Cadiz-based festival kicks off today with gala for refugee drama ’La Ley Del Mar’.
The inaugural South International Series Festival has unveiled its industry programme which runs alongside its progamme of public screenings and events from October 6-12.
Based in the ancient port city of Cadiz, the festival launches today with an opening gala for refugee drama La Ley del Mar, starring Luis Tosar and Blanca Portillo, produced by Studio 60, Rtve and A punt. Some 45 series will play in the festival’s official selection in five different sections. Another 60 titles, spanning both fiction and non-fiction, will have previews and screenings.
The inaugural South International Series Festival has unveiled its industry programme which runs alongside its progamme of public screenings and events from October 6-12.
Based in the ancient port city of Cadiz, the festival launches today with an opening gala for refugee drama La Ley del Mar, starring Luis Tosar and Blanca Portillo, produced by Studio 60, Rtve and A punt. Some 45 series will play in the festival’s official selection in five different sections. Another 60 titles, spanning both fiction and non-fiction, will have previews and screenings.
- 10/6/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
With temperatures starting to drop and darker nights drawing in here in the UK, reminding us that summer is almost over, doesn’t a TV festival on the sunny south coast of Spain sound pretty glorious right now?
We certainly think so, and the first ever edition of the new South International Series Festival, set to be held in Cadiz from 6 October, fits the bill perfectly. Created for the public and industry professionals alike, the South International Series Festival is the first festival of its kind in southern Europe, and was created with the intention to promote the audiovisual small-screen offerings from this region and beyond.
Over seven days, attendees can enjoy a programme including the very best of fiction and unscripted series, some undiscovered gems, and displays of cutting-edge innovation in the industry, with a focus on European and global Spanish-language series, and a spotlight on African nations. The...
We certainly think so, and the first ever edition of the new South International Series Festival, set to be held in Cadiz from 6 October, fits the bill perfectly. Created for the public and industry professionals alike, the South International Series Festival is the first festival of its kind in southern Europe, and was created with the intention to promote the audiovisual small-screen offerings from this region and beyond.
Over seven days, attendees can enjoy a programme including the very best of fiction and unscripted series, some undiscovered gems, and displays of cutting-edge innovation in the industry, with a focus on European and global Spanish-language series, and a spotlight on African nations. The...
- 9/26/2023
- by Empire
- Empire - TV
Nominees in the categories of discovery of the year, public choice award and the new game music award have been revealed.
Film Fest Gent and The World Soundtrack Academy has unveiled the second and final wave of nominations for the 2023 World Soundtrack Awards, which will take place on October 21 at the Film Fest Gent in Belgium, with Golda, Avatar: The Way Of Water and The Menu among the additional titles represented.
Nominations for discovery of the year, public choice award, Wsa game music award, best original score for a Belgian production and the Sabam Award for best original composition by...
Film Fest Gent and The World Soundtrack Academy has unveiled the second and final wave of nominations for the 2023 World Soundtrack Awards, which will take place on October 21 at the Film Fest Gent in Belgium, with Golda, Avatar: The Way Of Water and The Menu among the additional titles represented.
Nominations for discovery of the year, public choice award, Wsa game music award, best original score for a Belgian production and the Sabam Award for best original composition by...
- 9/5/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The White Lotus doesn’t work without the eerie mystery that rests under the surface of every encounter between characters on the popular HBO series. And in order for an audience to completely lean into the suspense, they have to be fully grounded in it. That’s where composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer comes in. In the latest episode of The Breakdown, the creator of that haunting The White Lotus theme song, “Renaissance,” talks to Rolling Stone about stirring up emotions through music and why imperfections can actually make his compositions even better.
- 8/24/2023
- by Larisha Paul and Ilana Woldenberg
- Rollingstone.com
The good news for HBO’s critically acclaimed “The White Lotus” is that it grabbed 11 Emmy craft nominations, second only to HBO’s “The Last of Us,” which led with 12. The bad news for “The White Lotus,” which took home five craft wins last season, is that it switched from Best Anthology to Best Drama for Season 2’s transition from Hawaii to Sicily. Now it goes head to head with contemporary rivals “Succession” (HBO), “The Last of Us,” and “Wednesday” (Netflix).
To its credit, Mike White’s exotic resort hotel black comedy successfully pivoted from money to sex in Season 2 with pretty much a new ensemble cast. While its Emmy wins the first time out were primarily in the anthology category, it additionally won for de Veer’s main title theme music.
Jeremy Strong in “Succession”Courtesy of HBO
This season “White Lotus” scored noms for casting, contemporary costumes (“That...
To its credit, Mike White’s exotic resort hotel black comedy successfully pivoted from money to sex in Season 2 with pretty much a new ensemble cast. While its Emmy wins the first time out were primarily in the anthology category, it additionally won for de Veer’s main title theme music.
Jeremy Strong in “Succession”Courtesy of HBO
This season “White Lotus” scored noms for casting, contemporary costumes (“That...
- 8/20/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
It’s Nicholas Britell versus Nicholas Britell in the Emmys race for the “Succession” (Max) and “Andor” (Disney+) original scores — and the Emmy-winning composer is also competing for the “Andor” theme as well. Not surprisingly, he’s favored to take home wins for both “Succession” and “Andor” in the respective categories. Which is only fitting since this is his last chance at the big musical “Succession” prize after being denied the first three seasons, and his unconventional theme for the critically acclaimed “Rogue One” prequel is a standout.
For score, Britell is up against HBO’s “The Last of Us” (Gustavo Santaolalla) and “The White Lotus” (Cristobal Tapia de Veer), and Netflix’s “Wednesday” (Danny Elfman and Chris Bacon). For main title, he’s up against “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities”, “Ms. Marvel”, “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”, and “Wednesday” (Elfman).
“Andor”LucasFilm ‘Succession...
For score, Britell is up against HBO’s “The Last of Us” (Gustavo Santaolalla) and “The White Lotus” (Cristobal Tapia de Veer), and Netflix’s “Wednesday” (Danny Elfman and Chris Bacon). For main title, he’s up against “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities”, “Ms. Marvel”, “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”, and “Wednesday” (Elfman).
“Andor”LucasFilm ‘Succession...
- 8/18/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Nothing is free in the world of “The White Lotus” — not even Mike White‘s beloved breakfast buffets come without confronting the frayed nerves, petty arguments, and thwarted yearnings of rich people on vacation. But not least among the pleasures of the HBO series’ second season is what changes in the move from Hawaii to Sicily. There’s a specifically European romance reflected in the look of the show and an at-times feverish rhythm to how its different plot lines fit together, bounce off each other, or both.
The show’s lush, ostentatious Italian setting allows for the same thing its predecessor did: a bunch of rich people, their hangers-on, and the folks who have to deal with them to all lose their minds in one way or another. The challenge for both the production and post teams on the series was to create an enveloping and aspirational sense of...
The show’s lush, ostentatious Italian setting allows for the same thing its predecessor did: a bunch of rich people, their hangers-on, and the folks who have to deal with them to all lose their minds in one way or another. The challenge for both the production and post teams on the series was to create an enveloping and aspirational sense of...
- 8/15/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
John Williams, Nicholas Britell and Taylor Swift are all nominated
John Williams, Nicholas Britell and Taylor Swift are among the first wave of nominees for the World Soundtrack Awards (Wsa) 2023.
The winners will be announced at the 23rd edition of the World Soundtrack Awards on October 21 at the Film Fest Ghent in Belgium, during which the annual celebration of film music is held.
Williams is nominated in the film composer of the year category for his work on The Fabelmans and Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny. The veteran composer is up against Volker Bertelmann who won the Oscar...
John Williams, Nicholas Britell and Taylor Swift are among the first wave of nominees for the World Soundtrack Awards (Wsa) 2023.
