According to Variety, the scores for Black Swan by composer Clint Mansell and True Grit by Carter Burwell have been disqualified from Oscar consideration by the Academy music branch. Both scores were deemed ineligible because they are “diluted by the use of tracked themes or other pre-existing music”. The Black Swan score was heavily adapted […]
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‘Black Swan’ and ‘True Grit’ scores disqualified from Oscar consideration
Posted: December 21, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Black Swan, Carter Burwell, Clint Mansell, Michael Brook, Randy Newman, The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right, Toy Story 3, True Grit
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‘True Grit’ soundtrack release announced
Posted: November 26, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, Soundtrack, True Grit
Nonesuch Records has announced a soundtrack album for the upcoming western True Grit. The album features selections of the score by composer Carter Burwell, who regularly works with the film’s directors Joel and Ethan Coen. The album will be released on December 21. In the movie starring Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin and Matt Damon, a […]
Burwell to score HBO mini-series
Posted: September 25, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carter Burwell, Mildred Pierce, True Grit
Carter Burwell has been hired to score the upcoming HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce. The five part series is directed by Todd Haynes (I’m Not There, Far From Heaven, Velvet Goldmine) and follows a divorced single mom who decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her her ambitious elder daughter. Mildred […]
Carter Burwell to score The Kids Are All Right
Posted: April 1, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Carter Burwell, Howl, The Kids Are All Right
Film Music Reporter has learned that Carter Burwell has been hired to score the comedy The Kids Are All Right. The movie had its premiere at this year’s Sundance film festival. The movie originally had a score by Nathan Larson and Craig Wedren and Burwell has stepped in to provide a score for the nationwide […]
The Blind Side score released
Posted: March 9, 2010 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Carter Burwell, The Blind Side
Watertower Records recently released Carter Burwell’s score for the drama The Blind Side. The Oscar-nominated movie has been in theaters since last November and has grossed more than $250 Mio. at the domestic box office. On Sunday, Sandra Bullock was awarded for her lead performance with an Academy Award. The soundtrack album is currently only […]
