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Succession cover of Billy Joel’s ‘Honesty’ has been given an official release as part of the season three soundtrack.The character – played by Jeremy Strong – sang a clip of the 1978 track, released on Joel’s ‘52nd Street’ album, during an episode of the HBO hit series.The full season three soundtrack of Succession was released today, featuring 21 tracks from the latest instalment of the show. Among the 21-track score by composer Nicholas Britell is a full-length version of Strong performing ‘Honesty’.“Season three gave me such an exciting opportunity to explore new musical directions for the sound of Succession,” Britell explained in a press release.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDealmaking and double-crossing ran deep in the third season of HBO’s “Succession.” Power dynamics shifted as did loyalties to patriarch Logan Roy, played by Brian Cox. For composer Nicholas Britell, that meant finding a score with a lot of movement.“In season three, there’s a lot of this feeling of things being a little off-kilter,” says Britell of his approach to the score.

Wilson Chapman editorThe Academy Awards’ starry red carpet is often the first place  to see which attendees are using their outfits to make a statement.At this year’s red carpet, many celebrities showed up sporting blue ribbons provided by the United Nations Refugee Agency. These blue ribbons sport the hashtag #withrefugees, referring to the refugee crisis caused by the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in solidarity with all people forced to flee oppression.See more: Oscars Red Carpet ArrivalsIndividuals who showed up to the red carpet sporting the pins included Jamie Lee Curtis, Samuel L.

Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film: “Encanto,” Germaine Franco  Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film: “The Green Knight,” Daniel Hart Outstanding Original Song for a Musical/Comedy: “Just Look Up” from “Don’t Look Up,” Nicholas Britell, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, and Taura Stinson Outstanding Original Song for a Drama/Documentary: “No Time To Die” from “No Time to Die,” Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell  Outstanding Score for Television: “The White Lotus,” Cristobel Tapia de VeerOutstanding Original Score for Interactive Media: “Battlefield 2042,” Hildur Guđnadóttir and Sam Slater The David Raskin Award for Emerging Talent: “Jupiter’s Legacy,” Stephanie EconomouSpirit of Collaboration Award: Composer Carter Burwell, filmmakers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

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.

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.

Deadline has launched the streaming site for Contenders Film: The Nominees, this past weekend’s showcase of 24 Oscar-nominated films and their stars, creatives and craftspeople talking about their roads to the Academy Awards.

Adam McKay is known for, among other things, his blistering satires, Vice and The Big Short among them. His latest, the four-time Oscar-nominated Don’t Look Up, takes aim at our ignorance of climate change, our politics and our obsession with tech.

Clayton Davis Details of this year’s upcoming Oscars telecast are emerging following a Wednesday meeting between the Academy and representatives for the studios and talent publicists.On Tuesday, it was announced that several major categories will not be presented on the air during the live telecast. Instead, in an effort to present a more streamlined and television-friendly broadcast, eight honors will be awarded one hour before the on-camera portion, and then later edited into the March 27 ceremony.The reaction to the Oscars’ new format was met with strong reactions from the industry.

When you think of the classic movie themes, you can’t help but think of John Williams. He’s a legendary film composer who has worked on a number of iconic scores and themes for films.

Beyoncé and Billie Eilish have both earned their first nominations at the Oscars in today’s (February 8) shortlist announcement.The nominees for the 2022 Academy Awards were announced earlier this afternoon, with the ceremony set to take place on March 27.Beyoncé and Eilish are among the five artists to be listed in the Best Original Score category, alongside Diane Warren (Four Good Days), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto) and Van Morrison (Belfast). Eilish is nominated for her Bond theme tune ‘No Time To Die’, while Beyoncé is up for ‘Be Alive’, her contribution to the soundtrack of King Richard.Upon its release last year, ‘Be Alive’ marked the US superstar’s first piece of new material since her 2020 visual album, ‘Black Is King’.

Tim Gray Senior Vice President“Don’t Look Up” has hit a nerve in a way that’s rare for films to do. That’s partly because it addresses an urgent, hot-button topic — climate change — with a film that’s partly a cry for help, partly a black comedy. The movie, written and directed by Adam McKay, with a story by David Sirota, boasts a starry cast, including Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett.

Jon Burlingame editorHow do you write a love song that’s also a lament for the impending end of the world?That was the challenge for “Don’t Look Up” composer Nicholas Britell, lyricist Taura Stinson and their co-writers and performers, Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi, as they collaborated on “Just Look Up.” The song is performed in the film and is on the Oscar shortlist for possible nomination in February.The idea came from writer-director Adam McKay, Britell reports. Grande had already been cast as Riley Bina, a pop star who reconciles with her rapper boyfriend (Kid Cudi, as DJ Chello) on the same morning talk show where astronomers (played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence) reveal that a comet is on a collision course for Earth.

Fathom Events presents Betty White: A Celebration in 1,529 locations nationwide, a one-day-only special event on Monday honoring the actress who died Dec. 31 just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. The star-studded reflection on White’s life and career, which had already been set by filmmakers Steven Boettcher and Mike Trinklein to celebrate her centennial Jan. 17, will run three showtimes at 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has shared 10 shortlists of potential nominees at the 94th Oscars ceremony, which will take place on Sunday, March 27, 2022. Today's announcement includes possible candidates in the categories of Documentary Feature, Music (Original Score), and Music (Original Song), among others.

