‘Sopranos’ Hits Vinyl

‘Sopranos’ Hits Vinyl

The soundtrack for HBO’s “Sopranos” makes its vinyl debut October 20 as a double LP. Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Cream and of course the famous theme song, “Woke Up This Morning,” by A3, are included in the collection, which was released to CD in 1999. The pressing is being offered through  Shop Radio Cast, which […]

VMA Moments for Cyrus, West

VMA Moments for Cyrus, West

No lack of drama at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, where Taylor Swift settled her old rift with Kanye West and her new one with Nicki Minaj, who started a new feud with host Miley Cyrus, the wrecking ball-bustier afficionado who managed to steal the show, announcing the free availability, via SoundCloud,  of a new album, Miley Cyrus […]

American Youth Symphony Beams Up

American Youth Symphony Beams Up

Throw on that Starfleet uniform and head over to Royce Hall! On Sunday, September 27, Los Angeles’ own American Youth Symphony takes center stage to perform Michael Giacchino’s score for  Star Trek Into Darkness. The performance, live to picture, will be conducted by David Newman, who also happens to be a sought-after composer for film, with […]

‘Compton’ No. 1 Music Biopic

‘Compton’ No. 1 Music Biopic

Universal Pictures’ Straight Outta Compton has toppled 2005’s Walk the Line as the top-grossing music film of all time. The hip-hop drama today crossed the $120 million mark, and is expected to earn another $10-15 million this weekend, catapulting it past the Twentieth Century Fox’s Johnny Cash confessional, which had been the record-holder for a decade with a $119.5 million […]

‘Suicide Squad’ Trailer Music Hits High Note

‘Suicide Squad’ Trailer Music Hits High Note

Will the 2016 Warner Bros. release Suicide Squad become the first film to incorporate a song custom cut for a trailer into the actual feature film? If the studio has been paying any attention to the fans’ Internet response to the music created for the Comic-Con trailer, it just might! The cover version of the […]

Battle Brews Over Dueling NYC ‘Rent’ Prods

Battle Brews Over Dueling NYC ‘Rent’ Prods

What started out as a warm fuzzy tribute to Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Rent has turned into a bit of a musical tussle. The Harbor Lights Theater Company in Staten Island, which just began touting its September 18 through October 4 production was blindsided today by news of another production by the  5th Floor Theatre Company, whose […]

‘Star Wars’ Top 15 Music Moments

‘Star Wars’ Top 15 Music Moments

Sci-fans and music lovers alike can rejoice in this compendium put together by Blastr’s Lisa Granshaw, celebrating the Top 15 Musical Moments From Star Wars Movies and TV Shows. On the momentum of anticipation that built over the “32 long years since we last saw our heroes on the big screen in Return of the Jedi,” […]

‘Spectre’ – Music by Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman scores his second James Bond film, Spectre, in theaters November 6 from Columbia Pictures. It follows his 2012 work on Skyfall, also directed by Sam Mendes (with whom this is Newman’s sixth feature collaboration). Newman also contributed music to the 2013 short film James Bond 007 Vs. The Joker (on which he’s credited […]

‘Scream Queens’ – Music by Mac Quayle

Mac Quayle continues his winning streak at Fox with the fall debut “Scream Queens,” about a sorority pledge gone fatally wrong. Quayle, who had created music for more than 40 films and TV shows, was recently heard on the hit FX’s series “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” and he’s been renewed for the new season, “American Horror […]

‘Grandfathered’ – Music by Mark Mothersbaugh and Scott Healy

Mark Mothersbaugh and Scott Healy are the musical duo styling sounds for “Grandfathered,” the fall Fox TV series starring John Stamos as sexy pappy. Having scored dozens of feature films through his Mutato Muzika, Mothersbaugh is best known in the TV realm for his game-changing work on the ’90s series “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.” He dipped into […]

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