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The Society of Composers and Lyricists announced its 2025 awards recipients at the sixth annual Scl Awards.

Composers and lyricists gathered together for a dinner and ceremony hosted by singer-songwriter Colin Hays, held at the Skirball Cultural Center. The evening opened with a performance of “Lean on Me” — meant to bring the community together after the recent wildfires that have devastated Los Angeles.

While the night’s atmosphere was overall celebratory, the awards ceremony took several opportunities to acknowledge the recent tragedy in the city. Composer Starr Parodi, who lost her home in the Palisades Fire, was given a replacement plaque for her previously earned jury award on stage.

Among the top awardees for the night were Daniel Blumberg for The Brutalist, Diane Warren for The Six Triple Eight, Kris Bowers for The Wild Robot and Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Luca Guadagnino for Challengers.

Composer Harry Gregson-William accepted the Spirit...

The Wild Robot‘s Oscar prospects may have gotten a boost on Wednesday as the Society of Composers and Lyricists announced its sixth annual award winners. The animated feature won Best Original Score for a Studio Film, defeating three of its Oscar rivals: Emilia Pérez, Wicked, and Conclave. The last of this year’s Best Score Oscar nominees, The Brutalist, competed in another category at the Scl Awards, winning Best Original Score for an Independent Film.

So does that mean the Oscar will come down to The Wild Robot and The Brutalist? In the Scl Awards’ previous five years, they agreed with the Oscars three times: Joker (2019), Soul (2020), and Oppenheimer (2023). In 2021, the Scl voted for Encanto (studio) and The Green Knight (independent), but the Oscar went to Dune. And for 2022, the Scl picked Nope (studio) and Everything Everywhere All at Once (independent), while the Oscars opted for All Quiet on the Western Front.

From long-awaited sequels like “Gladiator II” to gritty historical dramas like “Blitz,” Variety’s FYC Fest: The Shortlist provides a lens into the artistic subtleties of filmmaking through dynamic conversations with the creatives behind the camera.

Led by the magazine’s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay, chief film critic Peter Debruge and senior entertainment technology & crafts editor Carolyn Giardina, these conversations illuminate behind-the-scenes insights on directing, visual effects, music composition and other craft elements in films such as “Gladiator II,” “Vermiglio,” “Room Taken” and “How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies.”

‘Gladiator II’ Conversation With Composer Harry Gregson-Williams

“Gladiator 2” composer Harry Gregson-Williams wrote over 100 minutes of music for the follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 200 epic, “Gladiator.”

In approaching the film’s sequel, Gregson-Williams and Scott early conversations centered around Paul Mescal’s Lucius. “We talked about what we might do with him and how we might help tell the...

Oscar voting started Jan. 8 and continues to Jan. 14 (extended two days because of the devastating California wildfires), and Academy members have 15 tunes to choose from in the race for Best Original Song. That’s how many made the cut when the shortlists were announced in December. It’s a wide-ranging list that includes country star Lainey Wilson, rock legend Elton John, musical theater favorite Lin-Manuel Miranda, and, of course, prolific movie songwriter Diane Warren. But who will make the final five? Listen to all 15 songs below and see what the songwriters had to say about their Oscar-contending compositions.

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Written by Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen, and Taura Stinson

“‘Winter Coat’ is not only meant to be a defining moment in the film but also for Rita (Saoirse Ronan),” the songwriters told Gold Derby. “It was initiated from...

Leading contenders for the Society of Composers & Lyricists’ 2025 Scl Awards include “Emilia Pérez” composers Clément Ducol and Camille, who picked up three nominations, for their score and for two original songs from the musical drama. Matching that number as an individual was Atticus Ross, whose three nominations are split between his scoring work on “Shōgun” and a song for “Challengers.”

The Scl’s nominations in eight film, television and interactive media categories were announced Wednesday morning, with the awards program scheduled to take place in Los Angeles on Feb. 12. Scroll down to see the full list of nominees.

The org’s annual Spirit of Collaboration Award will be given at the event to composer Harry Gregson-Williams and director Ridley Scott, in honor of an ongoing partnership that has resulted in “Gladiator II” being their seventh film together. Last year the same award went to Martin Scorsese and the late Robbie Robertson.

Oscar-Grammy-Emmy winner Atticus Ross and the duo behind the music in Emilia Pérez lead the nominees at the 2025 Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards.

Ross earned two nominations for his musical work on Shogun and a nod for “Compress/Repress” from Challengers. Clément Ducol and Camille received three nominations for the Netflix film starring Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez, including two bids for outstanding original song for a comedy or musical visual media production. Ross, Ducol and Camille’s works have been shortlisted at the Academy Awards; nine of the 15 songs shortlisted are nominated at the Scl Awards, while six scores shortlisted made the Scl list.

