BBC4 will be showing Clint Eastwood’s acclaimed documentary about the life of songwriter Johnny Mercer over Easter (date tbc). Celebrating the centenary of his birth last year, the Silva Screen soundtrack release recently received a four star review in Mojo. As Clint so rightly says, “Mercer may not be a household name today, but his songs are like the air that we breathe, they’re part of everyone”.

The International Film Music Critics Association has announced it 2009 winners for scoring excellence. Christopher Young’s Drag Me To Hell has won in two categories, Original Score For A Horror/Thriller and Film Music Composition Of The Year for the track Concerto To Hell. Marvin Hamlisch also wins for The Informant! in the category Best Original Score For A Comedy Film.

Tadlow Music are also honoured with Exodus scooping Best Re-Recording Of An Existing Score. This release has also been a winner in the same category in the 22nd Annual Sammy Film Music Awards.

Silva Screen distributed label Tadlow Music has received a nomination at The International Film Music Critics Awards in the category of Best Re-Recording Of An Existing Score. The title in question is Ernest Gold’s powerful music for the 1960 film Exodus, a world premiere release of the full restored score conducted by Nic Raine and produced by James Fitzpatrick.

Season 9 of American Idol has used Silva Screen’s recording of Ennio Morricone’s alluring theme to The Untouchables. The track features on our Essential Ennio Morricone Film Music Collection.

The International Film Music Critics Awards have announced their nominations for the very best of 2009. Christopher Young is in the running for Film Composer Of The Year with Drag Me To Hell nominated for Film Score Of The Year, Best Original Score For A Horror/Thriller Film and Film Music Composition Of The Year. Young is also in the running  for Best Original Score For A Drama Film with Creation .  Marvin Hamlisch and The Informant! and Debbie Wiseman’s Lesbian Vampire Killers feature in Best Original Score For A Comedy Film and Mychael and Jeff Danna for The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus in Best Original Score For A Fantasy/Science Fiction Film. Winners will be announced on February 26th.

Howard Shore’s soundtrack for the new Mel Gibson film, Edge Of Darkness will be released on February 22nd. It’s a remake of the classic 1985 BBC drama that centered on corporate cover-ups and government collusion. The film opens in the UK on January 29th.

The hottest show on American television at present is about to set UK TV and the charts alight this weekend. High school comedy drama Glee will launch on Channel 4 this Sunday (17th) after posting good figures on E4 and music from the series is populating the music industry midweeks. Silva Screen’s recording of O Fortuna from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana features in the show.

The stunning ad for William Lawson scotch that has been running in Belgium for a couple of years has had its run extended until the end of 2010. It features the Silva Screen recording of Ennio Morricone’s haunting Deborah’s Theme from Once Upon A Time In The West. Watch it at  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd7-rre3iFc

Three songs from our releases have made the Academy Award shortlist to compete for Best Original Song at the 82nd Awards. They are Trust Me from The Informant! sung by Steve Tyrell, We Are The Children Of The World and We Love Violence from The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus sung by Jam Theatre Company Choir and The Sir Ian Blair Memorial Choir. The songs will be judged on January 12th and nominations announced on February 2nd. The Academy Awards take place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on March 7th.

Marvin Hamlisch’s score for The Informant! has been nominated in the Best Original Score – Motion Picture category for the Golden Globe Awards. Chosen by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, this year’s ceremony takes place on January 17th at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The awards are renowned throughout the industry as a valuable pointer to potential Oscar winners.