Composers Articles

2009 International Film Music Critics Association Awards 2009 International Film Music Critics Association Award nominations: Jan. 16, 2009 2009 International Film Music Critics Association Award winners: Feb. 18, 2009 (“*” denotes the winner in each category)     FILM CATEGORIES FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, music by Alexandre Desplat The Dark Knight, music by James Newton Howard and [...]

"Jai Ho" sound clip. Posted by Marycarmenrod. In December, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that forty-nine songs are contending for a spot in the 2009 Academy Awards‘ Best Original Song category. Three to five songs will receive a nomination. A maximum of two songs may be nominated per film. If more than two songs from a film end up in contention, [...]

The 59th Berlin International Film Festival’s Homage will be dedicated to Maurice Jarre, 84, who will receive the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement on February 12, 2009. Among Jarre’s screen credits are the David Lean epics and sub-epics Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Ryan’s Daughter, and A Passage to India, plus Les Yeux sans visage / Eyes Without a Face, The Collector, Grand Prix, [...]

Bruce Broughton, Mark Isham, Mychael Danna, Rolfe Kent. Photo: Greg Harbaugh/© A.M.P.A.S.   The above photo is from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ second installment of "The Music Soundtrack: A Composers’ Forum of Contemporary Scoring Technique," a discussion on the art and craft of motion picture music scoring held at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood this past September 27. The [...]