The 97th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night. While none of the Oscar-nominated original songs were performed live, the show featured several other musical performance. Highlights include Cynthia Erivo’s & Ariana Grande’s performance of Defying Gravity from the Academy Award-nominated Wicked (as well as their rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow & Home), a […]
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Music Highlights from the 97th Academy Awards
Posted: March 3, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
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Daniel Blumberg Wins Academy Award for ‘The Brutalist’ Score
Posted: March 2, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Daniel Blumberg was honored with his first Academy Award for his score for Brady Corbet’s epic period drama The Brutalist at tonight’s 97th Oscar ceremony. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominated composers in the Original Score category were Volker Bertelmann (Conclave), Clément Ducol & Camille (Emilia Pérez), John Powell & Stephen […]
97th Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 23, 2025 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
This morning, the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of the last year will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center and will be televised live in the U.S. on the ABC Television Network and in […]
Robbie Williams’ Original Song ‘Forbidden Road’ from ‘Bettter Man’ Disqualified from Oscar Consideration
Posted: December 20, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Better Man, Michael Gracey, Robbie Williams
The Academy has notified members of the music branch that the Oscar-shortlisted original song Forbidden Road from the biographical musical drama Better Man has been disqualified. The track co-written (with Freddy Wexler & Sacha Skarbek and produced by Dan Romer & Wexler) and performed by Robbie Williams was found to feature “material from an existing […]
Original Score & Song Shortlists for 97th Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 17, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 97th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on January 17, 2025 and the awards show […]
2025 Oscars Best Original Score Predictions
Posted: December 3, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the nominees in the Best Original Score category of next year’s 97th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the scores in context of the movies, historical data, reactions of Academy music branch […]
Michael Bearden Named Music Director for 97th Oscars
Posted: October 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Michael Bearden
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences today announced the creative team for the 97th Oscars, including music director Michael Bearden who joins the team for the first time. Bearden has worked with more than 520 music artists, most notably Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Lady Gaga and as Michael Jackson’s final music director. he […]
Jerskin Fendrix, Martin Phipps, Simon Franglen, Philippe Rombi, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch & Others Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 25, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 487 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are a number of film composers, including Jerskin Fendrix who received first Academy Award nomination this year for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor […]
Academy Announces Updates Rules in Original Score Category
Posted: April 22, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved rules and campaign regulations for the 97th Academy Awards, including two changes in the Original Score category. The new rules state that “three composers will be allowed to receive individual statuettes if, in rare circumstances, they all contributed fully to the score. Previously, three composers were required to […]
Music Highlights from 96th Academy Awards
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards
The 96th Academy Awards ceremony was held last night. All five nominees in the Original Song category were performed live. Check out the performances of the Oscar-winning What Was I Made For from Barbie by Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell, as well as the Oscar-nominated I’m Just Ken from Barbie by Ryan Gosling, The Fire Inside from Flamin’ Hot by […]
