The 14th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards were held last Sunday. Among the winners were George Drakoulias for Barbie, Toko Nagata for Joy Ride and Lindsay Wolfington for Theater Camp. For the full story, click here.
Announced this week were new composer assignments for Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot), Andrea Datzman (Inside Out 2) and Ryan Lott (The Greatest Hits), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.
Over 35 new soundtrack albums were released this week. Click here for the full schedule.
Opening in theaters nationwide this week are (with music by): Cabrini (Gene Back), Imaginary (Sparks & Shadows) and Kung Fu Panda 4 (Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro).
We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical releases:
- Imaginary (3 songs)
- Kung Fu Panda 4 (2 songs)
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Bruce Broughton (Silverado, Young Sherlock Holmes) is turning 79 today.
- Mark Mancina (Moana, Speed) is turning 67 tomorrow, March 9.
- Deborah Lurie (Dear John, An Unfinished Life) is turning 50 on March 9.
- Brad Fiedel (The Terminator, True Lies) is turning 73 on Sunday, March 10.
- Rob Simonsen (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Whale) is turning 46 on Monday, March 11.
- David Newman (Hoffa, The Flintstones) is turning 70 on March 11.
- Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman, Malcolm X) is turning 62 on Wednesday, March 13.
- Quincy Jones (The Color Purple, In the Heat of the Night) is turning 91 on Thursday, March 14.