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‘Rise of Skywalker’ Could Hand John Williams Another Oscar Record
When Oscar nominations are announced on Monday, January 13, many are predicting the beloved composer John Williams to receive a...
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David Wingo On Ratcheting Up The Tension in Amazon’s ‘The Report’
The composer chats with Joey Moser about translating Dan Jones's fight through music. If you are unfamiliar with the Senate...
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Hans Zimmer Returns To Scoring The Lion King 25 Years Later
I am capping off my Lion King Press Day by sitting in a room with Hans Zimmer. We've spoken on...
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2017 IFMCA Awards Nominations
The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) has revealed their awards nominations for the 2017 film year. Oscar nominees Jonny...
Read moreInterview: Max Richter on Composing the Score for Hostiles
When it came to composing the score for Scott Cooper's powerful and brutal new film Hostiles, Max Richter seized the...
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Interview: Alexandre Desplat on Creating the Music of Love in The Shape Of Water
Listen carefully to the score from The Shape of Water and it feels as if you're underwater in that magical...
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Michael Giacchino and Justin Hurwitz each land five IFMCA Award nominations
The International Film Music Critics Association have chosen their 2016 nominees. Winners of the 13th IFMCA Awards will be announced...
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Interview: Lesley Barber on Composing the Score for Manchester by the Sea
We've heard Lesley Barber's music before in You Can Count On Me directed by Kenneth Lonergan. Barber reunited with Lonergan for...
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The Case for Inside Out
No 2015 movie pleased the critics and enchanted audiences while embracing creativity and tugging on heart strings as successfully as...
Read more5 original songs for 12 Years a Slave composed by Nicholas Britell
The achievements of a movie as monumental as 12 Years a Slave will take us years to fully appreciate. Over...
Read moreThe Hobbit soundtrack, full preview
(Thanks, Brandon!)
Read moreBest Song and Score – Is the Academy Not Cool Enough for Reznor and Ross?
There are a few songs to keep in mind for this year, although this is a very bizarre category, along...
Read moreA clue to Inception’s music cues?
A tip from Andrew leads us to this musical equation finding the common denominator between Inception's two most familiar crescendos....
Read moreInception: AD reader reactions
For those who've already seen Inception in early screenings, please float by to share your feelings. We don't often devote...
Read moreNYT, LAT & WaPo weigh in with final round of Inception reviews
Inception's critical scorecard gets a boost from the last wave of reviews. Count The LA Times' Kenneth Turan in tight...
Read moreCODA and The Departed are exceptions. Most American remakes of foreign films go nowhere close to critical acclaim or Oscar…
Funny trivia... if Pacifiction wins Palm d'Or, it'll be the first time that a spanish director wins the prize... oddly…
yeah, but it's in English!
I just learnt (now!) that Cannes Jury disqualified LvT's "The House that Jack Built" from Awards consideration on its year,…
I like to say "No " in Thunder !
