Daniel Blumberg was honored with his first Academy Award last Sunday for his music to Brady Corbet's The Brutalist and Clément Ducol, Camille & Jacques Audiard won their first Oscar for the song "El Mal?" from Emilia Perez. For the full story, click here.
Announced this week were new composer assignments for Danny Elfman (Dead Man's Wire), Daniel Pemberton (Materialists) and Bryce Dessner (The Accountant 2), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.
Over 25 new soundtrack albums were released this week. Click here for the full schedule.
Opening in theaters nationwide this week are (with music by): In the Lost Lands (Paul Haslinger), Mickey 17 (Jaeil Jung), Night of the Zoopocalypse (Dan Levy) and Rule Breakers (Jeff Beal).
We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical release:
- Mickey 17 (6 songs)
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Bruce Broughton (Silverado, Young Sherlock Holmes) is turning 80 tomorrow, March 8.
- Mark Mancina (Moana, Speed) is turning 68 on Sunday, March 9.
- Deborah Lurie (Dear John, An Unfinished Life) is turning 51 on March 9.
- Brad Fiedel (The Terminator, True Lies) is turning 74 on Monday, March 10.
- Rob Simonsen (Deadpool & Wolverine, The Whale) is turning 47 on Tuesday, March 11.
- David Newman (Hoffa, The Flintstones) is turning 71 on March 11.
- Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X) is turning 63 on Thursday, March 13.