The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 95th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards will be announced on January 24, 2023 and the awards show will be held on March 12. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Score & Song Shortlists for 95th Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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Harry Gregson-Williams Scoring Ben Wheatley’s ‘Meg 2: The Trench’
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ben Wheatley, Harry Gregson-Williams, Meg 2: The Trench, The Meg
Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek, The Martian, The Chronicles of Narnia, Mulan, The Last Duel, Kingdom of Heaven) has recently recorded his score for the upcoming shark thriller Meg 2: The Trench. The film is directed by Ben Wheatley (High-Rise, Free Fire, Rebecca) and stars Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Cliff Curtis, Shuya Sophia Cai, Page Kennedy, Sienna Guillory, Skyler Samuels and Sergio Peris-Mencheta. No plot details have been revealed yet for the sequel to Jon Turtletaub’s original 2018 The Meg movie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Christmas in Paradise’ Soundtrack EP Released
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Billy Ray Cyrus, Christmas in Paradise, Philippe Martinez, Soundtrack
Lionsgate Records has released a soundtrack EP for the comedy Christmas in Paradise. The 6-track EP features four songs from the film performed by lead actor Billy Ray Cyrus, as well as two tracks by Jono Smithers and Denise Gordon. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to all six songs after the jump. Christmas in Paradise is co-written and directed by Philippe Martinez and also stars Kelsey Grammer, Elizabeth Hurley, Nathalie Cox, Naomi Frederick, Victoria Ekanoye, Ray Fearon, Anna Greenidge, Vaughn Anslyn, Lauren Mckennan and Rafael Emmanuel Martinez. Read the rest of this entry »
Martin Todsharow Scoring Robert Schwentke’s ‘Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes’
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Martin Todsharow, Robert Schwentke, Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes
Composer Martin Todsharow is reteaming with director Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, The Time Traveler’s Wife) on the upcoming German comedy Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes. The film starring John Malkovich, Tom Xander, Louis Hofmann, Geraldine Chaplin, Alexander Fehling, Andrew Koji, Lilith Stangenberg, Mary-Louise Parker & Julian Sands is set in Rome in 65 AD and centers on the relationship between Emperor Nero and his mentor, Philosopher Seneca who accused him of plotting his assassination. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven’s Place’ Digital Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 21, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Young, score, Soi Cheang, Soundtrack, The Monkey King, The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Place
Tribeca Tunes has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 2014 Chinese fantasy adventure The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven’s Place directed by Soi Cheang and starring Aaron Kwok, Chow Yun-Fat, Peter Ho, Kelly Chen and Joe Chen. The album features the film’s original music composed by Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3, Hellraiser, Drag Me to Hell, Entrapment, The Hurricane, Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Intrada Records has previously released a CD version of Young’s score back in 2015 and also released the composer’s music from the 2016 sequel. Read the rest of this entry »
HBO Max’s ‘Velma’ to Feature Music by Craig DeLeon
Posted: December 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Craig DeLeon, HBO Max, Velma
Craig DeLeon (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, End of the Road, Music, The Last Survivors, Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer) is the composer of the upcoming HBO Max animated series Velma. The show is developed by Mindy Kaling & Charlie Grandy (The Mindy Project, The Sex Lives of College Girls) based on characters from the Scooby-Doo franchise and stars Kaling herself as the voice of the title character, Constance Wu as Daphne, Glenn Howerton as Fred and Sam Richardson as Shaggy. The adult animated comedy tells the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung and under appreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang. Read the rest of this entry »
Siddhartha Khosla Scoring Aline Brosh McKenna’s ‘Your Place or Mine’
Posted: December 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Aline Brosh McKenna, Netflix, Siddhartha Khosla, Your Place or Mine
Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Only Murders in the Building, Queenpins, Runaways, Looking for Alaska) has composed the original score for the upcoming Netflix original film Your Place or Mine. The movie marks the feature directorial debut of writer/producer Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and stars Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Zoë Chao, Jesse Williams, Wesley Kimmel, Tig Notaro, Rachel Bloom, Steve Zahn, Griffin Matthews, Shiri Appleby, Vella Lovell and Tanner Swagger. The romantic comedy follows two best friends who decide to swap homes for a week, when they get a peek into each other’s lives that could open the door to love. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Bed Rest’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: December 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Bed Rest, Chris Forsgren, Lori Evans Taylor, score, Soundtrack, Tubi
Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album for the supernatural thriller Bed Rest. The album features the film’s original score composed by Chris Forsgren (The Girl from Oslo) and produced by Brian Tyler (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fast & Furious, Crazy Rich Asians, Yellowstone). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Bed Rest is written and directed by Lori Evans Taylor and stars Melissa Barrera and Guy Burnet. The movie centers on a pregnant woman struggling to start a family who is put on mandatory bed rest, when she starts unraveling as ghostly experiences in the home begin closing in on her. Read the rest of this entry »
Augustus Muller Scoring Jacqueline Castel’s ‘My Animal’
Posted: December 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Augustus Muller, Jacqueline Castel, My Animal
Augustus Muller (of the electronic music duo Boy Harsher) is making his feature film scoring debut on the upcoming horror romance My Animal. The movie is directed by Jacqueline Castel and stars Amandla Stenberg, Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Stephen McHattie, Heidi von Palleske, Joe Apollonio and Cory Lipman. The movie is set in a small northern town and tells the story of an outcast teenage hockey goalie who falls for the town’s newcomer, an alluring but tormented figure skater. Boy Harsher’s Jae Matthews wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Apple TV+’s ‘Shantaram’ Released
Posted: December 20, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adam Peters, Apple TV +, score, Shantaram, Soundtrack
Paramount Music has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV+ original series Shantaram. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Adam Peters (Savages, Snowden, Icarus, The Yellow Birds). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Apple Music/iTunes and most other major digital music services. Shantaram is created by Steve Lightfoot & Eric Warren Singer based on Gregory David Roberts’ bestselling novel and stars Charlie Hunnam, Shubham Saraf, Luke Pasqualino, Elektra Kilbey, Fayssal Bazzi, Antonia Desplat, Vincent Perez, Alyy Khan, Sujaya Dasgupta and David Field. Read the rest of this entry »
