THR is reporting that the music branch of the Academy Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has ruled the original score for Peter Farrelly’s comedy drama Green Book ineligible in the Best Original Score category for next year’s Academy Awards. The Academy is citing its rule that states that a score “shall not be eligible if […]
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‘Green Book’ Score Ruled Ineligible for Academy Awards
Posted: December 6, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Green Book, Kris Bowers
2019 ‘Best Original Score’ Oscar Predictions
Posted: November 26, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
Starting today, we are publishing our predictions in the Best Original Score category for the 91st 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, reactions of Academy music branch members and others in the film/music […]
Lalo Schifrin Honored at Governors Awards
Posted: November 19, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Governors Awards, Lalo Schifrin
Yesterday, Lalo Schifrin was honored with an Honorary Academy Award at the 10th Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center. The composer whose scoring credits include Mission: Impossible, The Cincinnati Kid, Enter the Dragon, Cool Hand Luke, Bullit, The Amityville Horror and Rush Hour was introduced by actress Kathy Bates (who starred in Schifrin-scored The Bridge […]
Lalo Schifrin to Receive Honorary Academy Award at 2018 Governors Awards
Posted: September 5, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Lalo Schifrin
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday night (September 4) to present an Honorary Award to composer Lalo Schifrin. He will be honored at the Academy’s 10th Annual Governors Awards on Sunday, November 18, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center. Born and raised in […]
Daniel Pemberton, Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka, Rob Simonsen, Eric Serra & Others Invited to Join Academy
Posted: June 25, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 928 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures to join the organization. Among the invited artists this year are a number of film composers, including Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs, Ocean’s 8), Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka who received their […]
Academy Announces Rule Change in Music Categories
Posted: April 24, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved Oscars rules and campaign regulations for the 91st Academy Awards, including a change in the music categories, where “all members of the Music Branch will view films eligible for Original Score and film clips of eligible Original Songs and vote in a preliminary round to produce a shortlist of 15 titles in […]
Alexandre Desplat Wins Academy Award for ‘The Shape of Water’
Posted: March 4, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Alexandre Desplat, Coco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, The Shape of Water
Alexandre Desplat was honored with his second Academy Award for his score for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water at tonight’s 90th Oscar ceremony. The other nominated composers in the Best Original Score category were Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread), Hans Zimmer (Dunkirk), John Williams (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and Carter Burwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, […]
Performers of Academy Award-Nominated Songs Announced
Posted: February 23, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Andra Day, Common, Gael Garcia Bernal, Keala Settle, Mary J. Blige, Miguel, Natalie LaFourcade, Sufjan Stevens
The performers of this year’s nominated songs at the 90th Oscars ceremony have been announced today by show producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd. Gael Garcia Bernal, Natalie LaFourcade and Miguel will perform Remember Me from Pixar’s Coco written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez. Bernal provided the voice of the main character in […]
Harold Wheeler to Return as Music Director for Oscars
Posted: February 9, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Harold Wheeler
Academy Awards producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd today announced that Harold Wheeler was selected as music director for this year’s 90th Oscars. He returns for his fifth Oscar telecast, his third as music director following the ceremonies in 2016 & 2017. Wheeler is best known as an orchestrator, composer, conductor, arranger and record producer and […]
Details for 2018’s Oscar Concert Announced
Posted: February 1, 2018 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and The Los Angeles Philharmonic today announced details of The Oscar Concert, a special, one-night-only celebration of film music at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. As part of the Oscar week celebrations for its 90th anniversary, the Academy, in partnership with the […]