BMG Production Music has acquired trailer music house Immediate Music and sister company 1 Revolution Music, which specializes in production music for television. The move comes on the heels of BMGPM’s acquisition of Paris-based independent production music company AXS Music, marking a significant expansion for BMG in the production space. A recent study by the Production […]
Composer Philip White makes his debut at the top of the box office with Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween, which collected $21.65 million in its debut frame. The Madrid native, who is classically trained in orchestral composition and Flamenco guitar, has had two of his works performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, including […]
Justin Timberlake announced via Twitter today that he will perform at the Super Bowl VII Pepsi Halftime Show on NBC, live from the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota on Feb. 4. Timberlake shared the news that he does “have the time” for the NFL halftime in a humorous video with his friend and frequent skit […]
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Nicholas Britell and Rupert Gregson-Williams were the big winners at 17th World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent, Belgium Wednesday. Jóhannsson took honors as best film composer of the year for Arrival and Gregson-Williams, who scored The Crown was voted top television composer. David Shire received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his entire career. Guest […]
The waterphone produces an ethereal sound, like an unearthly harp. Invented in the late 1960s by Richard Waters, it is also known as an ocean harp. The custom-made instruments have garnered an enthusiastic following of film and TV composers, as well as a couple of pop stars (Tom Waits and Miles Davis are listed on […]
London-based Mixcloud, a subscription streaming service formed by Cambridge University engineering students, has signed a deal with Warner Music Group that it hopes will be the foundation of a rival service to SoundCloud. The London-based firm, which has a following in the EDM community, is said to also be in conversations with Universal Music and […]
Elvis Costello will mount a new show, “Now/Not Now,” at the Wynn Las Vegas’ Encore Theater beginning Feb. 28th. The shows are currently far Costello’s only scheduled dates for 2018. Elvis Costello and the Imposters’ “Now/Not Now” will see the live debut of new songs but also mark a return to what Costello has called the […]
The young Mozart is coming to television via Adam Shankman’s Offspring Entertainment and IM Global TV, which is at MIPCOM this week trying to find a production partner to help fund the period drama, which will depict the musical prodigy as “a as genius and celebrity of his time, and will also depict the court of […]
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa’s route to being a internationally renowned collector of contemporary art included a stint honing his musical chops in Santa Monica, Calif. Raised in Chiba, a suburb of Tokyo, Maezawa says his childhood focus was music, which he pursued with passion, playing drums and guitar in a band with friends. Although he came […]
Performing rights organization Broadcast Music Inc. has filed for trademark on its Speed Dating for Songwriters initiative, which the company says has been one of it’s “most successful and beneficial programs.” Established in 2013, BMI’s Speed Dating for Songwriters initially began as a way to introduce and foster creativity among some of BMI’s most promising […]
