The International Film Music Critics Association has revealed nominations for best in movie music from 2014, and prolific composers James Newton Howard ("The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1," "Maleficent") and Alexandre Desplat ("Godzilla," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "The Imitation Game," "The Monuments Men") led the way with seven and six nominations respectively. Film score of the year contenders include just two Best Original Score Oscar nominees: "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and Hans Zimmer's "Interstellar." "The Imitation Game" and Jóhann Jóhannsson's "Theory of Everything," however, were both nominated in the drama category. "Maleficent" landed the most nominations for a film with four, while DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon 2" picked up three (each of them another if you count composer of the year honors for Howard and John Powell respectively). Check out the full list of nominees below. Winners will be revealed on Feb. 19. And be sure...
- 2/6/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Upon its release three years ago, Konami's epic horror-fantasy game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (check out Carl Lyon's game review here) received acclaim for its sweeping symphonic score by Spanish composer Óscar Araujo, whose previous horror/fantasy game credits include high-profile titles like Blade of Darkness and Clive Barker's Jericho. Araujos' work on Lords of Shadow won him the “Best Original Score for a Video Game” Award from the International Film Music Critics Association in 2011, and he was subsequently hired to score Lords of Shadow 2, set to drop next February. The original Us release of the Lords of Shadow soundtrack CD was included as a bonus disc in the Collector's Edition of the game, but serious horror soundtrack junkies will be stoked to get their hands on the recently-released Ultimate Edition album, which includes additional content and new arrangements taken from the 120-plus music cues Araujo originally recorded.
- 11/8/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
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