Archive for the ‘Film Music Events’ Category

On Thursday evening, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted its annual reception honoring the Emmy Award-nominated composers and songwriters in the music-related categories at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences headquarters in North Hollywood. SCL president Ashley Irwin, as well as Television Academy music peer group governors Ian Fraser and Michael A. Levine introduced the nominees […]

Composers John Ottman (The Usual Suspects, X-Men: Days of Future Past), Michael Price (Sherlock, Horrid Henry: The Movie), Peter Golub (Frozen Rivers, The Great Debaters) and Bruce Broughton (Silverado, Young Sherlock Holmes, Tombstone) will be attending the 4th Annual Transatlantyk Festival Poznań. The international film and music festival will begin on August 8, 2014 in Poznan, Poland and will showcase film and music from all around the […]

This Saturday, BMI will present its annual roundtable chat as part of the Don’t Knock The Rock music documentary festival. Participants include director James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now, Smashed), Allison Anders (Grace In My Heart, Sugartown), music supervisors Tiffany Andrews (Like Crazy, Smashed) and Danny Bramson (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire), composer Miriam Cutler (American Promise, […]

The line-up for this year’s The Character of Music panel at Comic-Con in San Diego has been announced. A number of composers and producers will discuss the dynamics of music in film and television. Panelists include composer Chris Bacon and producer Christopher Nelson (Bates Motel), composer Paul Haslinger and Halt and Catch Fire creator/executive producer […]

Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn are participating in the PlayFest in Malaga. The third edition of the Music, Animation and Videogames Festival will feature a concert spotlighting the music of the hit animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which the composers scored together. Also featured on the festival program will be another concert for the animated […]

The line-up of the composer panel Behind the Music with CW3PR: Crime, Death and Resurrection at Comic-Con has been announced. The sixth edition of the event will feature a number of film and television composers discussing their work and will also feature surprise sneak peeks from upcoming projects, followed by a fan-led Q&A with exclusive giveaways. […]

It was announced today that Niki Sherrod has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Music, Warner Bros. Pictures. She has served as Vice President, Music, Warner Bros. Pictures since 2006 and will continue to oversee the selection, production and execution of music for a range of Warner Bros. Pictures and report to Paul Broucek, President, Music. During her […]

Alberto Iglesias has been hired to score the upcoming biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings. The film is directed by Ridley Scott and stars Christian Bale, Aaron Paul, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver and John Turturro, Ben Kingsley, Indira Varma, Ben Mendelsohn and Maria Valverde. The movie is based on the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt as led by Moses and related in the Old Testament Book of […]

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has published a number of video clips from the organization’s ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards gala, which was held last week at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Check out the acceptance speeches of the two honorees of the Composers’ Choice Award for Best ASCAP […]

Details have been announced for the concert Hans Zimmer Revealed, which will take place on October 10 & 11, 2014 at the Eventim Hammersmith Apollo in London. The Academy Award-winning composer will be accompanied by a band of players mixing traditional orchestral instruments with rock and electronica, and will be joined by a few surprise […]