Walt Disney Records has released the fourth soundtrack album for the Disney+ original series The Mandalorian. The album features the original score from Chapter 4 of the show composed by Academy Award winner Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther, Creed, Venom, Community, New Girl). The soundtrack is now available to stream and download on Amazon Music, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released soundtracks for the series’ first three chapters over the last three weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

Disaster Movie Soundtrack Collection Announced

Posted: November 29, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
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La-La Land Records has announced the Disaster Movie Soundtrack Collection featuring three scores composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List). The 4-CD set features the composer’s scores for 1972’s The Poseidon Adventure directed by Ronald Neame, 1974’s The Towering Inferno directed by John Guillermin and 1974’s Earthquake directed by Mark Robson and includes previously unreleased music for the latter two titles. Visit the label’s official Facebook page to check out the full details of the release, which is limited to 5,000 copies and will be available to order in La-La Land’s online store next Tuesday, December 3. Read the rest of this entry »

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