The winners will be announced at the 23rd edition of the World Soundtrack Awards on October 21 at the Film Fest Ghent in Belgium, during which the annual celebration of film music is held.
Williams is nominated in the film composer of the year category for his work on The Fabelmans and Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny. The veteran composer is up against Volker Bertelmann who won the Oscar...
- 8/4/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Gabe Hilfer is now a two-time Emmy nominee in the relatively new category of Best Music Supervision, earning his first last year for Netflix’s “Ozark” and his second this year for HBO’s “The White Lotus.” “I’m super humbled and flattered to be nominated for two totally different projects,” Hilfer tells me. “Literally it could not have been more different episodes to be nominated for.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“A lot of the source music, the license music, the on-camera performances — all of that stuff is really what this category is about,” Hilfer explains about Best Music Supervision, which was first handed out at the 2017 Emmys. He adds that a music supervisor works on a project “from the script level and figures out how to get the showrunner’s vision up on the screen through songs, through performances, through pre-records, and all of what goes into that.
“A lot of the source music, the license music, the on-camera performances — all of that stuff is really what this category is about,” Hilfer explains about Best Music Supervision, which was first handed out at the 2017 Emmys. He adds that a music supervisor works on a project “from the script level and figures out how to get the showrunner’s vision up on the screen through songs, through performances, through pre-records, and all of what goes into that.
- 8/2/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Despite all the musical superstars who entered this year’s Emmy competition, only one – Ed Sheeran – managed to score when the 75th annual Emmy Award nominations were announced Wednesday.
Sheeran was nominated (along with co-writers Max Martin and Foy Vance) for the song “A Beautiful Game” for the season 3 finale of “Ted Lasso,” one of two songs from the popular Apple TV+ series that made it into the music-and-lyrics category.
Emmy’s 550-member music peer group ignored the original songs entered by Dolly Parton, David Byrne, Steve Martin, Kid Cudi, Donald Glover and Lainey Wilson, as well as those from such Oscar-winning tunesmiths as Alan Menken, Steven Schwartz, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez.
Among the seven music categories, a surprising number of first-time nominees was recognized, and more than one-fourth of all the nominees in the five composition and songwriting categories are women, another positive sign of change in the Hollywood musical landscape.
Sheeran was nominated (along with co-writers Max Martin and Foy Vance) for the song “A Beautiful Game” for the season 3 finale of “Ted Lasso,” one of two songs from the popular Apple TV+ series that made it into the music-and-lyrics category.
Emmy’s 550-member music peer group ignored the original songs entered by Dolly Parton, David Byrne, Steve Martin, Kid Cudi, Donald Glover and Lainey Wilson, as well as those from such Oscar-winning tunesmiths as Alan Menken, Steven Schwartz, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez.
Among the seven music categories, a surprising number of first-time nominees was recognized, and more than one-fourth of all the nominees in the five composition and songwriting categories are women, another positive sign of change in the Hollywood musical landscape.
- 7/12/2023
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
The impact of “Renaissance,” the main title theme for the second season of “The White Lotus,” is felt far beyond the screen. Since the season’s premiere in Fall 2022, “Renaissance” has ushered in the Killers as they arrived on stage and Dominic Fike has closed his sets with it. But where the song has really hit is on the dance floor.
Grammy-winning DJ/producer Tiësto, a huge fan of the series, began including it in his sets toward the end of 2022. His “Renaissance” remix got its official release, with HBO’s blessing.
For the second season, Chilean Canadian composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer drew his original musical ideas from the script and from conversations with series creator Mike White. White “wanted the music to feel like it was boiling under these characters,” de Veer says from his studio in Montréal.
He reimagined the borderline-dangerous original theme music as calm and romantic through a piano,...
Grammy-winning DJ/producer Tiësto, a huge fan of the series, began including it in his sets toward the end of 2022. His “Renaissance” remix got its official release, with HBO’s blessing.
For the second season, Chilean Canadian composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer drew his original musical ideas from the script and from conversations with series creator Mike White. White “wanted the music to feel like it was boiling under these characters,” de Veer says from his studio in Montréal.
He reimagined the borderline-dangerous original theme music as calm and romantic through a piano,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Lily Moayeri
- Variety Film + TV
Scores for ‘Nope,’ ‘White Lotus,’ ‘God of War: Ragnarok’ Win Top Honors at ASCAP Screen Music Awards
Some of today’s most talked-about film and TV composers walked off with Composers Choice Awards at Tuesday night’s annual Screen Music Awards of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in West Hollywood.
Michael Abels won Film Score of the Year for Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror movie “Nope.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer and Kim Neundorf won Television Score of the Year for HBO’s black comedy “The White Lotus” And Bear McCreary won Video Game Score of the Year for Sony Interactive’s acclaimed “God of War: Ragnarok.”
In a tie, Documentary Score of the Year went to both Amanda Jones for the National Geographic nature series “Super/Natural” and Jeff Cardoni for HBO Max’s skateboarding doc “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer also won a second award for Television Theme of the Year for “The White Lotus.”
Composers Choice...
Michael Abels won Film Score of the Year for Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror movie “Nope.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer and Kim Neundorf won Television Score of the Year for HBO’s black comedy “The White Lotus” And Bear McCreary won Video Game Score of the Year for Sony Interactive’s acclaimed “God of War: Ragnarok.”
In a tie, Documentary Score of the Year went to both Amanda Jones for the National Geographic nature series “Super/Natural” and Jeff Cardoni for HBO Max’s skateboarding doc “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer also won a second award for Television Theme of the Year for “The White Lotus.”
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- 5/17/2023
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Deadline has launched the streaming site for Sound & Screen: Television, its live-music showcase featuring the musicians and their scores behind this year’s buzziest small-screen series and movies.
Click here to launch the streaming site.
The event Tuesday at UCLA’s Royce Hall in front of a packed house of Academy and guild voters featured a 50-piece orchestra conducted by the composers behind their works.
The site features all 12 panel conversations from the 14 series and movies who took part in the event, with the list of participating studios and streamers encompassing the wide swath of the biz: Apple TV+, CBS, Hulu, Paramount+, Prime Video, Showtime and HBO Max.
Panelists on board for music and panel conversations were composer Bear McCreary with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; composers Tom Mizer and Curtis Moore with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; composers Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian, behind Yellowstone and its prequel 1923; composer Christophe Beck,...
Click here to launch the streaming site.
The event Tuesday at UCLA’s Royce Hall in front of a packed house of Academy and guild voters featured a 50-piece orchestra conducted by the composers behind their works.
The site features all 12 panel conversations from the 14 series and movies who took part in the event, with the list of participating studios and streamers encompassing the wide swath of the biz: Apple TV+, CBS, Hulu, Paramount+, Prime Video, Showtime and HBO Max.
Panelists on board for music and panel conversations were composer Bear McCreary with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; composers Tom Mizer and Curtis Moore with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; composers Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian, behind Yellowstone and its prequel 1923; composer Christophe Beck,...
- 5/12/2023
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
The title theme from The White Lotus has become iconic, but composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer said he took a very experimental approach to crafting the music for the HBO series.
“We didn’t have that much time to really think and make plans and anything like that. I had like three or four weeks before the mix when [creator Mike White] called me. So it was very much it, ‘Either it works, or it doesn’t,'” de Veer said during an appearance at Deadline’s Sound & Screen awards-season event.
Season 1 is set in Hawaii, and the theme music definitely sets the tone. But de Veer explained that he wasn’t trying to imitate the music of Hawaii or “mimic anything.” Instead, he was focused on creating a sequence that would connect to the story’s underlying motifs.
“I was trying to find a place where I feel like a savage at some point.
