The nominations for the 61st Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film music-related categories:
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Varese Sarabande has released a soundtrack album for Stephanie Soechtig’s documentary The Devil We Know. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fast & Furious, Crazy Rich Asians, Now You See Me) who previously scored Soechtig’s Under the Gun. The soundtrack is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Devil We Know centers on one of the biggest environmental scandals of our time, as a group of citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical into the local drinking water supply. Read the rest of this entry »
THR is reporting that the music branch of the Academy Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has ruled the original score for Peter Farrelly’s comedy drama Green Book ineligible in the Best Original Score category for next year’s Academy Awards. The Academy is citing its rule that states that a score “shall not be eligible if it has been diluted by the use of pre-existing music, or it has been diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs or any music not composed specifically for the film by the submitting composer”. Kris Bowers (Dear White People, For the People) has composed the score for the film, which features several musical performances by the The Don Shirley Trio (led by Mahershala Ali who portrays pianist Shirley in the movie), as well some period songs. Read the rest of this entry »
Deutsche Grammophon will release a full soundtrack album for the HBO and RAI original series My Brilliant Friend. The album features the original music from the show’s first season composed by Max Richter (The Leftovers, Mary Queen of Scots, Hostiles, Miss Sloane, Taboo, Waltz with Bashir). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow and will be available to download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released the composer’s main theme (Elena & Lila) last week. My Brilliant Friend is co-written and directed by Saverio Costanzo and stars Elisa Del Genio, Ludovica Nasti, Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace. Read the rest of this entry »
Decca Records will release a soundtrack album for Adam McKay’s political comedy drama Vice. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Academy Award nominee Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, The Big Short, If Beale Street Could Talk, Succession, Battle of the Sexes). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 7 and will be available to download on Amazon. Vice is written and directed by McKay and stars Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carrell, Sam Rockwell, Jesse Plemons, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Tyler Perry, Justin Kirk and LisaGay Hamilton. The movie explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush. Read the rest of this entry »
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the period drama Colette. The album features the film’s original music composed by Thomas Adès. Also included are a number of classical pieces by Camille Saint-Saëns, Erik Satie and Claude Debussy. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 7 and will be available to download on Amazon. Colette is directed by by Wash Westmoreland and stars Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw, Robert Pugh and Eleanor Tomlinson. The movie revolves around the French novelist (author of Gigi and Cheri) who overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in turn-of-the-century Paris and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Read the rest of this entry »
Varese Sarabande will release the official soundtrack album for the drama Ben Is Back. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dickon Hinchliffe (Winter’s Bone, Leave No Trace, Locke, Out of the Furnace). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow and will be available to download on Amazon. Ben Is Back is written and directed by Peter Hedges (Dan in Real Life, The Odd Life of Timothy Green) and stars Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance and Kathryn Newton. The movie revolves around the unexpected homecoming of a mother’s charming yet troubled prodigal son, which forces her into a situation where she must do all she can to prevent her family’s downfall. Read the rest of this entry »
MovieScore Media will release a soundtrack album for the drama Megan Leavey. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award nominee Mark Isham (A River Runs Through It, Crash, Once Upon a Time, Cloak & Dagger, The Accountant, Miracle). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 7 (click here to download the album and check out audio samples). A CD version is in the works from Quartet Records. Megan Leavey is directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and stars Kate Mara, Edie Falco, Ramón Rodríguez, Bradley Whitford and Common. The movie tells the story of a young Marine who turned her life around by enlisting in the K9 unit, where she was teamed with an aggressive combat dog. Read the rest of this entry »
Max Richter is scoring the upcoming sci-fi drama Ad Astra. The film is directed by James Gray (The Lost City of Z, We Own the Night, The Immigrant) and stars Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Jamie Kennedy and Donald Sutherland. The movie follows a man who journeys across the solar system in search of his missing father, a dangerous renegade scientist. Gray also co-wrote the screenplay with Ethan Gross. Pitt and Grey are also producing the project for Plan B’s Dede Gardner & Jeremy Kleiner (12 Years a Slave, Moonlight, The Big Short) and RT Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me By Your Name), Keep Your Head Productions’ Anthony Katagas (Nerve). Read the rest of this entry »
Back Lot Music will release a soundtrack album for the film adaptation of Mortal Engines. The album features the film’s original music composed by Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL). The soundtrack will be released digitally on December 14, 2018 and will be available to download on Amazon. Mortal Engines is directed by Christian Rivers and stars Hugo Weaving Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Jihae, Ronan Rafterty, Leila George, Patrick Maladhide and Stephen Lang. The movie co-written and produced by Peter Jackson is based on Philip Reeve’s book of the same title and is set thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event and cities survive a now desolate Earth by moving around on giant wheels attacking and devouring smaller towns to replenish their resources. Read the rest of this entry »
