Among 2019 Grammy nominees Willie Nelson summed it up best for visual media contenders with “It Was A Very Good Year,” one of two performances he has on the broader honorees list — 84 categories in all. Black Panther and its creative visionary Kendrick Lamar generated the most nominations overall, with eight, including notice in the […]
In a music list that spread the wealth, Black Panther was doubly rewarded with Golden Globes nominations in both the song and score categories. The Marvel blockbuster received a total of three Globes noms, including best picture, and was touted as the first comic book-based film to receive recognition in that category. A Star is […]
The Society of Composers & Lyricists will honor composers Terence Blanchard and John Corigliano when they are each inducted as SCL Ambassadors while legendary composer Elliot Lawrence has been designated recipient of the SCL Award of Merit. The ceremony will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at The NYIT Auditorium 1871 Broadway Avenue in New […]
The Black Panther was the big winner at the Ninth Annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards, copping three trophies and edging out A Star Is Born, which nabbed two wins. Panther composer Ludwig Goransson took home the trophy for original score (sci-fi/fantasy/horror), and the Marvel Comics superhero epic also triumphed in the original song competition (sci-fi/fantasy/horror) with […]
Proven winners will vie with talented upstarts at the Ninth Annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards tonight. Hans Zimmer, Carter Burwell, Terence Blanchard and Alexandre Desplat are among the nominees in the feature film original score category, where Mary Queen of Scots‘ Max Richter and Green Book’s Kris Bowers are also in contention. Recently minted superstar […]
Craig Armstrong — composer of scores to Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, Love Actually and Ray — will receive SoundTrack_Cologne’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award in a closing night ceremony at this year’s conference, which runs Aug. 22-25. The announcement was made today by Soundtrack_Cologne CEO Michael Aust at a Cannes Film Festival cocktail party for the film music event, […]
Film and television score composer Germaine Franco will receive the prestigious ASCAP Shirley Walker Award at the 33rd annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards in Los Angeles on May 23. The Shirley Walker Award honors those whose achievements have contributed to the diversity of film and television music. Franco is the first Latina composer invited to […]
A pair of hip hop docs, a diva duo and one making-of compete for honors in the MTV Movie & TV Awards, which announced nominees today. HBO’s riveting four part rags-to-riches tale, The Defiant Ones, examines the chain of events that led to the improbably pairing of a NY-born longshoreman’s son, Jimmy Iovine, with Compton, California-bred beatmaster Dr. […]
Hans Zimmer and Raphael Saadiq topped the list of nominees for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, with three each. There were six double-noms: Lorne Balfe, Nicholas Britell, Mychael Danna, Laura Karpman, Diane Warren and Rupert Gregson-Williams, who had two. The HMMA’s honor music in film, TV, videogames, commercials and trailers in a total of 19 categories, […]
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Nicholas Britell and Rupert Gregson-Williams were the big winners at 17th World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent, Belgium Wednesday. Jóhannsson took honors as best film composer of the year for Arrival and Gregson-Williams, who scored The Crown was voted top television composer. David Shire received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his entire career. Guest […]