“We didn’t have that much time to really think and make plans and anything like that. I had like three or four weeks before the mix when [creator Mike White] called me. So it was very much it, ‘Either it works, or it doesn’t,'” de Veer said during an appearance at Deadline’s Sound & Screen awards-season event.
Season 1 is set in Hawaii, and the theme music definitely sets the tone. But de Veer explained that he wasn’t trying to imitate the music of Hawaii or “mimic anything.” Instead, he was focused on creating a sequence that would connect to the story’s underlying motifs.
“I was trying to find a place where I feel like a savage at some point.
- 5/11/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Awards-contending composers and songwriters were on hand Tuesday in Los Angeles for Deadline’s Sound & Screen: Television event, which showcased the music from buzzy awards-season titles.
The Panelists were Cristobal Tapia de Veer (The White Lotus), Rachael Moore (George & Tammy), Jack Douglas and David Johansen (Personality Crisis: One Night Only), Tim Phillips (Bad Sisters), John Powell(Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie), Tom Howe (Ted Lasso/Shrinking), Stephen Barton (Star Trek: Picard), Breton Vivian and Brian Tyler (Yellowstone/1923), Siddhartha Khosla(Only Murders in the Building), Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), Curtis Moore and Thomas Mizer (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel).
Click through the gallery to see their portraits, panels and performances.
The Panelists were Cristobal Tapia de Veer (The White Lotus), Rachael Moore (George & Tammy), Jack Douglas and David Johansen (Personality Crisis: One Night Only), Tim Phillips (Bad Sisters), John Powell(Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie), Tom Howe (Ted Lasso/Shrinking), Stephen Barton (Star Trek: Picard), Breton Vivian and Brian Tyler (Yellowstone/1923), Siddhartha Khosla(Only Murders in the Building), Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), Curtis Moore and Thomas Mizer (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel).
Click through the gallery to see their portraits, panels and performances.
- 5/11/2023
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Cristobal Tapia de Veer is a two-time Emmy winner for the first season of “The White Lotus” in the categories of Best Main Title Theme Music and Best Limited Music Composition. Now he’s eligible for the second installment of the HBO hit, which took place in Sicily. “It’s so crazy,” he recalls about his Emmy experience last year. “I don’t think I realized how much people connected [with the show],” the composer adds, and it was inspiring “getting feedback from people who work at all levels.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“I’ve never won the lottery,” de Veer tells us, “but it feels to me like it must be something like that, or better than the lottery. The Emmys night was something I’m gonna remember.” Don’t forget, Emmy voters, this year “The White Lotus” is shifting from the limited series categories to the drama series categories.
“I’ve never won the lottery,” de Veer tells us, “but it feels to me like it must be something like that, or better than the lottery. The Emmys night was something I’m gonna remember.” Don’t forget, Emmy voters, this year “The White Lotus” is shifting from the limited series categories to the drama series categories.
- 4/24/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Grammy® Award-winning, RIAA platinum-certified international icon Tiësto has shared his own one-of-a-kind spin on “Renaissance” the title theme from season two of HBO’s Emmy®-winning series, The White Lotus, available now at all DSPs and streaming services Here. Written by Chilean-Canadian composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer, “Renaissance” is the first official remix of the viral hit, with Tiësto’s version already taking over dance floors worldwide.
“As a huge fan of The White Lotus I couldn’t be more excited to be releasing the official remix” said Tiësto. “I was instantly hooked on the theme song so I had to put my spin on it for my live sets… every time I play it, the crowd goes crazy! I’m thrilled HBO wanted to partner and make it official.”
“Renaissance” (The White Lotus) [Tiësto Remix] follows Tiësto’s latest global release, “10:35,” the worldwide hit single co-created by Tiësto and multi-platinum...
“As a huge fan of The White Lotus I couldn’t be more excited to be releasing the official remix” said Tiësto. “I was instantly hooked on the theme song so I had to put my spin on it for my live sets… every time I play it, the crowd goes crazy! I’m thrilled HBO wanted to partner and make it official.”
“Renaissance” (The White Lotus) [Tiësto Remix] follows Tiësto’s latest global release, “10:35,” the worldwide hit single co-created by Tiësto and multi-platinum...
- 2/17/2023
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
Tiësto turns The White Lotus theme into a club banger with the first-ever “official” remix of “Renaissance,” the chameleonic, catchy-yet-haunting track that has featured on the first two seasons of the hit HBO series.
The Edm star test-drove his version at live shows before releasing his remix of the Chilean-Canadian composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s theme song, with HBO giving Tiësto’s take the “official” seal of approval after the remix went viral on social media.
“As a huge fan of The White Lotus I couldn’t be more...
The Edm star test-drove his version at live shows before releasing his remix of the Chilean-Canadian composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s theme song, with HBO giving Tiësto’s take the “official” seal of approval after the remix went viral on social media.
“As a huge fan of The White Lotus I couldn’t be more...
- 2/17/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Wednesday night at the 2023 Scl Awards (Society of Composers & Lyricists), Michael Abels won the award for top studio film score for his work on “Nope,” while Ryan Lott and his experimental band Son Lux earned the statuette for Outstanding Independent Film Score for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The 4th annual gala took place at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Read on for all of the 2023 Scl Awards winners.
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was a champion along with Alexandre Desplat and Roeban Katz in the Outstanding Song for a Musical or Comedy category for the tune “Ciao Papa” from “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.” Also scoring a victory in a song category was the legendary Diane Warren, who became the first songwriter to receive an honorary Oscar in December. She accepted her award in Outstanding Song for a Drama or Documentary for “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman.
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro was a champion along with Alexandre Desplat and Roeban Katz in the Outstanding Song for a Musical or Comedy category for the tune “Ciao Papa” from “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.” Also scoring a victory in a song category was the legendary Diane Warren, who became the first songwriter to receive an honorary Oscar in December. She accepted her award in Outstanding Song for a Drama or Documentary for “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman.
- 2/16/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
The composers of the scores to “Nope” and “Everything All at Once” and songs for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” have won the film awards at the fourth annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards, which were handed out on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
Michael Abels won for “Nope” in the Outstanding Score for a Studio Film category, where he was up against Oscar nominee Carter Burwell for “The Banshees of Inisherin,” as well as the scores for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “The Batman” and “Don’t Worry Darling.” In the Outstanding Score for an Independent Film category, the award went to the only Oscar nominees in the category, Son Lux for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Diane Warren won the award for a song from a drama or documentary film for “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman,” while Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz and Guillermo del Toro won for the song “Ciao Papa” from “Pinocchio.
Michael Abels won for “Nope” in the Outstanding Score for a Studio Film category, where he was up against Oscar nominee Carter Burwell for “The Banshees of Inisherin,” as well as the scores for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “The Batman” and “Don’t Worry Darling.” In the Outstanding Score for an Independent Film category, the award went to the only Oscar nominees in the category, Son Lux for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Diane Warren won the award for a song from a drama or documentary film for “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman,” while Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz and Guillermo del Toro won for the song “Ciao Papa” from “Pinocchio.
- 2/16/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Diane Warren and Everything Everywhere All at Once composer Son Lux were among the Oscar nominees who won at the 2023 Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards on Wednesday night.
Warren won best original song for a drama or documentary for “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman, which is also nominated for best original song at the 2023 Oscars. Son Lux’s Ryan Lott accepted the award for best score for an independent film for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Son Lux is nominated for the Oscar for best original score and Lott is a nominee for best original song for his work on “This Is a Life,” both from Everything Everywhere All at Once.
In the category of best original score for interactive media, Stephanie Economou won for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök, just 10 days after her Grammy win.
Guillermo del Toro and lyricist Roeban Katz won best song...
Warren won best original song for a drama or documentary for “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman, which is also nominated for best original song at the 2023 Oscars. Son Lux’s Ryan Lott accepted the award for best score for an independent film for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Son Lux is nominated for the Oscar for best original score and Lott is a nominee for best original song for his work on “This Is a Life,” both from Everything Everywhere All at Once.
