Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the animated feature The Wild Robot written and directed by Chris Sanders and starring Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames and Mark Hamill. The film’s original score is composed by Kris Bowers (Bridgerton, Green Book, King Richard, Haunted Mansion, […]
Posts Tagged ‘Jon Batiste’
Weekly Film Music Roundup (September 27, 2024)
Posted: September 27, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Azrael, Bagman, Chang Kiha, Diego Ramos Rodriguez, Haunted Heart, Jon Batiste, Kris Bowers, LEE, Marcus Norris, Megalopolis, Osvaldo Golijov, Saturday Night, Summer of Violence, the Executioner, The Universal Theory, The Wild Robot, Timothy Williams, Tóti Guðnason, Veteran 2: I, Zbigniew Preisner
‘Saturday Night’ Score Album Details
Posted: September 26, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Jason Reitman, Jon Batiste, Saturday Night, score, Soundtrack
Verve Records will release a soundtrack album for the biographical comedy drama Saturday Night. The album features the film’s original score written and recorded live on set by Academy Award and Grammy Award winner Jon Batiste (Soul, American Symphony). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, September 27 and will be available to stream/download on […]
Jon Batiste to Score Jason Reitman’s ‘SNL 1975’
Posted: March 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jason Reitman, Jon Batiste, SNL 1975
THR is reporting that singer/songwriter, jazz pianist and composer Jon Batiste (Soul, American Symphony, The First Wave) has been tapped to score the upcoming biographical comedy drama SNL 1975. The film is directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) and stars Gabriel LaBelle as SNL creator Lorne Michaels, alongside Cooper Hoffman, […]
Jon Batiste, Becky G, Billie Eilish, Ryan Gosling, Mark Ronson & Others to Perform Nominated Songs at Academy Awards
Posted: February 28, 2024 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Becky G, Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, Jon Batiste, Mark Ronson, Ryan Gosling, Scott George
Executive producers Raj Kapoor, Molly McNearney & Katy Mullan announced today the performers of the Oscar-nominated songs at next week’s 96th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Jon Batiste will perform his song It Never Went Away (co-written with Dan Wilson) from the Netflix documentary American Symphony, Becky G will perform the Diane Warren-penned […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 24, 2023)
Posted: November 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: American Symphony, Benjamin Rice, Candy Cane Lane, Dave Metzger, Jon Batiste, Julia Michaels, Leave the World Behind, Leonard Bernstein, Mac Quayle, Maestro, Marcus Miller, Martin Phipps, Monster, Napoleon, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Wish
Already playing in theaters nationwide since this past Wednesday is the animated musical comedy Wish directed by Chris Buck & Fawn Veerasunthorn and starring Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, Alan Tudyk, Natasha Rothwell, Harvey Guillén, Evan Peters and Ramy Youseff. The film’s original songs are written by Julia Michaels & Benjamin Rice […]
Jon Batiste’s Original Song ‘It Never Went Away’ from Netflix’s ‘American Symphony’ Released
Posted: November 24, 2023 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: American Symphony, Dan Wilson, Jon Batiste, Matthew Heineman, Netflix
Verve Records and Interscope Records have released the original song It Never Went Away from the Netflix original documentary American Symphony. The track co-written and -produced (with Dan Wilson) and performed by Grammy Award- and Academy Award-winning musician/composer Jon Batiste (Soul, The First Wave, She Ball) and is now available to stream/download on all major […]
Carlos Rafael Rivera, Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Win Grammy Awards for ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ & ‘Soul’ Scores
Posted: April 3, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Atticus Ross, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Grammy Awards, Jon Batiste, Soul, The Queen's Gambit, Trent Reznor
In a tie, Carlos Rafael Rivera has won his first Grammy Award for his score for the Netflix limited series The Queen’s Gambit and Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross were honored for their music for Pixar’s Soul in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category at today’s 64th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere […]
Jazz Selections from Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Released
Posted: September 24, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Disney Plus, Jon Batiste, Pixar, score, Soul, Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for Pixar’s animated feature Soul. The album features eight jazz selections from and inspired by the film by Jon Batiste who received his first Academy Award this year for his work on the movie. Five of the tracks included on the record have previously only been […]
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste Win Academy Award for ‘Soul’
Posted: April 25, 2021 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Academy Awards, Atticus Ross, Dernst Emile II, H.E.R., Jon Batiste, Judas and the Black Messiah, Soul, Tiara Thomas, Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste were honored with the Academy Award for their score for Pixar’s Soul at tonight’s 93rd Oscar ceremony. Reznor & Ross have previously received their first Oscar for their music for 2010’s The Social Network and were also nominated this year for their music for David Fincher’s Mank. The […]