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, Missouri). Desplat previously won the award three years ago for The Grand Budapest Hotel. Check out his acceptance speech after the jump.
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‘Dunkirk’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award
The team behind the sound mixing of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk has won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing in the Motion Pictures – Live Action category at tonight’s 54th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony at the Bunker Hill Ballroom of the OMNI Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza. Scoring mixer Alan Meyerson, along with production mixer Mark Weingarten, re-recording mixers Gregg Landaker & Gary Rizzo, ADR mixer Thomas J. O’Connell and foley mixer Scott Curtis received the award for the war drama scored by Hans Zimmer.
The Music of ‘Coco’ Honored at 45th Annie Awards
Composers Michael Giacchino, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Germaine Franco and co-director and lyricist Adrian Molina were honored in the Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production category for the music from Pixar’s hit movie Coco. Giacchino, Franco and Molina accepted their award in person at tonight’s 45th Annie Awards at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The other contenders in the category were Theodore Shapiro for Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Clint Mansell for Loving Vincent, Christophe Beck & Jeff Morrow for Disney’s Olaf’s Frozen Adventure and Mychael & Jeff Danna for The Breadwinner.
Alexandre Desplat Wins Critics’ Choice Award for ‘The Shape of Water’
Alexandre Desplat was honored with the Critics’ Choice Movie Award in the Best Score category for his music for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water at tonight’s 23rd Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, CA. The other composers nominated in the Best Score category were Dario Marianelli for Darkest Hour, Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer for Blade Runner 2049, John Williams for The Post, Hans Zimmer for Dunkirk and Jonny Greenwood for Phantom Thread.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 24, 2017)
Opening nationwide this week is Pixar’s animated feature Coco directed by Lee Unkrich & Adrian Molina and featuring the voices of Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt and Renée Victor. The film’s original score is composed by Michael Giacchino (Up, Inside Out, The Incredibles). Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (Frozen), Germaine Franco (Dope) & Molina contributed original songs to the movie. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring both the songs and score. Check out our previous article for the full album details.
Playing in front of Coco is Disney Animation’s short Olaf’s Frozen Adventure directed by Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton and featuring the voices of Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff. Christophe Beck (Frozen, Ant-Man, The Muppets, The Peanuts Movie) and Jeff Morrow (Trolls Holiday) have composed the film’s original score and Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson wrote the original songs. Walt Disney Records has released a soundtrack album featuring songs and score. Click here for the full album details.
‘Coco’ Soundtrack Details
The full details of the soundtrack album for Pixar’s animated feature Coco have been announced. The album feacures the film’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino (Up, Inside Out, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Star Trek, Lost, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Also included is the original song Remember Me written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (Frozen) and additional original songs by Germaine Franco (Dope) and co-director Adrian Molina. The soundtrack will be released on November 10, 2017 by Walt Disney Records and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Coco is directed by Lee Unkrich & Molina and features the voice talent of Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt and Renée Victor.
Walt Disney Records to Release Soundtrack Album for Pixar’s ‘Coco’
Walt Disney Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Pixar animated feature Coco. Michael Giacchino (Star Trek, Lost, Jurassic World, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) who previously scored Pixar’s Up, Inside Out, The Incredibles, Ratatouille & Cars 2 is composing the film’s original score. Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez are contributing the original song Remember Me and Germaine Franco & the film’s co-director Adrian Molina have also written additional songs for the film. The soundtrack will be released on November 17, 2017 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
Pixar’s ‘Coco’ to Feature Score by Michael Giacchino & Song by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Bobby Lopez
It was announced today at Disney’s D23 Expo that Michael Giacchino will be providing the score for Pixar’s upcoming animated feature Coco. In addition, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Bobby Lopez (Frozen) have written the original song Remember Me for the movie directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) & Adrian Molina and featuring the voices of Gael García Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt and Renée Victor. The movie follows Miguel who dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz and finds himself in the Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. There will be also be additional additional songs co-written by Germaine Franco (Dope) and Molina.
Richard Gibbs to Score RZA’s ‘Coco’
Richard Gibbs has signed on to score the upcoming music drama Coco. The film is directed by RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists) and stars Azealia Banks, Common, Jill Scott, Lucien Laviscount, Lorraine Toussaint and Hana Mae. The movie follows an aspiring hip-hop artist who struggles to pursue her music and returns to school, where she discovers the vivid world of slam poetry and finds her true voice and an unlikely love. Nicole Asher has written the screenplay. Paul Hall (Higher Learning, For Colored Girls, Addicted, Pride) is producing the project.