Composer assignments, score release dates, replaced composers, awards shortlists and label announcements across film, television and game music.
Göransson took the Original Score Oscar at the March 2024 ceremony for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer — his second, after Black Panther in 2019, and the quiet capstone of a scoring partnership now five films deep.
Cut in three days in Chicago, released a month ahead of the picture and later preserved by the Library of Congress, Mayfield's 1972 album answered a movie about a dealer with nine songs that refuse to admire him.
The Academy's Music Branch does not judge a score by ear. It judges a cue sheet, and the math has to clear a fixed line before taste ever enters the room.
The BMG-Concord merger cleared US review in June 2026, and SOCAN agreed to buy CMRRA in July — a season of consolidation that reaches into the world of score and song rights.
A 50th-anniversary tour screening the 1976 film with live orchestra opened in Chicago on May 16, with more dates set for November.
From chiptune cartridges to pressed vinyl and orchestral nights at the Royal Albert Hall, game music has built its own release and concert economy — one whose milestones are now easy to date.