The 6th annual Scl Awards, which celebrate excellence and innovation in music for visual media, will be held in Los Angeles on Feb. 12 and hosted by singer-songwriter Colin Hay.

Other nominees include Miley Cyrus for “Beautiful That Way” from The Last Showgirl; Elton John and...

The Society of Composers & Lyricists has charted the nominees for its 2025 Scl Awards, which celebrate excellence and innovation in music for visual media. Emilia Pérez composers Clément Ducol and Camille and Challengers and Shōgun composer Atticus Ross lead the field with three noms each. See the full list below.

The hardware will be handed out during the sixth annual Scl Awards on February 12 in Los Angeles. Men at Work’s Colin Hay will host the ceremony.

The group also said today that Gladiator II composer Harry Gregson-Williams and filmmaker Ridley Scott will receive its 2025 Spirit of Collaboration Award, which recognizes a composer-director relationship that has created a prodigious body of work. Gregson-Williams also has penned the original scores for Scott’s The Martian, Kingdom of Heaven, The Last Duel and House of Gucci and themes for Prometheus and Exodus: Gods and Kings.

“Ridley is an open book when it comes to music,...

Another day, another sign of industry support for Emilia Pérez.

On Wednesday, the Society of Composers and Lyricists announced its 2025 Scl Awards nominations with Netflix’s Spanish-language cartel musical out in front with three nominations.

The ceremony will take place on Feb. 12.

Emilia Pérez composers and songwriters Clément Ducol and Camille earned three nominations as did Atticus Ross, who received two nominations for Challengers and one for the television series Shōgun.

Other highlights: Diane Warren was nominated for The Six Triple Eight, the sixth consecutive year she’s up for an Scl Award. Harry Gregson-Williams and director Ridley Scott will also be honored with the Spirit of Collaboration Award, “which recognizes a composer/director relationship that has created a prodigious body of work.”

The duo has worked together seven times, including this year on Gladiator II.

“Ridley is an open book when it comes to music, and working with him...

While last year’s Oscar original song short list was dominated by pop stars such as Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo, this year’s lineup is filled with several ditties from musically themed movies such as Emila Perez, Moana 2, The Lion King, Piece by Piece to name a few with Oscar vets such as Diane Warren, Nicholas Britell and more eyeing a potential return to the Dolby Theatre on March 2.

Today, AMPAS cleared 15 songs as finalists for Oscar’s original song category which will be whittled down to five when nominations are announced on Jan. 17, 2025.

The most eyebrow-raising snub in original song by the Academy goes to the Miley Cyrus end credits tune “Beautiful This Way” from Roadside Attractions’ Pamala Anderson comeback The Last Showgirl. The Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt-penned song is nominated at the Golden Globes. Note the Disney Channel alum Cyrus has...

Songs by Pharrell, Elton John, and Lainey Wilson, as well as multiple selections from Emelia Pérez, have made the Oscars’ shortlist for Best Original Song.

Pharrell’s “Piece by Piece,” the title track from his animated Lego biopic, made the cut, as did John’s “Never Too Late,” co-written with Brandi Carlile and Andrew Watt for his recent documentary. And Wilson secured a shortlist nod for her contribution to Twisters, “Out of Oklahoma,” co-written with Luke Dick and Shane McAnally.

The two songs from Emilia Pérez to make the shortlist...

Awards season is officially upon us. As the 2025 Oscars approaches, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed its shortlists for nominees in several categories, including Best Original Song and Best Original Score.

Of the 89 songs eligible in the category, 15 are moving forward as the race narrows for Best Original Song. Challengers composers — and our composers of the year — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross appear on the shortlists for both score and original song (“Compress/Repress”).

Already a multi-nominated actress at the Oscars, Saoirse Ronan has the potential to earn her first nomination in the music category for her performance in Blitz. Other interesting names on the list include Kneecap, the Irish hip-hop trio who star as themselves in the film of the same name.

Two songs appear from Emilia Pérez, while other notable figures include Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Tell Me It’s You from” Mufasa: The Lion King...

Awards season is officially upon us. As the 2025 Oscars approaches, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed its shortlists for nominees in several categories, including Best Original Song and Best Original Score.

Of the 89 songs eligible in the category, 15 are moving forward as the race narrows for Best Original Song. Challengers composers — and our composers of the year — Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross appear on the shortlists for both score and original song (“Compress/Repress”).

Already a multi-nominated actress at the Oscars, Saoirse Ronan has the potential to earn her first nomination in the music category for her performance in Blitz. Other interesting names on the list include Kneecap, the Irish hip-hop trio who star as themselves in the film of the same name.

Two songs appear from Emilia Pérez, while other notable figures include Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Tell Me It’s You from” Mufasa: The Lion King...

