The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and ABC have published some of the music-related highlights of the 87th Academy Awards ceremony online. Check out the acceptance speeches of Alexandre Desplat who won the Oscar for his music for The Grand Budapest Hotel and John Legend & Common who won the award for the song Glory from Selma after the jump. Also embedded is the backstage press room interview with Desplat, as well as the the live performances of the songs Glory by John Legend & Common, Lost Stars by Adam Levine & Maroon 5, Everything is Awesome by Tegan & Sara and The Loney Island (include a guest appearance by The Lego Movie‘s composer Mark Mothersbaugh), I’m Not Gonna Miss You by Tim McGraw and Grateful by Rita Ora. Read the rest of this entry »
Video Highlights from 87th Academy Awards
Posted: February 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, Common, John Legend
Expanded ‘Intersection’ and ‘Soapdish’ Soundtracks Announced
Posted: February 23, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Intersection, James Newton Howard, score, Soapdish, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1994 drama Intersection directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich and Martin Landau. The expanded soundtrack edition features the complete remastered original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, King Kong, Maleficent, The Fugitive), including previously unreleased music. For the full details of the limited soundtrack edition and to listen to audio clips, visit the label’s official website, where you can also pre-order the CD. Read the rest of this entry »
Alexandre Desplat Wins Oscar for ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Posted: February 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Destplat has won his first Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for his music for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. The composer was previously nominated six time before and also received another nod this year for his score for The Imitation Game. The other contenders in the category were Johann Johannsspn (The Theory of Everything), Hans Zimmer (Interstellar) and Gary Yershon (Mr. Turner). All four nominated composers were in attendance at the awards ceremony. Read the rest of this entry »
SCL Hosts Reception for Academy Award-Nominated Composers and Songwriters
Posted: February 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, Common, Danielle Brisebois, Diane Warren, Gary Yershon, Gregg Alexander, Johann Johannsson, Julian Raymond, SCL, Shawn Patterson
Yesterday afternoon, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Academy Award-nominated composers and songwriters in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song category at the Cafe La Boheme in West Hollywood. Following a speech by Academy Music Branch Governor Charles Bernstein, SCL president Ashley Irwin introduced the nominees who briefly spoke to the audience. Three of the four nominated composers in the score category were in attendance, including Alexandre Desplat, nominated for the seventh and eight time for his scores for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel and Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game, who talked about his experience as one of the industry’s top composers over the last decade and finding his own musical voice, while keeping his integrity. Read the rest of this entry »
Fox’s ‘Weird Loners’ to Feature Music by Lyle Workman
Posted: February 21, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Fox, Lyle Workman, Weird Loners
Lyle Workman is composing the score for the upcoming Fox comedy Weird Loners. The show is created by Michael J. Weithorn (The King of Queens, Ned and Stacey) and stars Becki Newton, Zachary Knighton, Nate Torrence and Meera Rohit Kumbhani. The series follows four relationship-phobic people who are unexpectedly thrust into each other’s lives and form an unlikely bond in a Queens, New York townhouse. Weithorn is also executive the 20th Century Fox Television Fox production with Melvin Mar (New Girl) and Jake Kasdan (Bad Teacher, Sex Tape) who also directed the pilot episode. Read the rest of this entry »
Gabriel Mann to Score ‘School of Rock’ TV Series
Posted: February 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Gabriel Mann, Nickelodeon, School of Rock
Gabriel Mann has been hired to score the upcoming Nickelodeon original series School of Rock. The show is created by Jim & Steve Armogida based on the hit 2003 feature comedy starring Jack Black and centers on the misadventures of a down-on-his-luck rocker who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school as he teaches his eccentric, unconventional and overachieving students to play and love rock ‘n’ roll. The show stars Tony Cavalero in the lead role. The Armogida Beothers (Crash & Bernstein) are also executive producing the Paramount Television production with the film’s director Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Dazed and Confused) and Scott Rudin (No Contry for Old Men, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Social Network). Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Price Scoring Craig Roberts’ ‘Just Jim’
Posted: February 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig Roberts, Just Jim, Michael Price
Michael Price has been tapped to score the upcoming British indie comedy Just Jim. The film is written and directed by Craig Roberts who makes his directorial debut with the project. The actor also stars in the movie alongside Emile Hirsch, Aneirin Hughes, Nia Roberts, Richard Harrington, Matthew Aubrey, Ryan Owen and Charlotte Randall. The drama follows a teenage loser who life is turned around by the appearance of an enigmatic, handsome neighbor. Adrian Bate and Pip Broughton are producing the project. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 20, 2015)
Posted: February 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: All the Wilderness, Antonio Pinto, Bear McCreary, Christophe Beck, Digging Up the Marrow, Dominic Lewis, Gustavo Santaolalla, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Jónsi & Alex, McFarland USA, The DUFF, Wild Tales
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the comedy sequel Hot Tub Time Machine 2 directed by Steve Pink and starring Rob Corddry, Craig Robinsoin, Clark Duke, Adam Scott and Gillian Jacobs. The film’s original music is composed by Christophe Beck (Frozen, The Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) who previously scored the first part in the series. No soundtrack album has been announced. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 follows Lou, Nick and Jacob who inadvertently land in the future with Adam Jr. and have to alter the future in order to save the past. To learn more about the comedy, which is being released by Paramount Pictures, visit the official movie website.
Also opening wide is the sports drama McFarland, USA directed by Niki Caro and starring Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Morgan Saylor, Martha Higareda, Michael Aguero, Sergio Avelar, Hector Duran, Rafael Martinez, Johnny Ortiz and Carlos Pratts. Antonio Pinto (City of God, Senna, Lord of War, Snitch) has composed the film’s original score. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as the original end title song Juntos (Together) performed by Juanes. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Kidnapping Mr. Heineken’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 20, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Kidnapping Mr. Heineken, Lucas Vidal, score, Soundtrack
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the thriller Kidnapping Mr. Heineken. The album features the film’s original music composed by Lucas Vidal (Fast & Furious 6, The Raven, The Quiet Ones, The Cold Light of Day). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 6, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Kidnapping Mr. Heineken is directed by Daniel Alfredson and stars Anthony Hopkins, Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington and Ryan Kwanten. The movie chronicles the 1983 kidnapping of Dutch beer magnate Freddy Heineken and his driver Ab Doderer who were released after payment of a record ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal’ Soundtrack Announced
Posted: February 19, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Javier Navarrete, score, Soundtrack, Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
Lakeshore Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Chinese 3D fantasy adventure Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal. The album features the film’s original music written by Academy Award-nominated composer Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, Wrath of the Titans, Mirrors, Inkheart). The soundtrack will be released digitally on March 3, 2015 and physically on April 7. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Audio clips will be added to this article within the next week. Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal is directed by Tianyu Zhao (The Law of Attraction) and stars Chen Kun, Li Bingbing, Winston Chao, Bao Bei-er, Yang Zishan and Jike Junyi. Read the rest of this entry »