In the category of best original score for interactive media, Stephanie Economou won for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök, just 10 days after her Grammy win.
Guillermo del Toro and lyricist Roeban Katz won best song...
- 2/16/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (Scl) presented the winners of the 4th Annual Scl Awards for score and songs in visual media tonight at the Skirball Cultural Center.
The evening was hosted by Darren Criss, who also gave the audience a musical performance. Awards were presented across seven categories for music in visual media in addition to the Spirit of Collaboration Award and two Jury Awards.
The Spirit of Collaboration Award was presented to Oscar-winning composer Justin Hurwitz and Oscar-winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle. The composer and filmmaker have collaborated on five films, including Babylon, La La Land, Whiplash, the First Man, and Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench. The presentation of the award was accompanied by a musical performance including “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from La La Land, the First Man theme for harp and theremin, and a Babylon Medley, including “Voodoo Mama” and “Herman’s Hustle.
The evening was hosted by Darren Criss, who also gave the audience a musical performance. Awards were presented across seven categories for music in visual media in addition to the Spirit of Collaboration Award and two Jury Awards.
The Spirit of Collaboration Award was presented to Oscar-winning composer Justin Hurwitz and Oscar-winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle. The composer and filmmaker have collaborated on five films, including Babylon, La La Land, Whiplash, the First Man, and Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench. The presentation of the award was accompanied by a musical performance including “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from La La Land, the First Man theme for harp and theremin, and a Babylon Medley, including “Voodoo Mama” and “Herman’s Hustle.
- 2/16/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Not only has “The White Lotus” become fan favourite on television screens, the HBO series’ theme song is emerging as a dance hit at nightclubs throughout the world.
According to the New York Times, the theme song for the show’s second season — titled “Renaissance (Main Title Theme)”, by Chilean-Canadian composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer — has been embraced by Edm performers, DJs and producers, who have added slinky beats and snippets of dialogue to create numerous remixes.
Read More: Connie Britton Reacts To Viral ‘White Lotus’ Theory That Her Character Nicole And Laura Dern’s Abby Are Sisters
“Renaissance” is a variation on the first season’s theme, “Aloha! — Main Title Theme”, which was also composed by Tapia de Veer, who won an Emmy for best original main title theme music.
It all began in late October 2022, noted the Times, when remixes began appearing on TikTok and SoundCloud, eventually making...
According to the New York Times, the theme song for the show’s second season — titled “Renaissance (Main Title Theme)”, by Chilean-Canadian composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer — has been embraced by Edm performers, DJs and producers, who have added slinky beats and snippets of dialogue to create numerous remixes.
Read More: Connie Britton Reacts To Viral ‘White Lotus’ Theory That Her Character Nicole And Laura Dern’s Abby Are Sisters
“Renaissance” is a variation on the first season’s theme, “Aloha! — Main Title Theme”, which was also composed by Tapia de Veer, who won an Emmy for best original main title theme music.
It all began in late October 2022, noted the Times, when remixes began appearing on TikTok and SoundCloud, eventually making...
- 1/28/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
The Society of Composers & Lyricists has unveiled its Scl Award nominees for 2023, naming composers Alexandre Desplat (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio), Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Michael Abels (Nope), Michael Giacchino (The Batman) and John Powell (Don’t Worry Darling) as its contenders for Outstanding Score for a Studio Film.
The Scl’s Musical/Comedy Song nominees are as idiosyncratic as they are starry this time around, with such veteran composers as Desplat and Danny Elfman (White Noise) nominated for Musical/Comedy song alongside Bros‘ Billy Eichner and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story‘s Weird Al Yankovic.
Entrants in the Drama/Documentary Song category include recent Honorary Oscar winner Diane Warren (Tell It Like a Woman), Taylor Swift (Where the Crawdads Sing), Lady Gaga (Top Gun: Maverick), Rihanna (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and the Oscar-winning Nine Inch Nails duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who this year penned a...
The Scl’s Musical/Comedy Song nominees are as idiosyncratic as they are starry this time around, with such veteran composers as Desplat and Danny Elfman (White Noise) nominated for Musical/Comedy song alongside Bros‘ Billy Eichner and Weird: The Al Yankovic Story‘s Weird Al Yankovic.
Entrants in the Drama/Documentary Song category include recent Honorary Oscar winner Diane Warren (Tell It Like a Woman), Taylor Swift (Where the Crawdads Sing), Lady Gaga (Top Gun: Maverick), Rihanna (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and the Oscar-winning Nine Inch Nails duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who this year penned a...
- 12/22/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Society of Composers & Lyricists has announced the nominations for its fourth annual honors for music in films, TV and video games, with French composer Alexandre Desplat and American composer Bear McCreary each scoring double nominations.
Scl, the primary organization for professional media composers, will present its awards Feb. 15 at the Skirball Cultural Center, with singer-actor-songwriter Darren Criss as host.
Voting ended Wednesday night in seven categories, just hours after the Motion Picture Academy announced its shortlists for song and score for 2022 films. The contrast between the lists is striking, with only five score nominees and six song contenders matching those on the 15-title Oscar shortlists.
The Scl nominees for outstanding score for a studio or independent film that also made Oscar’s shortlist on Wednesday are Alexandre Desplat (“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”), Carter Burwell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Michael Abels (“Nope”), John Powell (“Don’t Worry Darling”) and Son...
Scl, the primary organization for professional media composers, will present its awards Feb. 15 at the Skirball Cultural Center, with singer-actor-songwriter Darren Criss as host.
Voting ended Wednesday night in seven categories, just hours after the Motion Picture Academy announced its shortlists for song and score for 2022 films. The contrast between the lists is striking, with only five score nominees and six song contenders matching those on the 15-title Oscar shortlists.
The Scl nominees for outstanding score for a studio or independent film that also made Oscar’s shortlist on Wednesday are Alexandre Desplat (“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”), Carter Burwell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Michael Abels (“Nope”), John Powell (“Don’t Worry Darling”) and Son...
- 12/22/2022
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Weird Al Yankovic are among the nominees announced Thursday morning for the Fourth Annual Scl Awards from the Society of Composers & Lyricists honoring scores and songs in visual media. Swift, Gaga and Rihanna were all nominated in the Outstanding Song for a Drama/Documentary category, Swift for her tune “Carolina” from “Where the Crawdads Sing,” Gaga along with Bloodpop for “Hold My Hand from “Top Gun: Maverick,” and Rihanna along with Tems, Ludwig Goransson and Ryan Coogler for “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Also nominated in that same category were Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for their song “(You Made it Feel Like) Home” from the film “Bones and All,” and Diane Warren for “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman.”
Singled out for honors in the Outstanding Score for a Studio Film category are Alexandre Desplat for “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio,...
Singled out for honors in the Outstanding Score for a Studio Film category are Alexandre Desplat for “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio,...
- 12/22/2022
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
The music from “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” has been nominated for awards by the Society of Composers and Lyricists, the group announced on Thursday morning.
The 4th annual Scl Awards will take place on Feb. 15, 2023 at the Skirball Cultural Center in West Los Angeles and give out awards in four film categories, as well as one category for TV and another for interactive media.
Alexandre Desplat was nominated for the score to “Pinocchio” and for co-writing the song “Ciao Papa” from that movie, making him the only two-time nominee in the film categories. Bear McCreary also received a pair of nominations, one for the TV series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” and one for the interactive “God of War Ragnarok.”
Five of the...
The 4th annual Scl Awards will take place on Feb. 15, 2023 at the Skirball Cultural Center in West Los Angeles and give out awards in four film categories, as well as one category for TV and another for interactive media.