The shortlists for the music categories have been revealed for the 97th Academy Awards, with 15 contenders for Best Original Song and 20 semifinalists for Best Original Score now one step closer to potentially earning Oscar nominations when they’re announced on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

The two frontrunners from “Emilia Pérez” — “El Mal” and “El Camino” — are both among the 15 shortlisted songs. Expectedly, the song category includes several high-profile singers, musicians and songwriters, such as Pharrell Williams, Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Lainey Wilson, Maren Morris, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robbie Williams, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Surprising Oscar contender Kristen Wiig, who co-wrote “Harper and Will Go West” from Will Ferrell’s “Will & Harper” documentary, also keeps her hopes alive for her first Academy Award nomination.

Diane Warren’s inclusion for her latest song “The Journey,” which is featured in Netflix’s “The Six Triple Eight,” brings the potential for her eighth consecutive Oscar...

Exclusive: CAA has signed Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominated songwriter and composer, Taura Stinson.

Stinson’s work can be heard this awards season in the Apple Original Films movie Blitz, the song “Winter Coat” performed by that pic’s star Saoirse Ronan.

Stinson’s recent projects include writing the theme song “Moon Girl Magic” for Marvel’s Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur with Raphael Saadiq and collaborating on Netflix’s Thelma the Unicorn with Brittany Howard.

Stinson has also co-written songs, such as “Slip Away” for Carmen, “Call Me Cruella” for Disney’s Cruella and the Oscar Award-shortlisted “Just Look Up” for Netflix’s Don’t Look Up, performed by client Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi.

Her accolades include a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for “Mighty River” from Mudbound, co-written with Mary J. Blige and Raphael Saadiq, and an Emmy Award nomination for “All About Me” from Showtime’s The L-Word: Generation Q,...

Exclusive: Saoirse Ronan, a four-time Oscar nominee, has been earning an entirely new set of props for her performance in Blitz, the latest feature from British filmmaker Steve McQueen.

In the WWII pic, Ronan plays Rita, a young mother searching for her son who has gone missing during Germany’s aerial bombardment of London. Rita also is a keen musician and can more than carry a tune. In one scene, she is chosen to sing for a live BBC wartime radio broadcast and performs the gentle but defiant song “Winter Coat.” Ronan has now recorded a new live version of the song, which you can watch above.

The song was written by McQueen, musician Taura Stinson and three-time Oscar-nominated composer Nicholas Britell. The performance above was recorded November 7 in Studio A at the legendary Power Station at BerkleeNYC in New York City. Other sartists known to have recorded at the studio include Bruce Springsteen,...

Yes, that is Saoirse Ronan singing in Steve McQueen’s “Blitz.”

In the World War II drama, now streaming on AppleTV+, Ronan plays a young mother, Rita, searching for her young son who has been sent away and gone missing.

In one scene, Rita who works at a bomb-making factory, gets up to sing a wartime tune “Winter Coat” in front of her co-workers. Ronan is tipped to be in the running for best supporting actress, but landing the role was not that simple. The song was always in the script. Ronan says, “There was never a question of not being able to sing if he gave me the role.”

McQueen and Ronan met over Zoom, but it wasn’t until the actress had a singing lesson and vocal coaching that she landed the role. “He gave me the role once she reported back to him and said that I wasn’t tone deaf.

The 2024 Hollywood Music in Media Awards were handed out on Wednesday night, Nov. 20, during a ceremony that took place at The Avalon in Hollywood. Winners were decided by the Hollywood Music in Media Academy, which consists of journalists, filmmakers, performing artists, publicists, and other industry professionals.

The big winner was Jacques Audiard‘s Netflix musical “Emilia Pérez,” which claimed Best Music-Themed Film, Biopic, or Musical, where it beat other formidable awards contenders like “A Complete Unknown” and “Wicked.” The film’s star Zoe Saldaña also won Best Song (Onscreen Performance) for “El Mal,” defeating Timothee Chalamet playing Bob Dylan‘s “Blowin’ in the Wind” in “A Complete Unknown” and Cynthia Erivo belting out “Defying Gravity” in “Wicked.” Lastly, the film won Best Score (Feature Film) for Clément Ducol and Camille, bringing its total to three, making it the most awarded film of the year.

“The Wild Robot” won two awards,...

Steve McQueen

The director of Blitz talks us through the choices he made to create his dreamlike love letter to wartime London

1 — Don’t look back

None of my films have been similar to any other film, from Occupied City to Hunger to Small Axe to Shame. I mean, they are all very, very, very different. And that’s not just because I want to be different, it’s because the subject matter asks for it to be like that. It’s all about subject matter, and then making work that can enhance what I want to talk about. With Blitz, I wanted to look through a child’s perspective. Like a Brothers Grimm fairytale, it’s very dark, but it’s almost like a dream — and I think that seeing these things through a child’s perspective is what gives it a dreamlike quality. Because I’m putting you...

