Only one new movie is opening nationwide this weekend: Guaranteed to top the weekend box office is the sci-fi action adventure Transformers: Age of Extinction directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver and TJ Miller. The film’s original music is composed by Steve […]
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 27, 2014)
Posted: 27th June 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Lockington, Begin Again, Craig Wedren, Gregg Alexander, Ibrahim Maalouf, John Dragonetti, Marco Beltrami, Matt Novack, Postman Pat: The Movie, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Siddharth, Snowpiercer, Steve Jablonsky, The Internet's Own Boy, They Came Together, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Yves Saint Laurent
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Academy to Present ‘Behind the Score: The Art of the Film Composer’
Posted: 27th June 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Gustavo Dudamel, Gustavo Santaolalla, John Williams
Composers Gustavo Dudamel, Gustavo Santaolalla and John Williams will gather at the Academy for Behind the Score: The Art of the Film Composer on Monday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theater in Los Angeles. In a conversation hosted by Tavis Smiley, the trio will discuss significant musical moments in film that have […]
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 […]
Academy Announces Updated Campaign Regulations Affecting the Music Category
Posted: 25th June 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced a number of updated regulations for how companies and individuals may market movies and achievements eligible for the 87th Academy Awards to Academy members, including significant changes that affect the music category. The regulations state that “music branch members may not contact other Music Branch […]
Alexandre Desplat to Head Venice Film Festival Jury
Posted: 23rd June 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Venice Film Festival
It was announced today that Alexandre Desplat has been named president of the International Jury for the Competition section of the 71st Venice International Film Festival, which will run from August 27 to September 6. It marks the first time that a film composer has been chosen to head the jury, which comprise nine members and decide on the winner […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 22, 2014)
Posted: 22nd June 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Alex Kovacs, BBC America, Lifetime, Murray Gold, Nathan Whitehead, Nathaniel Mechaly, NBC, Operation Change, Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs, OWN, Steve Jablonsky, Taxi Brooklyn, The Last Ship, The Musketeers, TNT, Tony Morales, William Ross
Premiering tonight on TNT is the action drama The Last Ship created by Hank Steinberg & Steven Kane and starring Eric Dane, Rhona Mitra, Adam Baldwin and Tracy Middendorf. Steve Jablonsky (Transformers, Ender’s Game, Gangster Squad) has composed the main theme and Nathan Whitehead (The Purge) is scoring the show. Check out our previous article to learn more about the series, which follows the crew […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (June 20, 2014)
Posted: 20th June 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio, Christopher Lennertz, Coherence, Dario Marianelli, Jersey Boys, Kristin Ohrn Dyrud, Le Chef, Nicola Piovani, Think Like a Man Too, Third Person, Venus in Fur
Two new movies are opening in wide release: Opening in most theaters is the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Jersey Boys directed by Clint Eastwood and starring John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda, Vincent Piazza and Christopher Walken. Rhino Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film and the musical written by Bob […]
Composer Guest Line-Up Announced for Cordoba International Film Music Festival
Posted: 18th June 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Cordoba, International Film Music Festival
The complete composer guest line-up for this year’s International Film Music Festival in Cordoba has been announced. The 10th anniversary celebration of the event will be attended by the most recent Academy Award-winning composer Steven Price (Gravity), Golden Globe nominees Rolfe Kent (Sideways, Up in the Air, Election) and Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man, W.E., Penny Dreadful), Emmy Award nominee Christopher Lennertz (Revolution, Horrible Bosses, Ride Along) and Craig Safan (The […]
Weekly TV Music Roundup (June 15, 2014)
Posted: 15th June 2014 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Christopher Young, Dominion, Jeff Rona, Nicholas Hooper, PBS, Syfy, The Escape Artist
Premiering tonight in the U.S. is the BBC mini-series The Escape Artist created and written by David Wolstencroft and starring David Tennant, Toby Kebbell, Sophie Okonedo and Ashley Jensen. The drama’s music is composed by Nicholas Hooper (Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince). The two-parter about a talented junior barrister who specializes in […]