Bon Iver have shared a brand new song from Netflix‘s forthcoming movie Don’t Look Up.The track, which you can listen to below, was written by composer Nicholas Britell who also produced the song with frontman Justin Vernon.It is due to feature on the soundtrack to the Adam McKay movie, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence and follows Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi‘s recent collaborative track ‘Just Look Up’ for the movie.

Jon Burlingame editor“This might have been the most challenging score I’ve ever had to write,” says composer Nicholas Britell of “Don’t Look Up,” the sci-fi social satire starring Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio, now in theaters.Britell, a two-time Oscar nominee (“Moonlight,” “If Beale Street Could Talk”) and Emmy winner (“Succession”), pondered – “every day for over a year” – how to find the right musical approach for Adam McKay’s “unbelievable blend of reality with comedy, absurdity

Jon Burlingame editorNetflix has never won an Oscar for music.

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

#DontLookUp is outrageously funny w/ satire that’s absolutely on-point. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence & Meryl Streep are marvelous.

Chris Willman Music WriterHonors were given out in more than 30 categories at Wednesday’s 12th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards, with singer-songwriters like Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Adam Levine and Rufus Wainwright being celebrated in the live webcast as well as composers including Hans Zimmer, Rachel Portman, Alberto Iglesias and Nicholas Britell.The HMMAs reward songwriters, composers and even performers in fields that include not just film and TV work but everything from video games to

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.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorBest original song Oscar contenders Beyoncé and Van Morrison are among those who received nominations in the visual media categories at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA). Composers Hans Zimmer and Nicholas Britell were included among the familiar names picking up nods in the score categories.The awards will be presented Nov.

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla The tune of Nicholas Britell’s captivating, dissonant main theme for “Succession” will soon make its way back onto screens — accompanied by a grainy, wistful montage of the power-hungry privilege-abusing Roy family before they became the self-indulgent amoral monsters fans can’t help but to simultaneously love and loathe.One question that is on many fans’ minds is whether or not this will be the season we finally see Connor Roy (Alan Ruck), the eldest man-baby son who rain

“Succession” creator/showrunner Jesse Armstrong wants to save you the time of feverishly pouring over the show’s main title credits for any clues about what’s to come in the new season. The show’s opening credits, which feature a memorably haunting score by composer Nicholas Britell, features photos that are supposed to depict the Roy family’s earlier years.

An Oscar and Grammy Award has eluded him thus far, but if there is any artistic justice, Nicholas Britell will take home a second Emmy Award this September for his stunning original score for “The Underground Railroad.” His third collaboration with Barry Jenkins after “Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” the orchestrations for “Railroad” have already amounted to 3 hours and 13 minutes of original music.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorComposer Nicholas Britell recalls receiving an audio message from director and writer Barry Jenkins with no words or description to accompany it, just a drilling sound.“He didn’t even need to say to me what it was, I immediately thought, ‘I’m going to start experimenting with this,’” Britell says.And that was the beginning of Britell’s work on Jenkins’ 10-part Amazon Prime Video series “The Underground Railroad,” based on Colson Whitehead’s book of the same name,

Vanessa Kirby is fascinating to watch and follow in writer/director Adam Leon’s “Italian Studies,” a purposefully hazy but compelling survey of New York City and its young minds. The Academy Award nominee of “Pieces of a Woman” uses her celebrity presence among regular New Yorkers for something of a low-key “Under the Skin” as she wades through this crowded society with a blank slate perspective forcing us to see it all with the same new lens.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe very first sonic reference director Barry Jenkins sent to composer and frequent collaborator Nicholas Britell for “The Underground Railroad,” the epic 10-part Amazon series, was a cryptic audio message of a drilling sound.A few hours later, Britell received another text from Jenkins making sure the previous sample had been received, and that’s when the composer knew his mission.

When you talk about the best film composers working today, you always hear about those legendary folks like John Williams and Hans Zimmer. Yes, they are two people that will undoubtedly go on the Mt.

Before we ever got a full teaser trailer for Barry Jenkins‘ new Amazon series, “The Underground Railroad,” the writer-director was keen to share out-of-context videos showcasing the beautiful filmmaking on display. This served to get film fans hyped for the series and to showcase that ‘Underground Railroad’ is something a bit more auteur-istic than your typical series.

Florence + The Machine has announced a new original song, ‘Call Me Cruella’.The track has been composed for the forthcoming new Disney film Cruella, which stars Emma Stone as the titular character and is set for release on May 28.Florence Welch’s new song will be released on May 21 and will feature in the film, its original motion picture soundtrack and the original score album (helmed by composer Nicholas Britell).“Some of the first songs I ever learned how to sing were Disney songs.

Director Barry Jenkins released a teaser for his upcoming Amazon Original series “The Underground Railroad” on Monday.

Chris Willman Music WriterThis year’s Emmy nominees in the seven music categories include such familiar scoring names as Ludwig Göransson, Pinar Toprak, Nicholas Britell, Mark Isham and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross as well as figures from the pop world like Pharrell Williams, Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, Ingrid Michaelson, Sheila E and the RZA.Labrinth joined Reznor and Ross in being nominated in both song and score categories.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Emmy nomination ballots are now closed, but in scouring this year’s entries, I was sad to see that “Succession” composer Nicholas Britell didn’t submit the show’s seminal Season 2 rap, “L to the OG.”Featured in the “Succession” episode “Dundee,” the song was one of the cringiest, most memorable moments of the last TV season: At a black-tie dinner celebrating mega-mogul Logan Roy’s 50th year running Waystar Royco, his son Kendall (Jeremy Strong) —