Emilia Pérez leads the 2024 nominees for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, which honor scores and songs in film and other visual media categories. Blitz is next with three, followed by The Wild Robot, Moana 2, and Wicked with two each. See the full list below.

Among the nominees are such hitmakers and composers as Elton John and Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Diane Warren, Pharrell Williams, A.R. Rahman and Linda Perry, among others.

The hardware will be handed out at the 15th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards on November 20 at The Avalon in Hollywood. Several of the nominated songs will be performed live during the ceremony.

The HMMAs will present this year’s Outstanding Career Achievement Award to legendary lyricist Bernie Taupin, who collaborations with Elton John produced some of the greatest pop songs and albums on the 1970s. The duo scored 10 No. 1 singles in the UK and seven in the U.

More than a hundred songwriters, composers, perfomers and films are represented in the nominees’ list for the 2024 Hollywood Music in Media Awards — from pop luminaries like Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Lainey Wilson and Pharrell Williams to celebrated scorers like Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Kris Bowers and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross.

The list of nominees was unveiled Wednesday, in advance of a ceremony due to take place Nov. 20 at the Avalon in Hollywood.

“Emilia Pérez” led all films with five Hmma nominations. “Blitz” and “A Complete Unknown” have three nominations apiece. Other films picking up multiple noms include “Wicked,” “The Wild Robot,” “Moana 2,” “The Idea of You,” “Challengers” and “Elton John: Never Too Late.” (Scroll down to see the full lineup of 2024 nominees.)

The Hmma lineup of categories is the most expansive of any awards program recognizing musical achievements in the movies, between breaking down different genre categories for feature films,...

Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” (Apple TV+) is a tale of two Londons under harrowing German aerial assault during World War II. There’s the communal stiff-upper-lip resilience that defines the Brits and the more personal family drama, which centers on biracial youngster George (Elliott Heffernan), who’s hurled on an incredible “Oliver Twist”-like adventure. After being evacuated out of London on a train with other children for safekeeping, George immediately runs away and perilously heads back home to his munitions worker mom, Rita (Saoirse Ronan), and musical grandfather Gerald Hanway (Paul Weller of The Jam).

The convergence of these two perspectives in “Blitz” becomes the basis of a primal survival story told as social realist fable. It alternates between naturalism and surrealism, yet it’s completely anchored in historical truth. Among the real-life incidents depicted in the film: the East End air-raid shelter run by Mickey (“the Midget”) Davies...

Maybe because it’s one of the most immediate art forms, it can be hard to talk about music. But on Friday at the Middleburg Film Festival, composers and songwriters Lesley Barber, Kris Bowers, Charles Fox, Mychael Danna, Clement Ducol & Camille, Taura Stinson, and Diane Warren were able to get at some key insights into how scores and songs can support great film storytelling. As it does with most things, the time musicians have to grapple with a story matters.

The danger of too little time is that you won’t be able to get the work done, of course, but there is such a thing as too much time too. Danna told the panel and the crowd at Middleburg that it’s possible to over-rotate and second-guess yourself into losing sight of what the music needs to accomplish. “No one can procrastinate as well as me. My favorite way...

Oscar winner Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) hasn’t made a movie since “Widows” in 2018 so there was a lot of buzz about “Blitz” when it debuted at the London Film Festival on Oct. 9. This Apple Original Film is a period piece, set in 1940 war-torn London. George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old sent to safety in the countryside by his single mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan), decides to return home. While his mother frantically searches for him, he gets caught up in a series of adventures.

While some critics were somewhat tepid about this heartwarming film, others were more enamored of its charms. Many reviewers singled out the contributions of the below-the-line talent. Combined, the reviews merit an impressive score of 94 at Rotten Tomatoes. Read a sampling of their thoughts below.

After closing the New York Film Festival on Oct. 10, it opens theatrically in both the US and UK on Nov.

The 2024 Middleburg Film Festival (Mff) has rounded out its list of honorees.

After previously announcing Steve McQueen (“Blitz”), Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”), and Isabella Rossellini (“Conclave”) as award recipients, the Middleburg Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup of honored filmmakers. The annual festival will take place October 17-20.

The Mff honorees hail from some of 2024’s most anticipated and applauded films.

“Nickel Boys” director RaMell Ross will receive the Special Achievement in Filmmaking Award. “Nickel Boys” was also selected as the closing film.

Danielle Deadwyler will receive the Breakthrough Actor Award for “The Piano Lesson.” The “Till” actress leads the film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play alongside John David Washington. The duo play two siblings who disagree about selling the family heirloom piano. “The Piano Lesson” marks Malcolm Washington’s feature directorial and screenwriting debut.

