Composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek have created a stage opera from the 1996 Lars von Trier film Breaking the Waves. The plot, about a woman whose sexual awakening is interrupted by her new husband’s sudden paralysis, is full of enough melodramatic twists and turns to earn opera cred. The New York Times praises the […]
Spanish composer Javier Bayon took top honors at the 5th International Film Music Competition, which took place within the framework of the 12th Zurich Film Festival at the Tonhalle Zürich Sept. 23. Bayon won the Golden Eye for Best International Film Music 2016, which includes a $10,000 cash prize. Five soundtracks were shortlisted by an international jury from a […]
Producer, DreamWorks co-founder, longtime Disney animation force of nature and all-around Hollywood good-guy Jeffrey Katzenberg was immortalized Thursday, when his hand- and footprints were embossed in cement outside the TLC Chinese Theater (formerly Grauman’s Chinese Theater). To commemorate the occasion, Variety asked composers with whom the musically-inclined Katzenberg has worked over the years to share their […]
Live Nation and Citi have teamed with NextVR to present a series of concert experiences the companies are hoping will be– in the words of U2 — “even better than the real thing.” Participating artists in the initial series of 10 concerts are expected to be announced shortly, and will be available through the Live Nation […]
The reviewers have spoken, and the message to Drake is “keep your day job!” His new short film, entitled Please Forgive Me, is a 21-minute movie shot in the South African township of Soweto, inspired by his new album “Views.” Please Forgive Me starts with a rich mystery man offering Drake’s girlfriend (played by Belgian actress […]
The Utah tech-boom is expanding to include audio post in a big — some might say HUGE — way. Music conglomerate R Legacy Entertainment has assembled the pieces for a world-class sound enterprise that will be known as HUGEsound Post Production, expected to open its doors in January 2017. Earlier this month, Legacy’s Gaylen Rust […]
“A San Francisco nonprofit that uses a recording studio to teach at-risk women and girls how to become audio engineers and sound techs, and provides counseling and job placement for women in the music, radio, film, television and new media industries,” reports The San Francisco Chronicle in a fascinating piece that explains how Women’s Audio […]
T-Bone Burnett went on what Billboard called “an anti-streaming warpath.” “As long as any piece of music is available for free on YouTube, then all the dreams of a streaming future where musicians can really make money are pipe dreams,” Burnett said on a panel at the Americana Music Festival in Nashville. The prolific performer-producer […]
International Music Day is Oct. 1, and the International Music Council has a host of special events to ring it in ’round the world. In Annapolis, classically trained Estonian violinist Mari-Liis Uibo will give a free concert in the Rotunda of the Maryland State House. Brava! There are a host of community-based activities taking place at […]
The Oasis doc Supersonic will get a one-night release in U.S. theaters on Wednesday, Oct. 26, according to the film’s stateside distributor, A24. The idea is apparently to “event” the bigscreen availability, leveraging that marketing and awareness with a DVD release immediately thereafter. The film will get its world premiere in the U.K. on Oct. 2, with simultaneous screenings […]
