Paramount Pictures has published a short video featurette on the music for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness. The video features an interview with Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Up, Lost), as well as footage from the score’s recording sessions earlier this year. Check out the full video after the jump. The soundtrack album for [...]
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Behind the Music of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
Posted: May 16, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: J.J. Abrams, Michael Giacchino, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness
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Mychael Danna Academy Awards Press Room Video
Posted: February 27, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Academy Awards, Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
Yahoo! Screen has published a video of the press room interview with Mychael Danna following his acceptance of his first Academy Award for his music for Life of Pi this past Sunday. The composer talks about his process of creating the score, his collaboration with director Ang Lee and what winning the award means to [...]
Oscar-Nominated Composers in Conversation
Posted: February 22, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, John Williams, Mychael Danna, Thomas Newman
John Williams was featured today in a news segment on CNN about his 48 Academy Award nominations. The five-time Oscar-winning who is up for the award this Sunday for his score for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln talks about his nomination, his past work and his collaboration with the director. The Academy has also published short videos interviews [...]
‘Life of Pi’ Music Featurette
Posted: January 24, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Ang Lee, Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
20th Century Fox has published a short video featurette about the music for Ang Lee’s 3D adventure drama Life of Pi. The video features composer Mychael Danna talking about his musical approach and his collaboration with the director, as well as footage from the recording sessions at the Newman Scoring Stage on the Fox lot [...]
Golden Globes Backstage Interviews with Mychael Danna and Adele
Posted: January 14, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Adele, Golden Globes, Life of Pi, Mychael Danna, Skyfall
NBC has published the interviews from the press room of the 70th Golden Globe Awards. As previously reported, composer Mychael Danna was honored with the award for his music for Ang Lee’s 3D adventure movie Life of Pi. Following his acceptance speech (which can be checked out here), the composer answered questions to members of [...]
‘Argo’ Music Featurette
Posted: January 3, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Argo
A new featurette on Alexandre Desplat‘s score for Ben Affleck’s Argo was published today. The video features footage from the recording sessions of the music, as well as interview clips with the composer and vocalist Sussan Deyhim. Check out the full video after the jump. The score for Argo already received a Golden Globe and [...]
Awards Contenders in Conversation
Posted: December 23, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Alexandre Desplat, Danny Elfman, Fernando Velazquez, Marco Beltrami, Mychael Danna, Patrick Doyle, Thomas Newman
A number of lengthy video interviews with some of the composers who are considered major contenders this awards season have recently been published. David Poland from Movie City News has conducted interviews with three composers, including Mychael Danna who scored Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, Alexandre Deplat who has a number of titles in the [...]
Henry Jackman on ‘Wreck-It-Ralph’
Posted: November 2, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Henry Jackman, Wreck-It-Ralph
SoundWorks Collection has published a video profile on the sound and music of Disney’s animated feature Wreck-It-Ralph. The video features interviews with composer Henry Jackman (X-Men: First Class, Puss in Boots), as well as sound re-recording mixers David Fluhr & Gary Rizzo and supervising sound editor Frank Eulner. Check out the full video after the [...]
‘Skyfall’ Recording Sessions
Posted: October 16, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: David Arnold, James Bond, Skyfall, Thomas Newman
Sony Pictures Belgium has published a short video from the recording sessions of the score for the latest James Bond film Skyfall. The video features footage of the film’s composer Thomas Newman conducting the orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London, as well as the composer talking about his first score for the Bond series. [...]
Hans Zimmer Composes New Theme for ‘ABC World News’
Posted: October 3, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: ABC, ABC World News, Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer has composed a new theme for ABC World News. It was the first time the music has been updated since the year 2000. The program anchored by Diane Sawyer on weekdays and by David Muir on weekends also debuted a new logo, graphics package in addition to the updated music this week. Check [...]