“Sing Sing” actors Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin will receive...

Image: Netflix Every parent knows there are generally two kinds of animated features: the ones that put in the extra work to appeal to an audience of all ages and the ones that don’t aspire to entertain anyone but the easy-to-please under-12 set. Thelma The Unicorn is, sadly, the latter.

Image: Netflix

Every parent knows there are generally two kinds of animated features: the ones that put in the extra work to appeal to an audience of all ages and the ones that don’t aspire to entertain anyone but the easy-to-please under-12 set. Thelma The Unicorn is, sadly, the latter.

Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell won the award for Original Song for a Comedy or Musical for their Oscar-nominated “Barbie” tune “What Was I Made For?” while past Academy Award winner and 2024 nominee Ludwig Göransson took home the Original Score for a Studio Film honor for “Oppenheimer” to pace the Society of Composers & Lyricists Scl Awards tonight at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles in a ceremony hosted by singer-songwriter Siedah Garrett.

Also picking up trophies were Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro for Original Song for a Drama or Documentary for their tune “Can’t Catch Me Now” from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” while John Powell was awarded the prize for Original Score for an Independent Film for scoring the documentary feature “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”

SEE5th Annual Scl Awards Nominations: Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Lenny Kravitz among contenders [Full List]

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Billie Eilish and her brother and songwriting partner Finneas took home best original song for a comedy at the 2024 Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards on Tuesday. Olivia Rodrigo, Ludwig Göransson, Nicholas Britell and John Powell were among other winners.

Eilish and Finneas won the award for their hit Barbie track “What Was I Made For,” less than two weeks after winning a Grammy for the same song, which is also nominated for an Oscar. It beat its fellow Barbie song “I’m Just Ken” Flamin’ Hot‘s “The Fire Inside,” The L Word: Generation Q’s “All About Me” and Super Mario Bros. Movie‘s “Peaches.”

Rodrigo and music producer Dan Nigro took home the award for best original song for a drama or documentary for her viral “Can’t Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. She beat songs from American Symphony,...

Billie Eilish, Finneas, Ludwig Göransson and Nicholas Britell were among the winners Tuesday evening at the 5th annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards.

Eilish and Finneas took home the award for outstanding original song for a comedy or musical for “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie.” The win continued their sweep of the season from the Golden Globes and the Grammy Awards.

Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro won outstanding original song for a drama or documentary for “Can’t Catch Me Now” from “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” Britell took home the prize for outstanding original score for a television production for “Succession.”

Göransson, who was honored with Variety’s Artisans Award in Santa Barbara this past weekend, won outstanding original score for a studio film for “Oppenheimer.” John Powell won outstanding original score for an independent film, “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” and Stephen Barton...

Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Lenny Kravitz, Diane Warren and Jon Batiste are among the nominees announced Thursday morning for the Fifth Annual Scl Awards from the Society of Composers & Lyricists honoring scores and songs in visual media. The five music titans were all nominated in the Best Song categories for Drama/Documentary or Comedy/Musical, Eilish with her brother Finneas for their tune “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie,” Rodrigo along with Dan Nigro for “Can’t Catch Me Now” from “The Hunger Games: Ball of Songbirds and Snakes,” Kravitz for “Road to Freedom” from “Rustin,” Warren for “The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot” and Batiste along with Dan Wilson for “It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony.”

Rounding out the Drama/Documentary nominees are Nicholas Britell and Laura Stinson for “Slip Away” from “Carmen” along with Sharon Farber and Noah Benshea for “Better Times” from “Jacob the Baker.

The Society of Composers and Lyricists (Scl) has announced the nominees for the 2024 Scl Awards, including songwriters Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Lenny Kravitz, Diane Warren, and Jon Batiste, all who earned spots on the Academy Awards shortlist for Best Original Song.

Also among the dual nominees are composers Anthony Willis for Saltburn, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt for Barbie, Laura Karpman for American Fiction, the late Robbie Robertson for Killers of the Flower Moon, and Mica Levi for The Zone of Interest.

The awards will be presented on February 13, 2024, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

Other categories still to be announced include the Spirit of Collaboration Award which honors the long relationship between a composer and a director.

The Society of Composers & Lyricists is for professional film, television, video game, and musical theater composers and songwriters. The 78-year-old organization is focused on education and addressing the creative, technological...

“It has this anthemic quality to it,” declares Heather McIntosh about the show-stopping song “All About Me” from “The L Word: Generation Q,” for which McIntosh, co-composer Allyson Newman and collaborator, lyricist Taura Stinson have scored an Emmy nomination for Best Music and Lyrics. For our recent webchat Stinson adds, “it was just like it is serendipitous for all of us. We all have a cord attached to this and the visceral emotions that are interwoven in the song.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

See 2023 Emmys: Complete list of nominees

“The L Word: Generation Q” is the sequel series to “The L Word,” set 10 years later, with several actors from the original series reprising their roles alongside a new ensemble of actors. The series follows a diverse group of queer characters experiencing the highs and lows of life in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. During the show...

