Steven Price has won his first Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for his music for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity. The composer was also nominated for the first time. The other contenders in the category were John Williams (The Book Thief), Alexandre Desplat (Philomena), William Butler & Owen Pallett (Her) and Thomas Newman (Saving […]
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Steven Price Wins Oscar for ‘Gravity’
Posted: March 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Gravity, Steven Price
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SCL Hosts Reception for Oscar-Nominated Composers & Songwriters
Posted: March 2, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, John Williams, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Oscar Nominees Reception, Owen Pallett, Robert Lopez, SCL, Steven Price, Thomas Newman, William Butler
Yesterday afternoon, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Academy Award-nominated composers and songwriters in the Best Original Score and Best Original Song category in Beverly Hills. SCL president Ashley Irwin introduced the nominees who briefly spoke to the audience. All six nominated composers in the score category were in attendance, including Alexandre Desplat, nominated for the sixth […]
Academy Celebrates Nominated Song & Scores at Oscar Concert
Posted: February 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, Oscar Concert
Last night, the Academy of the Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) presented its first-ever official Oscar concert at UCLA’s Royce Hall celebrating the nominated scores and songs of the 86th Academy Awards. The event was hosted by rapper Common and produced by Academy governors Charles Fox and Arthur Hamilton. To start off the show, […]
Academy to Present Live Concert Celebrating Nominated Scores and Songs
Posted: February 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Academy Awards, Oscar Concert
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will present the first-ever live “Oscar Concert” celebrating this year’s nominated scores and songs on Thursday, February 27, at 8 p.m. at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles. The program will feature an 80-piece orchestra performing suites from each of the nominated original scores, conducted by their […]
Karen O to Perform ‘The Moon Song’ from ‘Her’ on the Oscars
Posted: February 13, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Her, Karen O, The Moon Song
Oscars show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that singer-songwriter Karen O will, for the first time, perform the Academy Award-nominated original song The Moon Song for a global television audience on the Oscars on March 2, 2014. The song from Spike Jonze’s romantic drama Her starring Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams and Rooney Mara is one […]
U2 to Perform ‘Ordinary Love’ from ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ on the Oscars
Posted: February 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Ordinary Love, U2
Oscars show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that U2 will perform the original song Ordinary Love from Justin Chadwick’s biographical drama Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom starring Idris Elba at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony on March 2, 2014. The performance will be the first time the band will perform the song […]
Idina Menzel to Perform ‘Let It Go’ from ‘Frozen’ on the Oscars
Posted: February 11, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Frozen, Idina Menzel
Oscars show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today that Idina Menzel will, for the first time, perform the Academy Award-nominated song Let it Go from Disney’s animated feature Frozen at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony on March 2, 2014. The song written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez is one of the four songs up for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category. […]
Pharrell Williams to Perform ‘Despicable Me 2’ Song on the Oscars
Posted: February 4, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Despicable Me 2, Pharrell Williams
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced today that Pharrell Williams will be performing his original song Happy from the animated hit film Despicable Me 2 at this year’s Oscars show, which will air on March 2. Williams is nominated for the first time in the Best Original Song category. The other nominated songs include Ordinary Love from […]
‘Alone Yet Not Alone’ Open Letter Response to Academy
Posted: February 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alone Yet Not Alone
On Thursday, composer Bruce Broughton sent out the following email to Academy spokesperson Teni Melidonian and CEO Dawn Hudson (and cc to Academy president Cheryl Boone Issacs) regarding the disqualification of his nominated song from Alone Yet Not Alone, which has now been published as an open letter: Dear Teni, I just looked at the Academy release of the rescinding […]
Academy’s Statement Regarding ‘Alone Yet Not Alone’ Song Decision
Posted: February 1, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alone Yet Not Alone
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has issued a statement regarding the decision to rescind the nomination for the song Alone Yet Not Alone from the movie of the same title: The Board of Governors’ decision to rescind the Original Song nomination for “Alone Yet Not Alone,” music by Bruce Broughton, was made thoughtfully and after […]
