Sony/ATV Music Publishing has today completed the astonishing feat of having published or co-published the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. each week for an entire year. The company’s uninterrupted run at the top of the chart comes as its songwriter Drake achieves a fourth week at No. 1 […]
Hans Zimmer is the king of the musical jungle, according to director Jon Favreau, who has tapped Hollywood’s busiest composer to do the honors for Walt Disney Pictures’ live-action/CGI re-imagining of The Lion King. Zimmer picked up the Oscar for best original score for his work on the 1994 animated version — one of a […]
Emmy-nominated composer Lorne Balfe is once again channeling Genius for National Geographic, which has brought him back for season two of its popular historical drama. The sophomore effort focuses on Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (played by Antonio Banderas, and in early years by Alex Rich). In addition to writing the score for the premiere season Genius, examining Albert […]
Tom Holkenborg, the Dutch composer and DJ better known as Junkie XL, is scoring the December release Alita: Battle Angel, based on the Japanese manga series Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro The Twentieth Century Fox release is directed by Robert Rodriguez and produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau. It stars Rosa Salazar in the mostly animated role […]
Established in 1930, SESAC stands out as innovative among the nation’s performing rights organizations (PROs), which collect royalties from radio and television stations, among other outlets, and distribute them to songwriters. In a textbook example of how to grow a business, SESAC was started as a niche operation, focused on European publishers in the classical […]
Organs have had a storied role in Hollywood film scores, “From Phantom of the Opera to The Tree of Life, the organ has a distinguished history in film, not only in musical scores but on the screen itself. Whatever its role, be it as a musical instrument or as a prop, its presence lends an […]
Composer Jack Wall’s award-winning music from the blockbuster video games Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Call of Duty: Black Ops III will be performed by the CSUN Media Composition and Studio Ensemble full orchestra at Soraya Great Hall, Valley Performing Arts Center on May 9, 2018. This unique […]
American Idol has been renewed by ABC, sending the progenitor of all music competition shows into what will be its 17th season. Judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie as well as host Ryan Seacrest have all been re-upped as well. The FremantleMedia-produced show enjoyed 15 high-profile seasons on Fox network, where it finished […]
Jason Reitman’s new film Tully has a soundtrack featuring a previously unreleased Rufus Wainwright remix, “Tiergarten.” The Focus Features drama about a mother of three also showcases a new song by Beulahabelle written specifically for the film, as well as the band’s new new cover version of “You Only Live Twice.” The Beuulahbelle sister duo Kaitlyn and Mady […]
The National Music Publishers’ Association today announced that Alicia Keys will receive its Songwriter Icon Award will be presented to 15-time Grammy winning, multi-platinum songwriter, producer, arranger and musician Alicia Keys. Keys — pianist currently seen weekly as a coach on NBC’s The Voice — will be honored not only for her credits as a […]
