Interview: Emmy Award Winning Composer Lolita Ritmanis
Los Angeles-based composer Lolita Ritmanis has scored hundreds of films and television programmes, but up until recently she was probably best known for her work with superheroes, composing and orchestrating scores for Warner Bros. animated series like Superman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond and Justice League. Ritmanis is somewhat of a superhero herself. https://blog.native-instruments.com/lolita-ritmanis-interview/?fbclid=IwAR0MJdgXk95K7MgN3cWrYcCDOPGykVRX-qTWo10HkQymx
My Oscar goes to... our film critics reveal their personal shortlists
Ahead of the official Academy nominations, Observer film critics pick their own shortlists. Best score Blanck Mass (Calm With Horses)
Tamar-kali (Shirley)
Terence Blanchard (Da 5 Bloods)
Lolita Ritmanis (Blizzard of Souls)
Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Soul) https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/14/my-oscar-goes-to-our-film-critics-reveal-their-personal-shortlists
LOLITA RITMANIS Film Composer Interview — Award-Winning Composer Champions Gender Parity
Lolita Ritmanis is an award winning film and television composer known for storytelling abilities ranging from emphasizing the animated heroics on the small screen in her Daytime Emmy Award winning work on Batman Beyond to her award-winning score for the grand war time epic, Blizzard of Souls. Ritmanis’ success is especially impressive within the context of her position as a celebrated and prominent female composer in an industry vastly dominated by men. Ritmanis notes, “simp
‘Soul,’ ‘Blizzard of Souls’ Scores Win Top Awards From Society of Composers and Lyricists
It was definitely an evening of “soul” at the second annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards, as the Pixar film “Soul” and the Latvian film “Blizzard of Souls” took the top prizes for outstanding original scores for 2020 films. The “Soul” composing trio of Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste won for outstanding original score for a studio film, their second such prize in 48 hours after winning the Golden Globe Sunday night. Should it maintain this momentum throu
Oscars Predictions: Best Original Score – Two ‘Souls’ Are In The Race for Film Composing
AND THE PREDICTED NOMINEES ARE: Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility cal
‘Blizzard Of Souls’ Composer Lolita Ritmanis On Fulfilling A Dream
For much of her career, composer Lolita Ritmanis dreamed of tackling an “epic” Latvian film, in tribute to her heritage as a Latvian-American. In 2019, she finally was able to do so with Blizzard of Souls, penning deeply affecting music, which landed her on the Oscars’ shortlist for Best Original Score. Directed by Dzintars Dreibergs, the adaptation of Aleksandrs Grīns’ 1934 novel of the same name centers on Arturs (Oto Brantevics), a 16-year-old who enlists as a rifleman in
The WRAP Oscar Contenders Showcase Best Original Score
“Da 5 Bloods” Terence Blanchard, a Grammy-winning jazz musician who earned his first Oscarnomination two years ago for Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” has an idea about how to boostdiversity in Hollywood music — and give more talented women and musicians of color anopportunity to score films. “What we should do is have blind auditions. Listen to some music and tell me if it was written by awoman or a person of color, because you would know much better than me,” Blanchard saiddu
BMI Congratulates its 2021 SCL Award Winners
Last night, the Society of Composers & Lyricists celebrated their 2nd Annual SCL Awards, paying homage to composers and songwriters across all visual media. The takers of trophies in three out of the five award categories were BMI composers: Atticus Ross, who captured Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film for his music to Soul, Lolita Ritmanis who took the Outstanding Score Award for an Independent Film with Blizzard of Souls (Dvēseļu Putenis), and Carlos Rafael Rivera
