Posts Tagged ‘Academy Awards’

Hans Zimmer to Sit Out the 2012 Oscar Race

Posted: October 23, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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According to an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hans Zimmer said at the Ghent Film Festival, where he was attendance for a performance of some of his scores at last night’s World Soundtrack Awards ceremony, that he will be sitting out this year’s Academy Awards competition. The composer mentioned that his decision is partly related […]

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have won the Oscar for their original score for David Fincher’s The Social Network. The award marks the first Oscar win for both composers, who both have been nominated for the first time. The score beat out Alexandre Desplat’s The King’s Speech, Hans Zimmer’s Incpetion, John Powell’s How to Train […]

According to The Hollywood Reporter, William Ross will be conducting the 83rd Academy Awards this Sunday. He previously conducted the 79th Oscars back in 2007. Ross is most well known as a conductor and orchestrator for such composers as Alan Silvestri and John Powell. Ross has also written numerous feature scores, including The Tale of […]

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 […]

Oscar-eligible scores announced

Posted: December 30, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ music branch has sent out a list of all 77 Oscar-eligible scores for 2011’s Academy Awards ceremony. As previously reported, a number of scores has been ruled ineligible (Black Swan, The Fighter, True Grit, The Kids Are All Right) by the music branch and Randy Newman hasn’t […]