ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, announced today that composer Stephen Schwartz will be honored with the Founders Award at its 32nd annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards on Tuesday, May 16 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. The gala will also celebrate ASCAP’s top film, television and videogame composers of 2016. Over the course of his career, Schwartz has composed […]
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Stephen Schwartz to Receive Founders Award at ASCAP Screen Music Awards
Posted: 8th March 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: ASCAP Founders Award, ASCAP Screen Music Awards, Stephen Schwartz
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Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ to Feature Music by Adam Taylor
Posted: 8th March 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Adam Taylor, Bruce Miller, Hulu, Reed Morano, The Handmaid's Tale
Adam Taylor is composing the music for the upcoming Hulu original series The Handmaid’s Tale. The show is created by Bruce Miller (Alphas, The 100) and stars Elisabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, Joseph Fiennes and Alexis Bledel. The drama is based on the classic novel by Margaret Atwood and tells the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, an authoritarian […]
‘La La Land in Concert: A Live-to-Film Celebration’ Announced
Posted: 6th March 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Lionsgate today announced that the world premiere of La La Land in Concert: A Live-to-Film Celebration will take place at the Hollywood Bowl on Memorial Day weekend Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27. Composer Justin Hurwitz will conduct his Academy Award-winning score for Damien Chazelle’s hit film musical and song City of Stars (with lyrics by Benj Pasek &Justin Paul) performed live-to-film by a […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (March 5, 2017)
Posted: 5th March 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Adult Swim, Disney Channel, E!, Feud, Fox, FX, James Iha, Jeff Russo, Keegan DeWitt, Kevin Kliesch, Mac Quayle, Making History, Samurai Jack, Tangled Before Ever After, The Arrangement, Time After Time, Tyler Bates
Premiering tonight is the FX original series Feud created by Ryan Murphy and starring Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon, Judy Davis, Jackie Hoffman, Alfred Molina, Stanley Tucci and Alison Wright. The show’s original music is composed by Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, American Horror Story, American Crime Story, Scream Queens). Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama and to watch […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (March 3, 2017)
Posted: 3rd March 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aaron Zigman, Adam Taylor, Before I Fall, Colin Stetson, David Bridie, Itamar Ziegler, John Swihart, Junction 48, Lavener, Logan, Marco Beltrami, Nathan Matthew David, Oberhofer, Sarah Neuf, Table 19, Tamer Nafar, The Last Word, The Shack, Wolves
Four new movies are opening nationwide this weekend: Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the comic book movie Logan directed by James Mangold and starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant and Dafne Keen. The film’s original music is composed by Marco Beltrami (The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma, Scream, World War Z, Hellboy, The Hurt Locker). Lakeshore Records […]
Back Lot Music to Release ‘The Boss Baby’ Soundtrack
Posted: 3rd March 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hans Zimmer, score, Soundtrack, Steve Mazzaro, The Boss Baby
Back Lot Music will release the official soundtrack album for DreamWorks Animation’s feature The Boss Baby. The album features the film’s original music composed by Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Inception, Gladiator, The Lion King, Interstellar) who previously scored numerous movies for the studio, including The Prince of Egypt, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and the Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda trilogies, and […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (February 26, 2017)
Posted: 26th February 2017 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, Atli Orvarsson, Brooke Blair, Chicago Justice, Chris Bacon, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, Danny Elfman, Hulu, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, National Treasure, NBC, Netflix, Taken, Trevor Morris, When We Rise, Will Blair
Premiering tomorrow, February 27, is the ABC mini-series When We Rise created by Dustin Lance Black and starring Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker, Rachel Griffiths, Michael K. Williams and Ivory Aquino. The show’s themes and music are composed by Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Alice in Wonderland) and Chris Bacon (Source Code, Bates Motel). Hollywood Records has […]
Emmy Awards Add Music Supervision Category
Posted: 24th February 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Emmy Awards
The Television Academy announced a number of changes to the Emmy Awards structure today, including a new category for Outstanding Music Supervision. The category will be introduced at this year’s 69th Emmy Awards. The other music-related categories at the Emmys are Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score), Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or […]
‘La La Land’ – The Complete Musical Experience to Be Released
Posted: 23rd February 2017 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Damien Chazelle, Justin Hurwitz, La La Land, score, Soundtrack
Interscope Records will release a new soundtrack album for Damien Chazelle’s hit musical La La Land. The album features the songs from the movie composed by Justin Hurwitz with lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, as well as Hurwitz’s score as featured on the previous official soundtrack and score release. Also included and previously unreleased are D.A. […]
