Composer John Williams’ acceptance of an inaugural BMI award named in his honor was the high note in an evening of historic proportions as BMI celebrated 79 years of service at the 34th Annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards. The event drew about 500 attendees to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills Wednesday […]
The introduction of the Music Modernization Act (S. 2823) in the Senate was indeed music to the record industry’s ears, raising a chorus of support. Among those to lend positive comments: Steve Bogard, Nashville Songwriters Association International President “The Music Modernization Act, Classics Act and AMP Act will together create the most comprehensive and important copyright […]
Eleven-year-old music prodigy Olivia Amiri presents the concert Prism with the National Children’s Chorus Thursday, May 17th, at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Musical selections of the evening will chant the praises of diversity from across the globe in a season finale as the National Children’s Choir prepares for its 4th International Tour to Berlin, Prague, Vienna […]
Continuing the music law reform momentum started in the House last month, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) introduced the Music Modernization Act in the Senate today. Realizing the hopes of the recording industry, the Senate bill, S.2823, was identical to that passed by a 415-0 vote in the House last month, which should greatly streamline it’s passage. […]
Film and television score composer Germaine Franco will receive the prestigious ASCAP Shirley Walker Award at the 33rd annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards in Los Angeles on May 23. The Shirley Walker Award honors those whose achievements have contributed to the diversity of film and television music. Franco is the first Latina composer invited to […]
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 […]
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 […]
