The 95th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night. All five nominees in the Original Song category were performed live. Check out the performances of the Oscar-winning Naatu Naatu from RRR by Rahul Sipligunj & Kaala Bhairava, as well as the Oscar-nominated Applause from Tell It Like a Woman by Sofia Carson & Diane Warren, This Is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once by David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu & Son Lux, Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick by Lady Gaga and Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever by Rihanna after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Music Highlights from 95th Academy Awards
Posted: March 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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First Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Wild Isles’ Released
Posted: March 13, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, George Fenton, score, Soundtrack, Wild Isles
Shogun Music has released the first soundtrack album for the BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The album features the original music from the show’s first episode, Our Precious Isles, composed by Academy Award nominee George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Anna and the King, The Blue Planet, Groundhog Day, Hitch, Ever After, Gandhi). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Listen to the first track after the jump. More albums featuring the composer’s score from the other four episodes of the series are expected to come out over the next couple of weeks. Wild Isles is presented by Sir David Attenborough, executive produced by Alastair Fothergrill and reveals a previously unseen wild side of the British Isles. Read the rest of this entry »
Volker Bertelmann Wins Academy Award for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Score
Posted: March 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, All Quiet on the Western Front, Chandrabose, M.M. Keeravani, RRR, Volker Bertelmann
Volker Bertelmann was honored with his first Academy Award for his score for Edward Berger’s Netflix World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front at tonight’s 95th Oscar ceremony. Bertelmann who also won his first BAFTA Award last month for his work on the movie has previously been Oscar-nominated for 2016’s Lion (co-scored with Dustin O’Halloran). Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominated composers in the Original Score category were Justin Hurwitz (Babylon), Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin), John Williams (The Fabelmans) and Son Lux (Everything Everywhere All at Once). Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 12, 2023)
Posted: March 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: A Spy Among Friends, Agent Elvis, Apple TV +, Boston Strangler, Dan Romer, David Wingo, Dustin O'Halloran, Extrapolations, Hulu, Jason Hill, MGM+, Netflix, Paul Leonard Morgan, Timothy Williams, Tyler Bates
Premiering in the U.S. tonight is the British limited series A Spy Among Friends created by Alexander Cary based on Ben Macintyre’s bestselling book and starring Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce, Stephen Kunken, Anna Maxwell Martin, and Adrian Edmondson. The show’s original music is composed by Dustin O’Halloran (Lion, Like Crazy, Transparent, The Old Guard, Ammonite, The Essex Serpent). Check out our previous article to learn more about the Nick Murphy-directed 6-parter, which premiered in the UK last fall on ITVX and is making its U.S. debut on MGM+.
Premiering on Friday, March 17, is the Hulu original movie Boston Strangler written and directed by Matt Ruskin and starring Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola, David Dastmalchian, Morgan Spector, Robert John Burke and Chris Cooper. Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd, Dynasty, Tales from the Loop, Wormwood) has composed the film’s original music. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the 20th Century Studios production, which will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu. Read the rest of this entry »
George Fenton Scoring BBC’s ‘Wild Isles’
Posted: March 12, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: BBC, George Fenton, Wild Isles
George Fenton (Dangerous Liaisons, Groundhog Day, Anna and the King, Hitch, Gandhi) has composed the original music for the new BBC natural history series Wild Isles. The 5-parter presented/narrated by Sir David Attenborough was filmed over three years and uses the latest technology to capture dramatic new behavior, from battling butterflies to hunting sea eagles and killer whales – revealing a previously unseen wild side of the British Isles. Read the rest of this entry »
First Song from ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: March 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Paramount+
Capitol Records has released the first song from the soundtrack for the upcoming Paramount+ original series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is Grease Is the Word (originally written by Barry Gibb for the 1978 film) produced by Daniel Crean & Eren Cannata and performed by the show’s cast. Also check out the official music video (directed by Alethea Jones) after the jump. Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. is developed by Annabel Oakes and stars Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Ari Notartomaso, Shanel Bailey, Tricia Fukuhara, Madison Thompson, Jason Schmidt, Johnathan Nieves, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper and Jackie Hoffman. Read the rest of this entry »
Hanan Townshend Scoring Julio Quintana’s ‘The Long Game’
Posted: March 11, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hanan Townshend, Julio Quintana, The Long Game
Composer Hanan Townshend (Knight of Cups, To the Wonder, Semper Fi, Outcry, The Book of Vision) is reuniting with director Julio Quintana on the upcoming sports drama The Long Game. The film starring Jay Hernandez, Dennis Quaid, Cheech Marin, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Julian Works, Oscar Nuñez, Brett Cullen, Richard Robichaux and Paulina Chávez is set in 1950s Texas and follows five young Mexican-American caddies at a local, exclusive golf club where the discriminatory laws of the era forbade them from playing, as they create their own homemade course in the Texas desert. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 10, 2023)
Posted: March 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 65, Brian Tyler, Champions, Chris Bacon, Christian Henson, Joseba Beristain, Mark Mothersbaugh, Martin Stock, Michael Franti, Scream VI, Sven Faulconer, The Magic Flute, The Magician's Elephant, Unicorn Davis, Unwelcome
Opening in theater nationwide this weekend is the horror sequel Scream VI directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett and starring Melissa Barrera, Courteney Cox, Jenna Ortega, Hayden Panettiere, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Dermot Mulroney and Samara Weaving. The film’s original music is composed by Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious, Avengers: Age of Ultron) & Sven Faulconer (Blood Father, The Last Ice, The Elephant Whisperers). Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the Paramount Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the sci-fi thriller 65 written and directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and starring Adam Driver, Chloe Coleman and Ariana Greenblatt. Chris Bacon (Source Code, Wednesday, Gnomeo & Juliet, Men in Black: International, Bates Motel) has composed the film’s original music. Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score (including several tracks co-written by Danny Elfman) today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the Sony Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Glory’ Part 2 Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: March 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Jung Se Rin, Netflix, score, Soundtrack, The Glory
Genie Music has released a new soundtrack album for the South Korean Netflix original series The Glory. The album features selections of the original music from show composed by Jung Se Rin (A Frozen Flower, Barefoot Dream, Trolley), Joo In Ro, Kim Taejin, Kim Jun Seok, Kang Min Goo & others. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The label has previously released a soundtrack EP featuring five songs from the first part of the show. The Glory is created by Kim Eun-sook & An Gil-ho and stars Song Hye-kyo, Lee Do-hyun, Yeom Hye-ran, Lim Ji-yeon and Park Sung-hoon. Read the rest of this entry »
Tame Impala’s Original Song ‘Wings of Time’ from ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Released
Posted: March 10, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Tame Impala
Fiction Records has released the original song Wings of Time from the fantasy action adventure Dungeons & Dragons. The track performed by Tame Impala (and co-written by the band’s frontman Kevin Parker and Nicholas Allbrook) is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the full song below and check back on this page for updates on the release of more music from the movie. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is co-written and directed by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, Justice Smith, Daisy Head, Hugh Grant and Chloe Coleman. Read the rest of this entry »
