Ludwig Goransson was honored for his score from Ryan Coogler's Sinners at last Sunday's 68th Annual Grammy Awards. Sinners was also the winner in the "Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Visual Media" category, while Austin Wintory won a Grammy for Sword of the Sea in the "Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media" category. For the full story, click here.
Announced this week were new composer assignments for Sven Faulconer (Ready or Not 2: Here I Come), Jim Ghedi (The Death of Robin Hood) and Jeff Russo (Cape Fear), 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): Dracula (Danny Elfman), Solo Mio (Joy Ngiaw), The Strangers: Chapter 3 (Justin Caine Burnett) and Whistle (Doomphonic). Expanding nationwide from its limited release last weekend is The Moment (A.G. Cook).
We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical release:
- Dracula (4 songs)
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark) is turning 94 on Sunday, February 8.
- Nathan Barr (True Blood, Hostel) is turning 53 on Monday, February 9.