Despite all the musical superstars who entered this year’s Emmy competition, only one – Ed Sheeran – managed to score when the 75th annual Emmy Award nominations were announced Wednesday.

Sheeran was nominated (along with co-writers Max Martin and Foy Vance) for the song “A Beautiful Game” for the season 3 finale of “Ted Lasso,” one of two songs from the popular Apple TV+ series that made it into the music-and-lyrics category.

Emmy’s 550-member music peer group ignored the original songs entered by Dolly Parton, David Byrne, Steve Martin, Kid Cudi, Donald Glover and Lainey Wilson, as well as those from such Oscar-winning tunesmiths as Alan Menken, Steven Schwartz, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez.

Among the seven music categories, a surprising number of first-time nominees was recognized, and more than one-fourth of all the nominees in the five composition and songwriting categories are women, another positive sign of change in the Hollywood musical landscape.

Paul Mescal makes his debut as a recording artist on the soundtrack for Carmen, which stars the actor and Melissa Barrera in an update of the classic Georges Bizet opera.

In a clip from the Benjamin Millepied-directed film, Mescal delivers the track — one of the original songs co-written by Oscar-nominated composer Nicholas Britell — on acoustic guitar.

“When Benjamin first approached me about Carmen, I remember feeling strongly that I didn’t want to ‘update’ or ‘re-arrange’ any of Bizet’s music. There are already so many incredible adaptations of Carmen,...

As written by the legendary French composer Georges Bizet, the 19th-century opera “Carmen” has a classic femme fatale at its heart: a fiery, free-spirited and seductive woman headed for her inevitable demise through the downfall of a former lover. So take it with a grain of salt upon hearing the title “Carmen,” in this case a beautiful, dreamlike and defiantly experimental film directed by Benjamin Millepied.

Yes, the tragedy, beauty, love, and passion that define Bizet’s exquisite late Romantic-era masterpiece are all in here in Millepied’s directorial debut. But Millepied’s runaway Carmen, as imagined by writers Loïc Barrere, Alexander Dinelaris and Lisa Loomer, is not so much a doomed temptress archetype as a freedom-hungry firebrand in search of her voice and identity.

In that regard, it would be unfair to claim that Millepied’s “Carmen” is an adaptation of Bizet’s timeless story. In fact, the director...

Paul Mescal’s roles leave an impact, with the movies he chooses reflecting a daring artistic sensibility. He delivered an iconic needle drop moment while “Under Pressure” in “Aftersun,” but the Oscar nominee is now turning into a musician himself.

Mescal stars in dance-infused film “Carmen,” and released a music video featuring original song “Slip Away.” Nicholas Britell of “Succession” fame composes the original songs, with Mescal’s co-stars Melissa Barrera, The D.O.C., and Rossy de Palma lending their voices to various tracks.

“Carmen” follows a woman (Barrera) who is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother. Carmen survives a terrifying and dangerous illegal border crossing into the U.S., only to be confronted by a lawless volunteer border guard who cold-bloodedly murders two other immigrants in her group. When the border guard and his patrol partner, Aidan (Mescal), a Marine with Ptsd,...

Hot off his Oscar nomination for “Aftersun” — and his renewed commitment to keep starring in independent films — Paul Mescal will be returning to arthouses this spring in “Carmen,” a new opera-inspired film directed by “Black Swan” choreographer Benjamin Millepied.

Millepied’s film stars Mescal and Melissa Barrera as an undocumented immigrant and a border patrol guard who fall in love despite the fact that they’re supposed to be foes and go on the run together. The film features an original score by Nicholas Britell, and original songs by Britell and other musicians including the Doc, Julieta Venegas, and Taura Stinson.

According to the film’s official synopsis, “Carmen” follows a young and fiercely independent woman who is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother, another strong and mysterious woman. Carmen (Barrera) survives a terrifying and dangerous illegal border crossing into the US,...

Benjamin Millepied’s “Carmen” is officially heading to theaters, care of Sony Pictures Classics.

The adaptation of the 1875 Georges Bizet opera and Prosper Mérimée novella of the same name will premiere in Los Angeles and New York on April 21 before expanding in the following weeks.

Fresh off his Oscar nomination for “Aftersun,” Paul Mescal stars alongside “Scream” and “In The Heights” actress Melissa Barrera. The story follows Carmen (Barrera), a fiercely independent woman who flees her home in the Mexican desert after her mother is brutally murdered. She survives a series of dangerous challenges on her way across the U.S. border, including a violent confrontation with a border patrol volunteer that ends with the murders of two other immigrants.

