Hildur Guðnadóttir was named Film Composer of the Year at the 20th World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 47th Ghent Film Festival, for her score for Todd Phillips’ Joker, for which she also earned an Academy Award and Golden Globe earlier this year. She previously received the World Soundtrack Award in the TV Composer […]
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Named Film Composer of the Year at 2020 World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 24, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Nicholas Britell, World Soundtrack Awards
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Wins BAFTA TV Craft Award for ‘Chernobyl’
Posted: July 17, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA TV Craft Awards, Chernobyl, Hildur Guðnadóttir
Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Mary Magdalene) won her first BAFTA TV Craft Award today for her music for the HBO/Sky limited series Chernobyl written and executive produced by Craig Mazin, directed by Johan Renck and starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson. She previously received an Emmy and a Grammy […]
‘Last and First Men’ Soundtrack Details
Posted: February 26, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Johann Johannsson, Last and First Men, score, Soundtrack, Yair Elazar Glotman
Deutsche Grammophon will release a soundtrack album for Jóhann Jóhannsson’s feature directorial debut Last and First Men. The album features the original music written by the late composer whose film scoring credits include Arrival, The Theory of Everything, Prisoners & Sicario and Yair Elazar Glotman and also features musical performances by Academy Award winner Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker, […]
Hildur Guðnadóttir Wins Academy Award for ‘Joker’
Posted: February 9, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker, Rocketman
Hildur Guðnadóttir was honored with her first Academy Award for her score for Todd Phillips’ Joker at tonight’s 92nd Oscar ceremony. The composer who previously received a Golden Globe and a Critics’ Choice Award for her work on the film was also nominated the first time. Check out her acceptance speech after the jump. The other […]
Hildur Gudnadottir Wins BAFTA Award for ‘Joker’
Posted: February 2, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BAFTA, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Hildur Gudnadottir has received her first BAFTA Award for her music for Joker in the Original Score category today at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London. Check out the composer’s acceptance speech after the jump. She previously received the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award for her […]
Hildur Guðnadóttir Wins Grammy Award for ‘Chernobyl’ Score
Posted: January 26, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: A Star Is Born, Chernobyl, Grammy Awards, Hildur Guðnadóttir, John Williams
Hildur Guðnadóttir has won her first Grammy Award for her score for the HBO limited series Chernobyl in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category. The composer has previously received an Emmy Award for her work on the show. In the Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media, Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary […]
Hildur Gudnadottir Wins Critics’ Choice Award for ‘Joker’
Posted: January 12, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Critic's Choice Movie Awards, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Hildur Gudnadottir was honored with her first Critics’ Choice Award in the Best Score category for her music for Todd Phillips’ Joker at tonight’s 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, CA. The other composers nominated in the Best Score category were Michael Abels for Us, Alexandre Desplat for Little Women, Randy Newman […]
Hildur Gudnadottir Wins Golden Globe for ‘Joker’
Posted: January 5, 2020 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Golden Globes, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker, Rocketman
Hildur Gudnadottir has received her first Golden Globe Award in the Original Score category for Todd Phillips’ Joker. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were Randy Newman (Marriage Story), Thomas Newman (1917r), Alexandre Desplat (Little Women) and Daniel Pemberton (Motherless Brooklyn). In the Original Song category, Elton John & Bernie Taupin won the […]
Nicholas Britell Named Film Composer of the Year at 2019 World Soundtrack Awards
Posted: October 18, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Michael Abels, Nicholas Britell, World Soundtrack Awards
Nicholas Britell was named Film Composer of the Year at the 19th World Soundtrack Awards, tonight’s closing event of the 46th Ghent Film Festival. The composer’s film scoring work over the last year includes Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk (for which he also earned an Academy Award nomination) and Adam McKay’s Vice. Hildur […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (October 4, 2019)
Posted: October 4, 2019 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alberto Iglesias, Brooke Blair, Dolemite Is My Name, Hanan Townshend, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Jeff Russo, Joker, Low Tide, Lucy in the Sky, Pain & Glory, Scott Bomar, Semper Fi, Will Blair
The only new movie opening nationwide this week is the psychological thriller Joker directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Marc Maron, and Shea Whigham. The film’s original music is composed by Hildur Gudnadottir (Chernobyl, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Mary Magdalene). WaterTower Music has […]