Alexandre Desplat was nominated for the score to “Pinocchio” and for co-writing the song “Ciao Papa” from that movie, making him the only two-time nominee in the film categories. Bear McCreary also received a pair of nominations, one for the TV series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” and one for the interactive “God of War Ragnarok.”
Five of the...
- 12/22/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga’s film songs shortlisted for the Oscars will compete at the upcoming Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards.
Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Swift’s “Carolina” from Where The Crawdads Sing and Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick are nominated for outstanding song for a drama/documentary. The Diane Warren-penned “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman and “(You Made It Feel Like) Home” from Bones and All, written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, round out the nominees.
Billy Eichner and “Weird” Al Yankovic earned nominations for outstanding song for a musical/comedy. “Love Is Not Love” from Bros and “Now You Know” from Weird: The Al Yankovic Story will battle “Light the Match” from Central Park (Danny Elfman), “Good Afternoon” from Spirited (Khiyon Hursey, Sukari Jones, Benj Pasek,...
Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga’s film songs shortlisted for the Oscars will compete at the upcoming Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards.
Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Swift’s “Carolina” from Where The Crawdads Sing and Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick are nominated for outstanding song for a drama/documentary. The Diane Warren-penned “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman and “(You Made It Feel Like) Home” from Bones and All, written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, round out the nominees.
Billy Eichner and “Weird” Al Yankovic earned nominations for outstanding song for a musical/comedy. “Love Is Not Love” from Bros and “Now You Know” from Weird: The Al Yankovic Story will battle “Light the Match” from Central Park (Danny Elfman), “Good Afternoon” from Spirited (Khiyon Hursey, Sukari Jones, Benj Pasek,...
- 12/22/2022
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Robert Weigert, Caitlin Stasey, Kal Penn, Rob Morgan, Gillian Zinser | Written and Directed by Parker Finn
Sosie Bacon (daughter of Kevin) plays a therapist who believes she’s being haunted by a sinister curse in this chilling horror from debut writer-director Parker Finn. The plot may be overly familiar, but Smile scores highly when it comes to scares and atmosphere and is likely to become a word-of-mouth hit.
Bacon plays Dr Rose Cotter, an emergency psych ward therapist who has successfully compartmentalised her own trauma with regard to a family tragedy. One day, a terrified young woman (Kindred Spirits’ Caitlin Stasey) appears in her office, relating a story about how she saw a man commit suicide right in front of her, and ever since then she’s been pursued by a sinister entity who smiles at her from the bodies of other people.
Sosie Bacon (daughter of Kevin) plays a therapist who believes she’s being haunted by a sinister curse in this chilling horror from debut writer-director Parker Finn. The plot may be overly familiar, but Smile scores highly when it comes to scares and atmosphere and is likely to become a word-of-mouth hit.
Bacon plays Dr Rose Cotter, an emergency psych ward therapist who has successfully compartmentalised her own trauma with regard to a family tragedy. One day, a terrified young woman (Kindred Spirits’ Caitlin Stasey) appears in her office, relating a story about how she saw a man commit suicide right in front of her, and ever since then she’s been pursued by a sinister entity who smiles at her from the bodies of other people.
- 12/20/2022
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Note: the following contains spoilers up to “The White Lotus” Season 2 Episode 6
As “The White Lotus” Season 2 comes to a close, Sunday’s episode will reveal which characters are killed as each subplot comes to its climax.
The season premiere opened with Daphne (Meghann Fahy) going for a final swim in the Sicilian sea before discovering a dead body floating in the ocean. As she cries for help on the beach, Rocco (Federico Ferrante) informs Valentina (Sabrina Impacciatore) that “other guests have been killed” for reasons unknown at the time.
The opening scene indicates that Daphne, Valentina and Rocco are safe from being killed, and the absence of other major characters have left fans to theorize how they think season 2 might wrap up.
If you’re dying to know what happens in the season finale, read on for the biggest fan theories.
Harper, Ethan and Cam are safe
While Daphne...
As “The White Lotus” Season 2 comes to a close, Sunday’s episode will reveal which characters are killed as each subplot comes to its climax.
The season premiere opened with Daphne (Meghann Fahy) going for a final swim in the Sicilian sea before discovering a dead body floating in the ocean. As she cries for help on the beach, Rocco (Federico Ferrante) informs Valentina (Sabrina Impacciatore) that “other guests have been killed” for reasons unknown at the time.
The opening scene indicates that Daphne, Valentina and Rocco are safe from being killed, and the absence of other major characters have left fans to theorize how they think season 2 might wrap up.
If you’re dying to know what happens in the season finale, read on for the biggest fan theories.
Harper, Ethan and Cam are safe
While Daphne...
- 12/9/2022
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
The first five episodes of this season of “The White Lotus” have involved a high number of bad decisions in beautiful locations and the series’ signature angst over wealth and privilege. But it’s not until the end of Episode 5, “That’s Amore,” that the show reveals an appropriately operatic twist — spoilers ahead — with Tanya’s (Jennifer Coolidge) discovery of expat Quentin (Tom Hollander) in flagrante delicto with his nephew Jack (Leo Woodall) in the elder’s Palermo palazzo.
To be fair, Jack was introduced to Tanya and her assistant, Portia (Haley Lu Richardson), as naughty, but this new devilry is very much in the details. So is the show’s artistry, and it took a team effort on the part of the show’s camera, sound, and music to accentuate the horror of what Tanya finds and cinematically set the stage for the final two episodes of the season,...
To be fair, Jack was introduced to Tanya and her assistant, Portia (Haley Lu Richardson), as naughty, but this new devilry is very much in the details. So is the show’s artistry, and it took a team effort on the part of the show’s camera, sound, and music to accentuate the horror of what Tanya finds and cinematically set the stage for the final two episodes of the season,...
- 11/28/2022
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
In some ways, the second season of "The White Lotus" is exactly the same as the first. We once again have signed on for a stay at the titular resort where we'll spend 7 weeks watching the filthy rich guests spiral into madness, verbally spar with one another, and put their very worst selves on display. All the while, their so-called peaceful getaway will become a nightmarish stay that ends with at least one dead body. But the difference is in the details. We have a new crop of guests and with them, series creator Mike White is taking his scathing commentary in a slightly different direction.
Instead of skewering the wealthy elites through the lens of tourism and colonization, season 2 has set its sights on sexual politics — a thorny subject matter no matter which way you approach it. So naturally, "The White Lotus" needed a bit of a makeover — and...
Instead of skewering the wealthy elites through the lens of tourism and colonization, season 2 has set its sights on sexual politics — a thorny subject matter no matter which way you approach it. So naturally, "The White Lotus" needed a bit of a makeover — and...
- 11/11/2022
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
There's a lot to like about "The White Lotus," between its sharp writing, superb casting, and incisive criticisms of the richest folks in our society. But one part of the show that's been a standout since its premiere has been its score.
Composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer's score in the show's first season was heavily percussive and intense, creating an atmosphere of tension highlighted by its Hawaiian tribal accents. It made every scene feel almost scary, like every scene was about to be interrupted by a sudden tiger attack. The show used the music's intensity to turn every one of the character's social interactions into more animalistic encounters, playing off one of the season's main themes, that humans are deep down just monkeys.
The show's second season, which is now two episodes deep, has been a big shift from the first. With an almost all-new cast and a brand-new location,...
Composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer's score in the show's first season was heavily percussive and intense, creating an atmosphere of tension highlighted by its Hawaiian tribal accents. It made every scene feel almost scary, like every scene was about to be interrupted by a sudden tiger attack. The show used the music's intensity to turn every one of the character's social interactions into more animalistic encounters, playing off one of the season's main themes, that humans are deep down just monkeys.