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‘Carmen’ Film Review: Border-Set Reimagining of Classic Tale Is a Pas de Dull

After a violent standoff between the volunteer and his patrol partner Aidan (Mescal), a Marine with Ptsd,...

Benjamin Millepied, who choreographed and co-starred in 2010 Oscar nominee “Black Swan,” had been wanting to bring his take on the classic opera “Carmen” to the big screen for more than six years. The score would be one of the most important components for Millepied, who was directing a feature film solo for the first time, and he turned to composer Nicholas Britell to help execute his vision. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that their collaboration made choirs sing.

Georges Bizet’s opera, which bowed in Paris in 1875, was set in southern Spain. Millepied’s movie, is a complete re-imagining, debuting Sept. 11 at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival released by Sony Pictures Classics, begins in Mexico with a jaw-dropping flamenco number that showcases Marina Tamayo as Carmen’s mother on the grounds of the family’s house. Some men arrive looking for Carmen, and a tense standoff ends in her mother’s brutal murder.

The winners will be announced on October 22 at the Film Fest Ghent in Belgium.

The composers of Dune, Succession and The Power Of The Dog are among this year’s nominees for the 22nd edition of the World Soundtrack Awards (Wsa) as the first wave of nominations are unveiled.

The winners will be announced on October 22 at the Film Fest Ghent in Belgium, during which the annual celebration of film music is held.

Hans Zimmer is nominated for film composer of the year for the eighth time for his work on No Time To Die, Dune and The Survivor. The...

The nominees list for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Board of Governors has been revealed before its June 6-10 balloting.

The candidates are hoping to fill the open seats on the 54-member board. Up to four candidates are set for the open seat at each each branch, which carries three governors with staggered terms per branch.

Board members who have termed out include Academy president David Rubin (from the casting directors branch), Jan Pascale (production designers), Mark Johnson (producers) and Nancy Utley (PR).

Candidates vying for a seat include actress Marlee Matlin,  composer Hans Zimmer, and executive Toby Emmerich.

The slate faces some crucial tests once installed, including selecting a new Academy president and new CEO to replace outgoing Dawn Hudson. The Academy also must overcome perceptions created in a rocky year, with its Will Smith Oscars slap incident and the uproar over what categories would make it into the Oscars broadcast.

“For me there’s something so magical about the show because it doesn’t traffic in cynicism,” declares Josh Gad about his passion project “Central Park,” the animated musical comedy series that he co-created, co-writes and stars in. Funnily enough, the same can also be said about romantic comedy “Wolf Like Me,” Gad’s other TV project this past season on which he stars opposite Isla Fisher. Both projects feature Gad at his most lovable, showing once again how good he is at portraying endearingly quirky and unvarnished characters. They also naturally reflect his inclination to work on projects that provide much needed levity during some particularly challenging times. Watch our exclusive video interview above.

In Peacock’s “Wolf Like Me,” Gary (Gad) is a single father living in Adelaide, Australia with his 11-year-old daughter Emma (Ariel Donoghue), both still grieving the death of Emma’s mother. They encounter Mary (Fisher), a reclusive,...

Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell just added another award to their collection. The sister-brother songwriting duo claimed the Best Original Song category at the 2022 Gold Derby Film Awards on Wednesday, March 16 for their work on the song “No Time to Die” from the latest James Bond movie, “No Time to Die.” The co-nominees they beat out were “Be Alive” from “King Richard”, “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto” (Lin-Manuel Miranda), “Just Look Up” from “Don’t Look Up” and “So May We Start” from “Annette”. See the complete winners list and view the siblings’ speech at the 12:50 mark.

“Thank you so much to Gold Derby and everyone who voted for us,” O’Connell declared in their Gold Derby Awards acceptance speech video. “It was such an incredible experience to write this song and to now be a part of the Bond legacy.”

Eilish chimed in, “This is such an honor and we...

The Society of Composers & Lyricists announced the winners of its 3rd Annual Scl Awards this evening at The Skirball Cultural Center. The event, which was hosted by rapper Aloe Blacc, recognizes composers and songwriters in all visual media.

Oscar-nominated siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell accepted their award virtually for Outstanding Original Song for a Drama/Documentary for the theme from No Time To Die.

Outstanding Original Song for a Musical/Comedy went to “Just Look up”, co-written by Nicholas Britell, Taura Stinson, Ariana Grande and Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, from Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up.

Germaine Franco, also nominated for an Oscar this year and the first woman to score an animated feature film for Disney, won in the category of Outstanding Original Score for a Studio film for Encanto, while Daniel Hart was awarded in the Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film category for A24’s The Green Knight.

