The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 94th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be announced on February 8, 2022 and the awards show will be held on March 27. Read the rest of this entry »
Original Score & Song Shortlists for 94th Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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‘Sing 2’ Score Album Details
Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Garth Jennings, Joby Talbot, score, Sing, Sing 2, Soundtrack
Back Lot Music will release a score album for Illumination Entertainment’s animated sequel Sing 2. The album features the film’s original score composed by Joby Talbot (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Closed Circuit, Penelope, Son of Rambow). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 22 and will be available to stream/download here. As previously reported, Republic Records has released a separate soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie last Friday. Talbot’s score from the original film was released back in 2016 by Back Lot Music. Read the rest of this entry »
‘The King’s Man’ Soundtrack Album Details
Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Dominic Lewis, Matthew Margeson, Matthew Vaughn, score, Soundtrack, The King's Man
Hollywood Records will release the official soundtrack album for Matthew Vaugn’s Kingsman prequel The King’s Man. The album features the film’s original score composed by Matthew Margeson (Rocketman, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Eddie the Eagle) and Dominic Lewis (Peter Rabbit, The Man in the High Castle, Money Monster). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, December 22. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the album. Parlaphone Records has previously released the original end credits song Measure of a Man (co-written by Margeson & Lewis) performed by FKA twigs feat. Central Cee last month. Read the rest of this entry »
Nominations for 49th Annie Awards Announced
Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 49th Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees:
Music in an Animated Feature Production
- Encanto – Lin-Manuel Miranda & Germaine Franco – Walt Disney Animation Studios |
- Luca – Dan Romer – Pixar Animation Studios
- Poupelle of Chimney Town – Youki Kojima & Yuta Bandoh – Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Raya and the Last Drago – James Newton Howard & Jhené Aiko – Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Vivo – Alex Lacamoire & Lin-Manuel Miranda – Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Alexandre Desplat Scoring Michel Hazanavicius’ ‘Final Cut’
Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Final Cut, Michel Hazanavicius, Z (comme Z)
Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Queen, The King’s Speech) has been tapped to score the upcoming French horror comedy Final Cut (Z (comme Z)). The film is written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist, OSS 117) and stars Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Grégory Gadebois, Finnegan Oldfield, Matilda Lutz and Raphaël Quenard. The movie is based on Shinichiro Ueda’s Japanese feature One Cut of the Dead and follows an abusive director of a low-budget zombie horror as he tries to inject energy and excitement into the project by unlocking a real-life ancient zombie curse. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘In My Skin’ Released
Posted: December 21, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: BBC, Hulu, In My Skin, Nick Foster, Oli Julian, score, Soundtrack
Manners McDade has released a soundtrack album for the BBC series In My Skin. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Nick Foster (Thunderbirds Are Go, The A List, Misha and the Wolves, Year of the Rabbit) and Oli Julian ( Sex Education, Catastrophe, How to Build a Girl, Code 404, Episodes). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and any other major digital music services), where you can also check out audio samples. In My Skin is created by Kayleigh Llewellyn and stars Gabrielle Creevy, Jo Hartley, Di Botcher, Rhodri Meillir, Rebekah Murrell, Poppy Lee Friar and James Wilbraham. The coming-of-age comedy drama follows a Welsh teenager who lives a double life as she tries to keep her mother’s mental illness and her father’s alcoholism a secret. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Shelter in Place’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Christopher Beyrooty, Connor Martin, score, Soundtrack, Zach Robinson
Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the horror thriller Shelter in Place. The album features the film’s original music composed by Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai, Good Sam, Impractical Jokers: The Movie, Die Hart). The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 21, 2022 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Shelter in Place is directed by Christopher Beyrooty & Connor Martin and stars Brendan Hines, Tatjana Marjanovic, Ola Kaminska, Kevin Daniels and Jey Reynolds. The movie revolves around a honeymooning couple who gets stranded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and learns that there is more to fear than just cabin fever. Read the rest of this entry »
Soundtrack Album for Nickelodeon’s ‘The Astronauts’ Released
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Adam Lastiwka, Nickelodeon, score, Soundtrack, The Astronauts
Viacom International has released a soundtrack album for the Nickelodeon series The Astronauts. The album features selections of the original music from the show composed by Adam Lastiwka (Travelers, Family Law, You Me Her, Big Timber). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out audio samples. The Astronauts is created by Daniel Knauf and stars Miya Cech, Bryce Gheisar, Keith L. Williams, Kayden Grace Swan, Ben Daon and Paige Howard. The Imagine Kids + Family production executive produced by Ron Howard & Brian Howard follows a group of kids who embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they are mistakenly launched into space. Read the rest of this entry »
Kris Bowers & Pierre Charles Scoring Netflix’s ‘Inventing Anna’
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Inventing Anna, Kris Bowers, Netflix, Pierre Charles, Shonda Rhimes
Kris Bowers (Green Book, King Richard, Dear White People, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Mrs. America, When They See Us) & Pierre Charles have teamed up to score the upcoming Netflix limited series Inventing Anna. The show is created by Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal) inspired by the New York Magazine article How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People by Jessica Pressler and stars Anna Chlumsky, Julia Garner, Arian Moayed, Alexis Floyd, Anders Holm, Terry Kinney, Katie Lowes, Jeff Perry, Anna Deavere Smith and Laverne Cox. The 9-part drama tells the true story of a journalist who chases down the story of Anna Delvey, who convinced New York’s elite she was a German heiress. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Miss Scarlet & The Duke’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: December 20, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Miss Scarlet & The Duke, PBS, score, Soundtrack, Tomas Daniels
Avant Music Portal has released a soundtrack album for the British/Irish series Miss Scarlet & The Duke. The album features selections of the original music from the show’s first season composed by Tómas Daniels. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Miss Scarlet & The Duke is created by Rachael New and stars Kate Phillips, Stuart Martin, Andrew Gower, Ansu Kabia and Kevin Doyle. The period crime drama directed by Declan O’Dwyer centers on the first-ever female detective in Victorian London who joins forces with a Scotland Yard Inspector to solve crime mysteries. Read the rest of this entry »
