Rolling Stone got the scoop on the soundtrack to the royal wedding of Prince Harry wed Meghan Markle. Producer Anna Barry “was handed a precious challenge,” Rolling Stone reports: “Craft an immaculate recording of the music from the Royal Wedding and have it up on streaming services as soon as possible – the label says […]
Nathaniel Blume has calendared the score for the CNN original series 1968, a four-parter that debuts Sunday, May 27. “1968 sets out to capture the mood and environment of our country during that particularly dark year,” Blume said, talking about his role in the historical project. “Since the series tells its story through interviews and archival […]
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has extended its worldwide deal with songwriter and artist Luis Fonsi whose hit “Despacito” is the most-streamed song of all time. The new agreement with Fonsi, who first signed to Sony/ATV in 2005, includes the record-breaking global No. 1 hit and a number of other chart-toppers, including Latin Grammy Song of the […]
Sony is acquiring another 60 percent of EMI Music Publishing, bringing its total holding to 90 percent of the song giant. The deal, valued at around $2 billion, sees Sony gaining additional rights to EMI’s two million songs from artists ranging from Queen to Pink, Pharrell Williams and Carole King to drive revenue through Sony/ATV […]
WaterTower Music is reissuing to vinyl and digital the soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick’s groundbreaking science fiction masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. The previously out-of-print music owes its new life to 50th anniversary festivities surrounding the Warner Bros. Pictures theatrical release, which is once again enjoying limited theatrical release with new 70mm prints. Music plays a powerful […]
Tyler Bates is the compositional king of the box office, with Deadpool 2 killin’ it to the tune of a $125.0 million opening weekend — the second biggest R-rated North American debut ever according to Comscore. Bates is on a rockin’ roll, having just received a BMI Film Music Award for his outstanding performance at the […]
Google has unveiled it’s new vision for music: breaking up its premium YouTube Red into two new categories: a YouTube Music streaming service that can be accessed free with ads or by subscription for $9.99 per month, and YouTube Premium that will include original video content and ad-free access to everything on YouTube for $11.99 […]
NPR’s in-depth profile of YouTube music chief Lyor Cohen as company parent Google switches to a new framework for recorded tunes is revealing of a man who has waged battle at many an industry front, and now finds himself facing further skirmish. The NPR article includes a video link to Cohen’s recent SXSW presentation. The […]
Cue the Gershwin! June marks the arrival of New York’s second Music Month. The five boroughs will sound off for 30 days of workshops, walking tours, concerts and panel discussions. The event is the brainchild of Downtown Music Publishing CEO Justin Kalifowitz, who in 2014 co-founded the advocacy coalition NY is Music, and managed to […]
Craig Armstrong — composer of scores to Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby, Love Actually and Ray — will receive SoundTrack_Cologne’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award in a closing night ceremony at this year’s conference, which runs Aug. 22-25. The announcement was made today by Soundtrack_Cologne CEO Michael Aust at a Cannes Film Festival cocktail party for the film music event, […]
