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While discrimination in the workforce is improving for women and people of color, there’s still lots of work to be done. Take for example the world of film composers, a field that’s been dominated by men for years, with a few notable exceptions like Rachel Portman, Anne Dudley, Jocelyn Pook, and Lesley Barber.

Jon Burlingame editorIn 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.

Jon Burlingame editorThe Los Angeles Philharmonic took a major step forward over the weekend with its “Reel Change” series devoted to contemporary film composers.By inviting Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir (“Joker”) and Americans Kris Bowers (“Green Book”) and Nicholas Britell (“Moonlight”) to curate programs of their music, and those of composers that inspired them, the Phil is formally acknowledging the importance of media music as a legitimate part of the contemporary musical

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFor Kris Bowers, “not much can beat the feeling of being in the room when a group of musicians pours their heart into a piece of music — especially when it’s your own.”It’s an emotion the Emmy-winning composer and jazz pianist hopes to capture with “Reel Change: The New Era of Film Music,” a concert series built alongside fellow composers Nicholas Britell and Hildur Guðnadóttir in collaboration with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Taking place Nov.

Jennifer Yuma editorCity of Hope has announced the honorees for its upcoming Songs of Hope virtual gala.Smokey Robinson will receive Clive Davis’ Legend in Songwriting award while Hildur Guðnadóttir will be honored with the EA Music Composer of the Year award.

DC‘s 2019 film Joker is to be screened in UK concert venues with a live orchestra playing composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s award-winning score.The event is part of a UK tour dubbed ‘Joker – LiveIn Concert’ and it will kick off at London’s Eventim Apollo on September 26.The tour will also call at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Cardiff.

DC‘s 2019 film Joker is to be screened in UK cinemas again with a live orchestra playing composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s award-winning score.The event is part of a UK tour dubbed ‘Joker – LiveIn Concert’ and it will kick off at London’s Eventim Apollo on September 26.The tour will also call at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Cardiff.

The pandemic is full of surprises and that includes the delayed 2021 Grammy Awards ceremony. In what we believe is a first for the Grammy Awards, a song nominated for the Song Written for Visual Media category has won before the project was ever released.

Jon Burlingame World conditions make this year’s Grammy voter choices in the visual-media categories somewhat harder to predict, in part because so many of us have been staying home watching television.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerYes, there’s still music being made. Taylor Swift stunned the world by dropping an unexpected eighth album, forever, this week.

Hildur Guðnadóttir won an Oscar for best original score for Joker at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards three months ago.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has revealed that Spike Lee and Pedro Almodovar will be among the artists curating exhibitions when the museum opens in December.

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Experimental composer Hildur Guðnadóttir has won the Hyundai Nordic Music Prize 2019 for her soundtrack to the HBO series Chernobyl. She took home the award over Pom Poko, Jenny Wilson, and others. Hildur follows previous Nordic Music Prize winners Robyn (2018), Susanne Sundfør (2017), and Jenny Hval (2016).

Hildur Guðnadóttir has been busy making history. The composer of the Joker soundtrack took home the 2020 Oscar for Best Original Score this week, making her the fourth woman composer to win overall and the first to win for a dramatic score.

Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Sunday night Oscar win completed her clean sweep of top show-biz awards over the past five months.

Twenty-five years after winning his first Oscar, Elton John picked up his second at Sunday night's (Feb. 9)  2020 Academy Awards, where Joker composer Hildur Guðnadóttir marked a historic night for female musicians.

The 92nd Academy Awards show ended on a high note. Parasite was undeniably the star of the awards show this year as it bagged four major awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (presented to Bong Joon Ho.) While the South Korean drama brought the Dolby Theatre down with their wins, Oscar 2020 played witness to some powerful speeches.

Bradley Cooper made a low-key appearance at this years Oscars, a year on from his show-stopping performance of " Shallow" alongside Lady Gaga.Cooper produced Joker, which is nominated in 11 categories this year and has so far won one award for Best Score.Joker composer Hildur Guðnadóttir thanked Cooper in his acceptance speech.Remember A Star Is Born? That was only one year ago, guys.

Hildur Guðnadóttir became only the fourth woman to win an Academy Award for score as she walked away with honors for her “Joker” music Sunday night.

By Geoff Boucher

Hildur Guðnadóttir has won the 2020 Oscar for Best Original Score. The Icelandic composer took home the trophy for her work Joker, which previously netted her the Golden Globe for Best Original Score. She won the Academy Award over John Williams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), Alexandre Desplat (Little Women), Randy Newman (Marriage Story), and Thomas Newman (1917).

Much has been written about “Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, the Icelandic cellist who may well walk off with the Oscar Sunday night, making her only the third woman to win an Academy Award for best original score.

'Joker - Live in Concert' will tour the UK and Ireland from April

By Tom Grater

Surely no composer can be said to have exploded on the 2019 film scene more than Hildur Guðnadóttir: Emmy-winner for the miniseries “Chernobyl,” Golden Globe winner for “Joker” and now Oscar-nominated for that film, all in less than four months.

From the sound of Randy Newman singing “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” to Hildur Guðnadóttir writing the soundtrack to Joker definitely throwing himself away, here’s a last look at the original song and score candidates for the 2020 Oscars — with a few thoughts from the song contenders themselves, as Academy voting opens.

“Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir became only the fifth woman in Oscar history to be nominated in the original score categories during Thursday’s nominations announcement.

The 2020 Oscar nominations have arrived, including the full list of nominees for Best Original Score. Competing for the award are Randy Newman (Marriage Story), Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker), Alexandre Desplat (Little Women), John Williams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), and Thomas Newman (1917). Find the full list of Best Original Score nominees below.

By Geoff Boucher

Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir continued her winning streak, claiming top honors for both her “Joker” and “Chernobyl” scores at Tuesday night’s inaugural awards of the Society of Composers & Lyricists at Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center.

Talk about perfect timing. Hildur Guðnadóttir won a Golden Globe for best original score for Joker on Sunday night (Jan.

At Sunday night's (Jan. 5) Golden Globe Awards, Hildur Guðnadóttir took home the award for best original score - motion picture for her haunting soundtrack to Joker.

Chernobyl had a difficult night at the2020 Golden Globes — not for a lack of wins, but for the number of times presenters and announcers flubbed the series' title and names of those involved with the HBO effort.Hildur Guðnadóttir, the drama's composer, was among Sunday night's two big name flubs, though hers didn't directly involve the series.

Hildur Guðnadóttir, who composed the music for Joker, has won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score. She won the trophy over Randy Newman (Marriage Story), Alexandre Desplat (Little Women), Thomas Newman (1917), and Daniel Pemberton (Motherless Brooklyn). See the full list of nominees and winners here.