Academy Award Nominations were announced this week honoring the best achievements in motion pictures in 2022 - including the Original Score and Original Song categories. For the list of music-related nominations, click here.
The nominations for the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards were also announced this week. Check out the nominees here. Congratulations to all the nominees.
Announced this week were new composer assignments for Marco Beltrami (Renfield), Pinar Toprak (PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie) and Bear McCreary (We Have a Ghost), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.
Over 30 new soundtrack albums were released this week. Click here for the full schedule.
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend are (with music by): Fear (Geoff Zanelli), Infinity Pool (Tim Hecker) and Maybe I Do (Lesley Barber).
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Mike Patton (The Place Beyond the Pines, Crank: High Voltage) is turning 55 today.
- David Robbins (Dead Men Walking, Bob Roberts) is turning 68 on Sunday, January 29.
- Steve Bartek (Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Novocaine) is turning 71 on Monday, January 30.
- Philip Glass (The Hours, Kundun) is turning 86 on Tuesday, January 31.
- Andrew Lockington (San Andreas, Journey to the Center of the Earth) is turning 49 on January 31.