According to the Hollywood Reporter, all Academy Award-nominated song will be performed at this year’s Oscar telecast. A.R. Rahman and Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine will perform the song If I Rise from Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, which has lyrics co-written by Dido and Rollo Armstrong. Rahman is also nominated for his original score on the movie. Alan Menken, who is nominated for writing the song I See the Light from Disney’s animated film Tangled, will accompany singers Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi on the piano. Randy Newman will perform his song We Belong Together from Pixar’s Toy Story 3. Finally, Gwyneth Paltrow will be singing the nominated song Coming Home from Shana Feste’s Country Strong. The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony will take place on February 27 and will air on ABC.
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Composers react to Academy Award nominations
Following the announcement of the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, reactions from all nominated composers have appeared online.
John Powell on How to Train Your Dragon:
Visit Movieline for a short interview with Powell on his very first Oscar nomination and also check out Variety and The Hollywood Reporter for a short reaction from the composer.
Alexandre Desplat on The King’s Speech:
Check out a short quote in Variety and The Wrap on his fourth (and third consecutive) nomination for Tom Hooper’s movie which received the most nominations for any film today.
Hans Zimmer on Inception:
Check out this interview on Movieline for Zimmer’s reaction on his ninth nomination and the lack of nomination for Inception’s director Christopher Nolan.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 5, 2010)
This week, Film Music Reporter is launching a new weekly column talking about the music of the weekend’s new films opening in the US.
Opening this Friday (November 5):
Megamind
Music by Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe
Dreamworks Animation’s latest movie features a score by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe, as well as numerous popular songs. A soundtrack album featuring about 30 minutes of score, as well as most of the songs used in the movie has been released by Lakeshore Records. To listen to clips, check out Amazon or iTunes. The movie contains roughly 50 minutes of score including a very nice arrangement of the main themes during the end credits which has surprisingly been left off the soundtrack album.