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 […]
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Michael Bearden Named Music Director for 97th Oscars
Posted: October 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Michael Bearden
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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 […]
Andrea & Matteo Bocelli’s and Hans Zimmer’s ‘Time to Say Goodbye’ Cover from Academy Awards Ceremony Released
Posted: March 11, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Academy Awards, Andrea Bocelli, Hans Zimmer, Matteo Bocelli
Decca Records has released the cover version of the hit song Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò) from the In Memoriam segment of last night’s 96th Academy Awards ceremony. The new version of the song (originally written by Francesco Sartori & Lucio Quarantotto) is produced and arranged by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The […]
Jon Batiste, Becky G, Billie Eilish, Ryan Gosling, Mark Ronson & Others to Perform Nominated Songs at Academy Awards
Posted: February 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Becky G, Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, Jon Batiste, Mark Ronson, Ryan Gosling, Scott George
Executive producers Raj Kapoor, Molly McNearney & Katy Mullan announced today the performers of the Oscar-nominated songs at next week’s 96th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Jon Batiste will perform his song It Never Went Away (co-written with Dan Wilson) from the Netflix documentary American Symphony, Becky G will perform the Diane Warren-penned […]
96th Academy Awards Nominations Announced
Posted: January 23, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
This morning, the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of the last year will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 10, 2024 at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center and will be televised live in the U.S. on the ABC Television Network at 7 […]
Original Score & Song Shortlists for 96th Academy Awards Announced
Posted: December 21, 2023 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 96th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced on January 23, 2024 and the awards show […]
2024 Oscars Best Original Song Predictions
Posted: December 18, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions for the Best Original Song category of next year’s 96th Academy Awards on the left side column of this page. The selection and ranking is based on our own experience of the songs in context of the movies, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the […]