In a possible preview of what may take home Oscars for music, “No Time to Die” songwriters Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell and “Encanto” composer Germaine Franco won Society of Composers & Lyricists awards Tuesday night at Los Angeles’ Skirball Center.

Franco’s Colombian-flavored music for “Encanto” took the award for outstanding original score for a studio film, overtaking scores for “Dune” and “The Power of the Dog,” among others, in the balloting. Daniel Hart’s medieval sounds for “The Green Knight” won original score for an independent film. “Encanto” is Oscar nominated, while Hart was short-listed for the Oscar but didn’t make the final five.

Billie Eilish’s Bond theme won outstanding original song for a drama or documentary, while “Just Look Up” — by Ariana Grande, Nicholas Britell, Kid Cudi and Taura Stinson, from “Don’t Look Up” — won in the category of original song for a musical or comedy.

“Encanto,” “The Green Knight,” “Don’t Look Up” and “No Time to Die” were honored for their music on Tuesday night at the Society of Composers & Lyricists’ third annual Scl Awards, which were held at the Skirball Center in West Los Angeles.

Germaine Franco’s score to “Encanto” won in the Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film category, where she beat three fellow Oscar nominees: Nicolas Britell for “Just Look Up” from “Don’t Look Up,” Hans Zimmer for “Dune” and Jonny Greenwood for “The Power of the Dog,” along with Alexandre Desplat for “The French Dispatch.”

In the Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film category, Daniel Hart won for “The Green Knight” over a field that included Oscar nominee Alberto Iglesias for “Parallel Mothers.”

The two awards for movie songs went to Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell for the title song to the James Bond movie “No Time to Die,...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced its plans for the third annual Global Movie Day on Saturday.

Global Movie Day, which was established in 2020 and is celebrated every second Saturday of February, was created as a way for film fans around the world to celebrate their love of film by engaging with Academy members and filmmakers on social media, using the hashtag #GlobalMovieDay.

This year, celebrities and filmmakers who will participate in Global Movie Day include Zazie Beetz, Halle Berry, Jason Blum, Kris Bowers, Patricia Cardoso, Cher, Jon M. Chu, Ariana DeBose, Ali Fazal, Danny Glover, Eiza González, Tom Hanks, Aldis Hodge, Scarlett Johansson, Marc Maron, Marlee Matlin, Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Rodriguez, J.K. Simmons, Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith, Jurnee Smollett, Amandla Stenberg, Taura Stinson, Diane Warren, Marlon Wayans and Reese Witherspoon.

This year’s Global Movie Day will also spotlight the work of five international artists, all from different continents,...

Since Billie Eilish‘s theme song for the latest James Bond film “No Time to Die” hit the charts two years ago, the pop star and her brother Finneas O’Connell have remained Oscar frontrunners for composing the track. It makes sense since the pair cleaned house at the Grammy Awards for Eilish’s debut album (which O’Connell produced). She’s the “it girl” right now and both Adele and Sam Smith took home Oscars for their own Bond franchise efforts, “Skyfall” and “Writing’s on the Wall,” respectively. But Eilish following in their footsteps with a Best Song statuette isn’t the slam dunk some people think it is.

See: 2022 Oscars nominations slugfest: It’s Panic time as editors debate last-minute predictions

Although Eilish’s Bond theme has the same haunting style as both Adele’s and Smith’s, it’s not a sweeping ballad. It’s a much...

According to Gold Derby predictions, “Don’t Look Up” will receive five Oscar nominations on the morning of February 8, 2022 (see below). The Netflix satire is the latest from director/writer/producer Adam McKay and features an eye-popping A-list cast: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence play astronomers who discover a comet barreling toward Earth, and Meryl Streep and Jonah Hill are the politicians who don’t believe them or simply don’t care. The cast of the climate crisis allegory was recently honored at the SAG Awards in the film ensemble category.

SEEAdam McKay on potential Oscar nominations for Netflix’s ‘Don’t Look Up’: ‘It would mean a lot to me’

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Six years ago, Adam McKay entered the Oscar winner’s circle for “The Big Short” (2015) in Best Adapted Screenplay, which he co-wrote with Charles Randolph, based on the book by Michael Lewis. Soon after, he earned bids for “Vice” (2018). Now, the filmmaker is in the awards conversation yet again for his Netflix hit “Don’t Look Up,” for producing, writing and, of course, directing. Earning Oscar nominations for a movie that both “breaks form” and raises awareness about the climate crisis “would mean a lot to me,” McKay reveals to me and Rob Licuria in our recent interview.

“What’s great about the awards stuff and especially the Oscars is that it’s your peers — it’s the people that make movies,” he says. “So I always am partial to that, same with the guild nominations. Any further success this movie could have sends a message that you can do movies about these subjects.