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It’s impossible to talk about Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio without considering the music. Del Toro’s Netflix adaptation of the Carlo Collodi story takes place in 1930s Italy, during the Fascist reign of Benito Mussolini. In this story, woodcarver Geppetto (David Bradley) loses his son Carlo in an aerial…

Chatting away to Sally Hawkins, as you do, in the fabled Abbey Road Studios in posh North London neighborhood of St. John's Wood, she tells me "I feel fine" when I inquire after her well-being. Our feet are planted in the very spot where The Beatles recorded the track for “I Feel Fine,” a single that…

“Cinema was always a passion for me,” says composer Alexandre Desplat. “I was very lucky to have a friend who had directed a short movie and he asked me if I could write the score… and it became my demo tape and opened to me many, many doors.” Having worked with director Guillermo del Toro before on many…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer and director Guillermo del Toro and composer Alexandre Desplat give a behind the scenes look at the creation of “Ciao Papa” from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. The song has been entered into the Best Original Song race for this Oscar season. Guillermo del Toro directs this warm and…

Director Guillermo del Toro is known for the intense originality of his work, on vivid display in Oscar-winning films from Pan's Labyrinth to The Shape of Water. For his latest, the Netflix animated film Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, he again set a high bar for himself. "We believe that we should…

A number of awards-contending composers and songwriters were on hand Saturday in Los Angeles for Deadline’s Sound & Screen event, which showcased the music propelling nine buzzy film awards-season titles. RELATED: Deadline's Sound & Screen: Full Coverage The panelists, their pics and the distributors were Alexandre…

Alexandre Desplat opened Deadline’s Sound & Screen awards-season event representing the music from his latest project, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. The Netflix animated film currently available to stream and is the duo’s second collaboration following Best Picture Oscar winner The Shape of…

The latest edition of Deadline's Sound & Screen is officially underway Thursday night in Los Angeles, showcasing genre-defying and moving original music from some of the film industry’s most respected talents who are making waves during awards season. Related Story Contenders Film: New Yo…

Some people may be slow to go to cinemas as the pandemic eases, but here in Los Angeles, they’re certainly not sluggish to head to awards season events, and Netflix took over the old Amoeba Records space on Sunset Blvd Monday (aka The Lighthouse Artspace) for their very swanky, in-person concert Playlist…

EXCLUSIVE: Guillermo del Toro will add a further string to his bow this season as part of the songwriting team behind the music of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. Del Toro directs his warm and wild stop-motion animated adaptation of the classic story from Carlo Collodi with Mark Gustafson (Fantastic Mr. Fo…

The original motion picture score race has begun, and already two-time Oscar winning composer Alexandre Desplat is a contender for his music on George Clooney’s sci-fi Netflix movie The Midnight Sky which recently received a Golden Globe nomination. Desplat stands apart from other composers in his annual churn rate…

After being greatly overlooked at the Golden Globes, some awards season prognosticators believe that Greta Gerwig’s Little Women is in store for a resurgence next Monday when Oscar nominations are announced. Shelling out over $80M at the worldwide box office, audiences have certainly responded to Gerwig’s wonderful…