According to the Hollywood Reporter, all Academy Award-nominated song will be performed at this year’s Oscar telecast. A.R. Rahman and Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine will perform the song If I Rise from Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, which has lyrics co-written by Dido and Rollo Armstrong. Rahman is also nominated for his original […]
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A.R. Rahman, Randy Newman and Alan Menken to perform at the Academy Awards
Posted: February 4, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: 127 Hours, A.R. Rahman, Alan Menken, Oscars, Randy Newman, Tangled, Toy Story 3
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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
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 […]