The show's second season, which is now two episodes deep, has been a big shift from the first. With an almost all-new cast and a brand-new location,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Matt Rainis
- Slash Film
Cristobal Tapia de Veer, who tapped into the sonic experience of Internet Age anxiety with the main theme for the first season of “The White Lotus,” wasn’t supposed to work on the show. Logistically, he was busy composing a snarling, delightfully unsettling score for the horror film “Smile”; thematically, the Season 2 jump from Hawaii to Sicily meant adjusting the dials on how the series presents its honey-trap of power and privilege in the titular 5-star resort. But “The White Lotus” couldn’t quite get away from Tapia de Veer’s work, and neither could he.
“They asked me to at least revisit the main theme,” Tapia de Veer told IndieWire. “Mike [White] told me some influences to fit in this new [season] in Italy, in Sicily, and that it would be nice to add some renaissance or Italian opera, or some renaissance instruments.” Tapia de Veer’s expertise with weaving vocal...
“They asked me to at least revisit the main theme,” Tapia de Veer told IndieWire. “Mike [White] told me some influences to fit in this new [season] in Italy, in Sicily, and that it would be nice to add some renaissance or Italian opera, or some renaissance instruments.” Tapia de Veer’s expertise with weaving vocal...
- 11/4/2022
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
“The White Lotus” Season 2 might be building up to this year’s big death(s), but one thing is crystal clear about this installment of Mike White’s HBO limited series: It’s horny as heck.
Before we move on and award “The White Lotus” an off-season imaginary Emmy for Outstandingly Horny Limited Series, let’s be clear what that means. Sex scenes and nudity are all over current television, — especially on HBO — but “The White Lotus” Season 2 excels at sexual tension, sexual politics, and sexuality itself as if manifests between characters. Horny is an energy, not an action. With an attractive cast of all ages (if lacking other types of diversity), the unbearably romantic Italian backdrop, and Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s propulsive score, HBO is poised to deliver the horniest show of the season.
Crafting a horny show is no easy task, nor is de-throning 2022’s reigning champ,...
Before we move on and award “The White Lotus” an off-season imaginary Emmy for Outstandingly Horny Limited Series, let’s be clear what that means. Sex scenes and nudity are all over current television, — especially on HBO — but “The White Lotus” Season 2 excels at sexual tension, sexual politics, and sexuality itself as if manifests between characters. Horny is an energy, not an action. With an attractive cast of all ages (if lacking other types of diversity), the unbearably romantic Italian backdrop, and Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s propulsive score, HBO is poised to deliver the horniest show of the season.
Crafting a horny show is no easy task, nor is de-throning 2022’s reigning champ,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
This The White Lotus review contains spoilers.
The White Lotus Season 2 Episode 1
It’s hard to pinpoint one exact thing that makes The White Lotus such compelling television. The first season (which was originally supposed to be a stand-alone miniseries) featured some of the best acting of 2021, with performances by Jennifer Coolidge and Murray Bartlett taking home Emmy wins. The composer of the series, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, did a phenomenal job of immersing the audience in this fictional version of Hawaii that is equal parts ominous and effervescent; this musical juxtaposition is very hard to pull off, replete with an opening title sequence ripe for analysis.
Last but not least, the satirical style of comedy in each episode is in-your-face, yet just subtle enough to be awkward and relatable. Characters say things to each other that perplex the audience, and make us reminisce of times we may have experienced similar conversations.
The White Lotus Season 2 Episode 1
It’s hard to pinpoint one exact thing that makes The White Lotus such compelling television. The first season (which was originally supposed to be a stand-alone miniseries) featured some of the best acting of 2021, with performances by Jennifer Coolidge and Murray Bartlett taking home Emmy wins. The composer of the series, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, did a phenomenal job of immersing the audience in this fictional version of Hawaii that is equal parts ominous and effervescent; this musical juxtaposition is very hard to pull off, replete with an opening title sequence ripe for analysis.
Last but not least, the satirical style of comedy in each episode is in-your-face, yet just subtle enough to be awkward and relatable. Characters say things to each other that perplex the audience, and make us reminisce of times we may have experienced similar conversations.
- 10/31/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
For as much money and effort as she spends pretending that White Lotus hotels are the luxurious safe havens she so craves, Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) nonetheless sees them for what they truly are. “What a beautiful view!” she coos at the cliffside Sicilian seascape greeting her upon arrival. Then, in practically the same breath: “I wonder if anyone’s jumped from here.” As meticulously designed by television puppet-master Mike White, “The White Lotus” is the archetypal gilded cage, luring the rich and ambitious to its shores, only to dash them against the rocks with ruthless ease.
Before the HBO series was a word-of-mouth hit in summer 2021, turned recent Emmys sensation, it was an experimental season of TV that cannily used a single location to tell overlapping stories of restlessness, lust, anger and pain. Its stellar casting and White’s directing drew out some of the best performances of its actors’ lives,...
Before the HBO series was a word-of-mouth hit in summer 2021, turned recent Emmys sensation, it was an experimental season of TV that cannily used a single location to tell overlapping stories of restlessness, lust, anger and pain. Its stellar casting and White’s directing drew out some of the best performances of its actors’ lives,...
- 10/24/2022
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Robert Weigert, Caitlin Stasey, Kal Penn, Rob Morgan, Gillian Zinser | Written and Directed by Parker Finn
Sosie Bacon (daughter of Kevin) plays a therapist who believes she’s being haunted by a sinister curse in this chilling horror from debut writer-director Parker Finn. The plot may be overly familiar, but Smile scores highly when it comes to scares and atmosphere and is likely to become a word-of-mouth hit.
Bacon plays Dr Rose Cotter, an emergency psych ward therapist who has successfully compartmentalised her own trauma with regard to a family tragedy. One day, a terrified young woman (Kindred Spirits’ Caitlin Stasey) appears in her office, relating a story about how she saw a man commit suicide right in front of her, and ever since then she’s been pursued by a sinister entity who smiles at her from the bodies of other people.
Sosie Bacon (daughter of Kevin) plays a therapist who believes she’s being haunted by a sinister curse in this chilling horror from debut writer-director Parker Finn. The plot may be overly familiar, but Smile scores highly when it comes to scares and atmosphere and is likely to become a word-of-mouth hit.
Bacon plays Dr Rose Cotter, an emergency psych ward therapist who has successfully compartmentalised her own trauma with regard to a family tragedy. One day, a terrified young woman (Kindred Spirits’ Caitlin Stasey) appears in her office, relating a story about how she saw a man commit suicide right in front of her, and ever since then she’s been pursued by a sinister entity who smiles at her from the bodies of other people.
- 10/3/2022
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
From Gwynplaine’s disfigured visage in 1928’s The Man Who Laughs to Jack Torrance’s hideous grin in The Shining, and even more recently Pennywise’s leering grimace in It, the smile has played a longstanding and often terrifying role in horror cinema. So why not make a whole movie based around that stretching of the facial muscles, which can become a death’s-head rictus just as easily as an expression of happiness?
Writer/director Parker Finn seems to have hit upon that very notion with his feature film debut, Smile, which is an expansion of Finn’s 2020 short film, “Laura Hasn’t Slept.” The result is a movie that sustains a remarkably unnerving aura of dread and claustrophobia throughout its nearly two-hour running time and provides some genuinely terrifying sequences, even if it pads itself with a number of jump scares and borrows liberally from several other significant horror outings.
Writer/director Parker Finn seems to have hit upon that very notion with his feature film debut, Smile, which is an expansion of Finn’s 2020 short film, “Laura Hasn’t Slept.” The result is a movie that sustains a remarkably unnerving aura of dread and claustrophobia throughout its nearly two-hour running time and provides some genuinely terrifying sequences, even if it pads itself with a number of jump scares and borrows liberally from several other significant horror outings.
