Ludwig Goransson was honored with his third Academy Award last Sunday for his music to Ryan Coogler's Sinners and EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park won their first Oscar for the song "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters. For the full story, click here.
Announced this week were new composer assignments for Alexandre Desplat (The Social Reckoning), Carter Burwell) (Wild Horse Nine) and Jon Brion (Outcome), among many others. For the full list of composer and music supervisor assignments from this week, click here.
Over 20 new soundtrack albums were released this week. Click here for the full schedule.
Opening in theaters nationwide this week is (with music by): The Pout-Pout Fish (Ack Kinmonth), Project Hail Mary (Daniel Pemberton) and Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (Sven Faulconer).
We are tracking song credits for the following new theatrical release:
- Project Hail Mary (7 songs)
The following composers are celebrating their birthdays within the next week:
- Max Richter (Hamnet, The Leftovers) is turning 60 on Sunday, March 22.
- Michael Nyman (The Piano, Gattaca) is turning 82 on Monday, March 23.
- Trevor Jones (The Last of the Mohicans, The Dark Crystal) is turning 77 on March 23.
- Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump) is turning 76 on Thursday, March 26.