The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) today revealed the longlists for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2022. This longlisting round was introduced last year resulting in three rounds of voting. Round One voting, which took place from December 10 to January 4 produced the longlists in all categories announced today.Every category in this round was voted on by a craft chapter, opt-in chapter or jury, with the exception of Best Film which was voted for by all film voting members. Read the rest of this entry »
2022 BAFTA Awards Original Score Longlist Announced
Posted: January 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA
Simon Franglen Scoring Jean-Jacques Annaud’s ‘Notre-Dame on Fire’
Posted: January 12, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Notre-Dame brûle, Notre-Dame on Fire, Simon Franglen
Simon Franglen (The Magnificent Seven, Pandora: The World of Avatar, Peppermint) has composed the original score for the upcoming French drama Notre-Dame on Fire (Notre-Dame brûle). The film is directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Name of the Rose, Seven Years in Tibet) and stars Samuel Labarthe, Mikael Chirinian, Jean-Paul Bordes, Chloé Jouannet, Jérémie Laheurte and Pierre Lottin. The movie centers on the events that took place on April 15, 2019, when the cathedral suffered the biggest blaze in its history and retraces how heroic men and women put their lives on the line to accomplish an awe-inspiring rescue. Read the rest of this entry »
Caroline Shaw Scoring Josephine Decker’s ‘The Sky Is Everywhere’
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Caroline Shaw, Josephine Decker, The Sky Is Everywhere
Caroline Shaw has recently scored the upcoming drama The Sky Is Everywhere. The film is directed by Josephine Decker (Shirley) and stars Grace Kaufman, Pico Alexander, Jacques Colimon, Cherry Jones and Jason Segel. The movie is based on the YA novel of the same title by Jandy Nelson and revolves around a radiant musical prodigy who tries to keep things together in the aftermath of her older sister’s death when a charismatic new guy at school enters her life. Nelson also wrote the screenplay. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Range Roads’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Eamon McGrath, Kyle Thomas, Range Roads, score, Soundtrack
Saved by Vinyl has released a soundtrack album for the Canadian drama Range Roads. The album features the film’s original music composed by Eamon McGrath (The Valley Below). Visit Amazon or any other major digital music stores to stream/download the soundtrack and to check out audio samples. Range Roads is written and directed by Kyle Thomas and stars Alana Hawley Purvis, Joe Perry, Chad Brownlee and Nicole De Boe. The movie tells the story of a TV actor who returns to her hometown in rural Canada after her parents are killed in a sudden car accident to face this tragedy after being estranged from her family for 20 years. Read the rest of this entry »
Rob Simonsen Scoring Shawn Levy’s ‘The Adam Project’
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Netflix, Rob Simonsen, Shawn Levy, The Adam Project
Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Way Back, (500) Days of Summer, Nerve, The Age of Adeline, Foxcatcher) has composed the original music for the upcoming Netflix original film The Adam Project. The movie is directed by Shawn Levy (Free Guy, Night at the Museum, Real Steel) and stars Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Keener, Walker Scobell and Alex Mallari Jr. The sci-fi adventure follows a time-traveling pilot who teams up with his younger self and his late father to come to terms with his past while saving the future. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Netflix’s ‘Ares’ Released
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Ares, Jesper Ankarfeldt, Netflix, score, Soundtrack
Jesper Ankarfeldt has released a soundtrack album for the Dutch Netflix original series Ares. The album features selections of the composer’s original music from the show and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Ares is created by Pieter Kuijpers, Iris Otten & Sander van Meurs and stars Jade Olieberg, Tobias Kersloot, Lisa Smit, Frieda Barnhard. Hans Kesting, Rifka Lodeizen, Robin Boissevain and Jennifer Welts. The horror drama follows an ambitious college student who joins an exclusive society with the intention to become part of Amsterdam’s elite, unaware it’s hiding a horrifying secret. Read the rest of this entry »
Gustavo Santaolalla & Kevin Kiner Scoring ABC’s ‘Promised Land’
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Gustavo Santaolalla, Hulu, Kevin Kiner, Promised Land
Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Book of Life,The Motorcycle Diaries) & Kevin Kiner (Star Wars: The Clone Wars & Rebels, CSI: Miami) are reuniting to co-score the new ABC drama Promised Land. The show is created by Matt Lopez (Race to Witch Mountain, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) and stars John Ortiz, Cecilia Suárez, Christina Ochoa, Augusto Aguilera, Mariel Molino, Tonatiuh, Katya Martín, Andres Velez and Rolando Chusan. The series centers on a Latinx family vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley. Read the rest of this entry »
‘There Is No Place Like Home – The Series’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: January 11, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: A casa tutti bene - La serie, Gabriele Muccino, Paolo Buonvino, score, Sky, Soundtrack, There Is No Place Like Home - The Series
Octopus Records has released a soundtrack album for the Italian Sky original comedy There Is No Place Like Home – The Series (A casa tutti bene – La serie). The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Paolo Buonvino (Fathers & Daughters, Fatima, Medici, Romanzo Criminale, Quiet Chaos). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the full track list and listen to audio samples. There Is No Place Like Home – The Series is co-written and directed by Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness, Seven Pounds) based on his 2018 feature of the same title (scored by Nicola Piovani) and stars Pierfrancesco Favino, Stefano Accorsi, Claudia Gerini and Stefania Sandrelli. Read the rest of this entry »
James Horner’s Complete ‘Another 48 Hrs.’ Score to Be Released
Posted: January 10, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: 48 Hrs., Another 48 Hrs., James Horner, score, Soundtrack, Walter Hill
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1990 action comedy Another 48 Hrs. directed by Walter Hill and starring Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Kevin Tighe and Ed O’Ross The album features the world premiere release of the complete original score from the Paramount Pictures production composed and conducted by Academy Award winner James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, The Amazing Spider-Man, Apollo 13, Willow, Field of Dreams, Aliens). Visit the label’s official website for more details, to check out audio samples and to order the CD. The original soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie and four tracks of Horner’s score was released in 1990 by Scotti Bros. Read the rest of this entry »
