Ron Howard’s “The Beatles: Eight Days A Week — The Touring Years” is the latest rockumentary to find a warm reception in movie theaters, earning a vibrant $5,196,432 worldwide in its first eight days of release. In the U.S., the film opened Sept. 16, playing so strongly on its 85 screens — with a per-screen average of […]
“Whether that’s walking around a stage during a concert by their favorite artist or becoming part of the story in a music video,” VR is pushing the limits of music, according to Ty Roberts, Chief Technology Officer of Universal Music Group, which is teaming with OneRepublic for a new and immersive virtual reality experience for […]
Although a greater percentage of women are reporting income from game audio this year, even after accounting for the lower average number of years of experience in the game audio industry, women still lag substantially behind men in this field. The figures were released as part of the 2016 Game Audio Industry Survey fielded by the producers […]
Warner Bros. summer smash Suicide Squad is the first soundtrack of 2016 to be certified gold by the RIAA, having sold more than the requisite 500,000 units in a scant six weeks. During that same period the film more than $315 million domestically and $700 million worldwide. The soundtrack features tunes by Skylar Grey, Eminem, Twenty One Pilots, […]
Iconoclast Pope Francis bolsters his status as the hippest religious leader ever (competition was slim, but the fact that he made it into the category qualifies as a divine miracle). “Wake Up! Music Album with His Words and Prayers” is not the first pop release from a sitting pontiff, but it’s the first to go newschool, […]
Oasis: Supersonic, the documentary charting the rise and implosion of the biggest British band of the ’90s, gets a U.S. release on one night only, Oct. 26. Created by much of the team behind the Oscar-winning Winehouse doc Amy, the film showcases the band’s many hits, and includes original music by by Rael Jones (The Danish Girl, Steve Jobs, […]
Is the country music lifestyle misinterpreted to mean “short shorts and plastic cowboy boots,” or is TasteOfCountry.com just a bit behind on the public perception? Read the article yourself and decide. We think anyone who’s watched the TV show “Nashville” or the Country Music Awards would beg to differ. The fact that it’s based in Greenwich, […]
The Global Citizen Festival will feature Rihanna, Usher, Chris Martin, Metallica and Eddie Vedder, Demi Lovato and Kendrick Lamar, among many others. You can watch the event live from Central Park on MSNBC, or stream it here, starting at 3 p.m. EST, Sept. 24, . A star-studded cast of hosts includes Chelsea Handler, Debra Lee and Hugh Jackman, Neil […]
For James Franglen, the challenge of creating a score for Antoine Fuqua’s remake of The Magnificent Seven must was a double challenge. The 53-year-old British composer was not only tasked with expanding the snippets of themes left by James Horner, whose untimely death last year was an industry tragedy, but he knew the work would […]
Virtual reality sound for video games is a hot ticket at GameSoundCon, the annual conference for video game music and sound design that has sold out its Sept. 26-27 dates at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. “Virtual Reality is not only taking the game industry by storm, but most other forms of […]