- 9/29/2022
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
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Parker Finn’s disquieting debut Smile transforms a congenial gesture into a threat. Smiles — warm and inviting by nature — mask deeper, more troubling intentions in this harrowing film about a demonic spirit that latches on to its victims’ traumas. The adage about grinning through hard times here takes on a sinister tone.
Dr. Rose Cutter (Sosie Bacon), an affable clinical psychiatrist, doesn’t know any of this when she meets Laura Weaver (Caitlin Stasey), a graduate student who recently witnessed a gruesome suicide. The two convene in an examination room of the oddly homey ER psychiatric wing. (The hallway walls are painted a bubble-gum pink; the exam room has blue and yellow accents.) When they sit down to speak, Laura hurriedly recounts how her professor bludgeoned himself to death in front of her, the haunting smiles she sees on the faces of strangers and loved ones,...
Parker Finn’s disquieting debut Smile transforms a congenial gesture into a threat. Smiles — warm and inviting by nature — mask deeper, more troubling intentions in this harrowing film about a demonic spirit that latches on to its victims’ traumas. The adage about grinning through hard times here takes on a sinister tone.
Dr. Rose Cutter (Sosie Bacon), an affable clinical psychiatrist, doesn’t know any of this when she meets Laura Weaver (Caitlin Stasey), a graduate student who recently witnessed a gruesome suicide. The two convene in an examination room of the oddly homey ER psychiatric wing. (The hallway walls are painted a bubble-gum pink; the exam room has blue and yellow accents.) When they sit down to speak, Laura hurriedly recounts how her professor bludgeoned himself to death in front of her, the haunting smiles she sees on the faces of strangers and loved ones,...
- 9/28/2022
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The phrase “smile through the pain” takes on a menacing new meaning in “Smile,” as Parker Finn uses an internationally recognized symbol of happiness to elicit fear and evil as part of the film’s exploration of trauma. A smile is nothing more than a mask, and the real horror arises from the true intention behind it.
Sosie Bacon stars as Rose Cotter, a doctor who works in an emergency psychiatric unit and has carried a heavy burden since she witnessed her mother’s suicide at ten years old. Her mental health begins to deteriorate after she assesses a young woman named Laura (Caitlin Stasey) who is brought in for witnessing a suicide. Frantic and begging for someone to believe her, Laura tells Rose that she is being taunted by a being that only she can see; one that smiles and changes its appearance all while delivering a death threat.
Sosie Bacon stars as Rose Cotter, a doctor who works in an emergency psychiatric unit and has carried a heavy burden since she witnessed her mother’s suicide at ten years old. Her mental health begins to deteriorate after she assesses a young woman named Laura (Caitlin Stasey) who is brought in for witnessing a suicide. Frantic and begging for someone to believe her, Laura tells Rose that she is being taunted by a being that only she can see; one that smiles and changes its appearance all while delivering a death threat.
- 9/24/2022
- by Marisa Mirabal
- Indiewire
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Best Drama Series
Will Win Succession (HBO)
Succession, the most nominated program on TV (with 25 mentions, nine more than the next most-nominated drama) won two years ago for its second season. And though rookies Severance, Squid Game andYellowjackets all have passionate supporters, and sentiment often favors departing shows like Better Call Saul (the first half of which is nominated) and Ozark, it’s hard to imagine HBO’s portrait of the twisted Roy family not winning again for its third. — Scott Feinberg
Should Win Succession (HBO)
I’ll never not mention that Succession is miscategorized as a “drama,” but the pitch-black comedy about the unbearable pressure of wealth (and family) delivered the year’s most cringe-inducing shareholder meeting, birthday gala and destination wedding. — Daniel Fienberg
Best Comedy Series
Will Win Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Apple claimed its first program award for the first...
Best Drama Series
Will Win Succession (HBO)
Succession, the most nominated program on TV (with 25 mentions, nine more than the next most-nominated drama) won two years ago for its second season. And though rookies Severance, Squid Game andYellowjackets all have passionate supporters, and sentiment often favors departing shows like Better Call Saul (the first half of which is nominated) and Ozark, it’s hard to imagine HBO’s portrait of the twisted Roy family not winning again for its third. — Scott Feinberg
Should Win Succession (HBO)
I’ll never not mention that Succession is miscategorized as a “drama,” but the pitch-black comedy about the unbearable pressure of wealth (and family) delivered the year’s most cringe-inducing shareholder meeting, birthday gala and destination wedding. — Daniel Fienberg
Best Comedy Series
Will Win Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Apple claimed its first program award for the first...
- 9/8/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg and Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Creative Arts Emmys aired this weekend, giving recognition outstanding artistic in technical achievement in a variety of different genres.
An edited presentation of the Creative Art Emmys will premiere Saturday, Sept. 10 on Fxx.
Scroll down for the full list of winners.
Outstanding Television Movie
Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers • Disney+ Mandeville Films
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Dopesick • Breakthrough Pain • Hulu 20th Television, Danny Strong Productions, John Goldwyn Productions, the Littlefield Company Checco Varese, ASC, Director of Photography
Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series
How I Met Your Father • Pilot • Hulu 20th Television
Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling
Impeachment: American Crime Story • the Assassination Of Monica Lewinsky • FX 20th Television and FX Productions Natalie Driscoll, Department Head Hairstylist Nanxy Tong-Heater, Assistant Department Head Hairstylist Michelle Ceglia, Personal Hairstylist Suzy Mazzarese, Personal Hairstylist Lauren Kress, Hairstylist Leighann Pitchon, Hairstylist
Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or...
An edited presentation of the Creative Art Emmys will premiere Saturday, Sept. 10 on Fxx.
Scroll down for the full list of winners.
Outstanding Television Movie
Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers • Disney+ Mandeville Films
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Dopesick • Breakthrough Pain • Hulu 20th Television, Danny Strong Productions, John Goldwyn Productions, the Littlefield Company Checco Varese, ASC, Director of Photography
Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series
How I Met Your Father • Pilot • Hulu 20th Television
Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling
Impeachment: American Crime Story • the Assassination Of Monica Lewinsky • FX 20th Television and FX Productions Natalie Driscoll, Department Head Hairstylist Nanxy Tong-Heater, Assistant Department Head Hairstylist Michelle Ceglia, Personal Hairstylist Suzy Mazzarese, Personal Hairstylist Lauren Kress, Hairstylist Leighann Pitchon, Hairstylist
Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or...
- 9/5/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Netflix’s horror blockbuster ”Stranger Things” and HBO’s black comedy/whodunit “The White Lotus” led the Creative Arts Emmys this weekend with five awards apiece. “Euphoria,” the gritty teen phenom, followed right behind with four prizes, while Netflix’s global sensation, “Squid Game,” the Korean survival drama, captured three wins, as did HBO’s popular “Barry” comedy. However, the critically-acclaimed, mind-bending “Severance” (Apple TV+) managed only two wins.
On the historical drama front, “The Great” (Hulu) finally broke through in Season 2 with an impressive win for period costumes, while “Bridgerton” (Netflix) took period hairstyling, and “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max) earned period/fantasy production design.
On the downside, Marvel’s mind-bending “Moon Knight” only managed one win (sound editing), while the time-bending “Loki” was shut out.
On the animation front, “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” (Disney+) became the first-ever animated film to win Television Movie, while Netflix took Animated...
On the historical drama front, “The Great” (Hulu) finally broke through in Season 2 with an impressive win for period costumes, while “Bridgerton” (Netflix) took period hairstyling, and “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max) earned period/fantasy production design.
On the downside, Marvel’s mind-bending “Moon Knight” only managed one win (sound editing), while the time-bending “Loki” was shut out.
On the animation front, “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” (Disney+) became the first-ever animated film to win Television Movie, while Netflix took Animated...
- 9/5/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The music of “The White Lotus,” “Severance,” “Stranger Things” and “Schmigadoon!” won Creative Arts Emmys Sunday night in a mixture of predicted wins and upsets.
