Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for the animated feature Minions. The album features the film’s original music composed by Heitor Pereira (Beverly Hills Chihuahua, The Smurfs, If I Stay) who previously scored both Despicable Me movies, as well as other music from the Illumination Entertainment production. The soundtrack will be released on July 10, 2015 and is […]
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Back Lot Music to Release ‘Minions’ Soundtrack
Posted: 20th May 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Heitor Pereira, Minions, score, Soundtrack
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Alexandre Desplat Named Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards 2014
Posted: 25th October 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Daniel Pemberton, Michelino Bisceglia, Pharrell Williams, World Soundtrack Awards
Alexandre Desplat was chosen as Film Composer of the Year 2014 at the World Soundtrack Awards 2012, tonight’s closing event of the 41st Ghent Film Festival. Desplat also received an award for his score for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel in the Best Original Film Score of the Year category. Desplat also composed the […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 22, 2014)
Posted: 22nd August 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Are You Here, Cam2Cam, Danny Bensi, David Carbonara, Elia Cmiral, Heitor Pereira, If I Stay, John Paesano, Kareem Roustom, Love Is Strange, May in the Summer, Saunder Jurriaans, The Newton Brothers, The One I Love, The Prince, When the Game Stands Tall
Three new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Opening in most theaters is the teen drama If I Stay directed by R.J. Cutler and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard, Liana Liberato, Aisha Hinds and Stacy Keach. The film’s original score is composed by Heitor Pereira (Despicable Me, Beverly Hills Chihahua). […]
2014 World Soundtrack Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: 13th August 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2013 World Soundtrack Awards to be presented in three categories: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Saturday, October […]
Wendy & Lisa, Steven Price, Bear McCreary & Dave Porter Honored at ASCAP Film & TV Music Awards
Posted: 26th June 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards, Bear McCreary, Dave Porter, Lisa Coleman, Steven Price, Wendy & Lisa, Wendy Melvoin
Last night, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) held its annual Film & Television Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman received the inaugural ASCAP Shirley Walker Award, which honors those whose achievements have contributed to the diversity of film and television music. The composer duo, known for their work on […]
Ennio Morricone to Receive Star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
Posted: 19th June 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ennio Morricone, Pharrell Williams, Walk of Fame
The Walk of Fame Selection Committee announced today that Ennio Morricone is among the 30 honorees to receive a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in 2015. He was selected to receive a star for his live performances on stage. The Italian composer who is known for such scores as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, […]
U2 to Perform ‘Ordinary Love’ from ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ on the Oscars
Posted: 12th February 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Ordinary Love, U2
Oscars show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that U2 will perform the original song Ordinary Love from Justin Chadwick’s biographical drama Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom starring Idris Elba at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony on March 2, 2014. The performance will be the first time the band will perform the song […]
Pharrell Williams to Perform ‘Despicable Me 2’ Song on the Oscars
Posted: 4th February 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Despicable Me 2, Pharrell Williams
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced today that Pharrell Williams will be performing his original song Happy from the animated hit film Despicable Me 2 at this year’s Oscars show, which will air on March 2. Williams is nominated for the first time in the Best Original Song category. The other nominated songs include Ordinary Love from […]
Pharrell Williams Joins Hans Zimmer to Co-score ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
Posted: 27th October 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Pharrell Williams revealed in a recent interview with Billboard that he has joined composer Hans Zimmer to score the upcoming superhero film sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Zimmer has previously been announced as the composer of the movie directed by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Paul Giamatti, Denis […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (August 2, 2013)
Posted: 2nd August 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 2 Guns, Bear McCreary, Brendan Canning, Clinton Shorter, Drift, Europa Report, Heitor Pereira, Michael Yezerski, Rob Simonsen, The Canyons, The Smurfs 2, The Spectacular Now
Two new movies are opening nationwide this week: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action comedy 2 Guns directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, Fred Ward, James Marsden and Edward James Olmos. The film’s original score is composed by Clinton Shorter (District 9, Contraband). […]
