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 […]
Music publishing and rights management firm Kobalt is dissected in Forbes, with CEO Willard Ahdritz and president Laurent Hubert interviewed by reporter Danny Ross. Among the interesting facts underscored about one of the industry’s most interesting companies: Kobalt lets songwriters keep 100% of their rights. Childish Gambino this week joined the Kobalt roster, which also […]
The roadshow antics of some of rock’n’roll provocateurs and talents will be on display at the California Heritage Museum courtesy of former music manager and producer Michael Friedman. Friedman found himself standing quite literally in the hurricane’s eye of America’s folk, rock ’n’ roll, and pop music industry during the late 60s through the early 80s. Presented […]
Barcelona-born Agus Gonzalez-Lancharro has done something few in the film or music sectors have achieved — launched a company that has lasted five years in Hollywood. The former journalist moved to London in 2013 and launched Really Slow Motion Music & Sound Design, which he annexed to Los Angeles in 2016. Since then, Gonzalez-Lancharro and Really […]
A pair of hip hop docs, a diva duo and one making-of compete for honors in the MTV Movie & TV Awards, which announced nominees today. HBO’s riveting four part rags-to-riches tale, The Defiant Ones, examines the chain of events that led to the improbably pairing of a NY-born longshoreman’s son, Jimmy Iovine, with Compton, California-bred beatmaster Dr. […]
Céline Dion’s new “Ashes” theme song for Deadpool 2 debuted yesterday in a music video that has racked up more than 5 million views on YouTube. The Twentieth Century Fox release hits theaters May 18. Dion and Fox managed a splashy video premiere on ABC’s Good Morning America. The songstress tweeted that the “@deadpoolmovie is […]
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical led the Tony Award nominations, tied with Mean Girls with 12 each. Steppenwolf director Tina Landau co-conceived and helms the Bikini Bottom action. Re-imaginings of Angels in America and Carousel had 11 nominations each, as did the new entry The Band’s Visit. Best musical nominees are Frozen, Mean Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants, […]