The big winner was Chilean-born, Montreal-based composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer who walked off with a pair of statues for his music for HBO’s “The White Lotus,” for main title theme music and for music composition for a limited or anthology series, movie or special.
His primal drumbeats, wordless voices and wooden flutes set a tropical vibe for the Hawaiian resort and its offbeat visitors. And although it was entered in the “limited series” category, “The White Lotus” is slated to return for a second season.
Theodore Shapiro won his first Emmy for “Severance,” in the category of music composition for a series. This marks the first major industry award for the widely respected composer, who has never been nominated for the Oscar (despite...
The big winner was Chilean-born, Montreal-based composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer who walked off with a pair of statues for his music for HBO’s “The White Lotus,” for main title theme music and for music composition for a limited or anthology series, movie or special.
His primal drumbeats, wordless voices and wooden flutes set a tropical vibe for the Hawaiian resort and its offbeat visitors. And although it was entered in the “limited series” category, “The White Lotus” is slated to return for a second season.
Theodore Shapiro won his first Emmy for “Severance,” in the category of music composition for a series. This marks the first major industry award for the widely respected composer, who has never been nominated for the Oscar (despite...
- 9/5/2022
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Updated with complete list of winners: The Sunday portion of the 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony has wrapped with HBO and HBO Max and its Euphoria and The White Lotus the biggest winners along with Netflix’s Stranger Things.
Each series had a leading five wins on the night, joining Saturday’s Night 1 winners, CBS’ Adele: One Night Only and Disney+’s The Beatles: Get Back with five wins overall.
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HBO/HBO Max had a combined 25 wins across the two-night ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The corporate siblings had been tied with Netflix with a leading eight wins going into Sunday’s show; Netflix finished with 23 wins overall. They are the front-runners leading into the Primetime Emmy show on Monday, September 12 live on NBC.
Sunday’s high-profile categories to note include the comedy, drama and limited series casting races — won by NBC’s comedy Abbott Elementary,...
Each series had a leading five wins on the night, joining Saturday’s Night 1 winners, CBS’ Adele: One Night Only and Disney+’s The Beatles: Get Back with five wins overall.
Creative Arts Emmys 2022 Photo Gallery
HBO/HBO Max had a combined 25 wins across the two-night ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The corporate siblings had been tied with Netflix with a leading eight wins going into Sunday’s show; Netflix finished with 23 wins overall. They are the front-runners leading into the Primetime Emmy show on Monday, September 12 live on NBC.
Sunday’s high-profile categories to note include the comedy, drama and limited series casting races — won by NBC’s comedy Abbott Elementary,...
- 9/5/2022
- by Erik Pedersen and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Since the TV academy began regularly honoring original music scores in the 1960s, there has essentially always been a clear distinction between compositions for continuing and limited series. The Best Music for Limited Series Emmy category was established early on in order to adequately recognize the music behind single-season or one-off scripted programs apart from traditional comedy and drama series. This year’s five contenders are about as eclectic as can be, with plots that collectively span multiple centuries and continents.
The current Best Music for Limited Series nominees are “1883” (Paramount+), “Moon Knight” (Disney+), “Station Eleven” (HBO Max), “A Very British Scandal” (Prime Video) and “The White Lotus” (HBO). To determine which one is most likely to take the gold, let’s take a look at each score individually. Be sure to make your Emmy predictions in this and 26 other Creative Arts categories by September 3.
“1883” — Music by Brian Tyler...
The current Best Music for Limited Series nominees are “1883” (Paramount+), “Moon Knight” (Disney+), “Station Eleven” (HBO Max), “A Very British Scandal” (Prime Video) and “The White Lotus” (HBO). To determine which one is most likely to take the gold, let’s take a look at each score individually. Be sure to make your Emmy predictions in this and 26 other Creative Arts categories by September 3.
“1883” — Music by Brian Tyler...
- 8/30/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
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One year ago, the opening credits for HBO’s The White Lotus pulsated on screens all over the world: simple, wallpaper-like graphics subtly undulating and accompanied by haunting music. The tropical images of monkeys, birds and fruit go perfectly with the sonic elements, teasing the character trajectories in the episodes to come, yet composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer and directors Katrina Crawford and Mark Bashore of Seattle studio Plains of Yonder tell THR that the three of them never worked together on it — it just became cohesive naturally.
“Cristobal was in Montreal, and we’re in Seattle,” says Bashore, “and we both took conversations from [creator] Mike White, and we didn’t talk and somehow we ended up with a nice combination.”
Adds Crawford, “Normally, our edits are very sound-driven, and we actually cut with some other music just to have something, but we...
One year ago, the opening credits for HBO’s The White Lotus pulsated on screens all over the world: simple, wallpaper-like graphics subtly undulating and accompanied by haunting music. The tropical images of monkeys, birds and fruit go perfectly with the sonic elements, teasing the character trajectories in the episodes to come, yet composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer and directors Katrina Crawford and Mark Bashore of Seattle studio Plains of Yonder tell THR that the three of them never worked together on it — it just became cohesive naturally.
“Cristobal was in Montreal, and we’re in Seattle,” says Bashore, “and we both took conversations from [creator] Mike White, and we didn’t talk and somehow we ended up with a nice combination.”
Adds Crawford, “Normally, our edits are very sound-driven, and we actually cut with some other music just to have something, but we...
- 8/9/2022
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The winners will be announced on October 22 at the Film Fest Ghent in Belgium.
The composers of Dune, Succession and The Power Of The Dog are among this year’s nominees for the 22nd edition of the World Soundtrack Awards (Wsa) as the first wave of nominations are unveiled.
The winners will be announced on October 22 at the Film Fest Ghent in Belgium, during which the annual celebration of film music is held.
Hans Zimmer is nominated for film composer of the year for the eighth time for his work on No Time To Die, Dune and The Survivor. The...
The composers of Dune, Succession and The Power Of The Dog are among this year’s nominees for the 22nd edition of the World Soundtrack Awards (Wsa) as the first wave of nominations are unveiled.
The winners will be announced on October 22 at the Film Fest Ghent in Belgium, during which the annual celebration of film music is held.
Hans Zimmer is nominated for film composer of the year for the eighth time for his work on No Time To Die, Dune and The Survivor. The...
- 8/5/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not watched the sixth episode of “The White Lotus” Season 1, titled “Departures.”
“The White Lotus” opens with a coffin being loaded onto a plane but doesn’t address the death looming over the series until its final episode.
Learning he is about to be fired from his job as hotel manager, Armond (Murray Bartlett) goes on a drug binge and saunters over to the Pineapple Suite, which has finally been relinquished to “special chosen baby child” Shane (Jake Lacy), who is downstairs wrapping up a tumultuous honeymoon. Armond enters the suite, peeks around and swiftly unbuttons his pants to defecate in Shane’s open suitcase.
“It’s a weird combination of Armond being out of his mind but also firmly rooted in his power,” Bartlett says.
Pairing Bartlett’s bare behind with Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s cinematic score, the scene is shockingly graphic.
“The White Lotus” opens with a coffin being loaded onto a plane but doesn’t address the death looming over the series until its final episode.
Learning he is about to be fired from his job as hotel manager, Armond (Murray Bartlett) goes on a drug binge and saunters over to the Pineapple Suite, which has finally been relinquished to “special chosen baby child” Shane (Jake Lacy), who is downstairs wrapping up a tumultuous honeymoon. Armond enters the suite, peeks around and swiftly unbuttons his pants to defecate in Shane’s open suitcase.
“It’s a weird combination of Armond being out of his mind but also firmly rooted in his power,” Bartlett says.
Pairing Bartlett’s bare behind with Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s cinematic score, the scene is shockingly graphic.
- 6/16/2022
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
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