In a move that will solidify Variety and Rolling Stone music coverage on the international stage while providing UK-based Music Business Worldwide a heightened profile stateside, MBW has entered into a content-sharing arrangement with Penske Media Corporation, owner of both Variety and Rolling Stone. MBW founder and publisher Tim Ingham will write a weekly industry-focused column for Rolling Stone, appearing […]
The “transatlantic digital society” is being called together by Germany music promoter Reeperbahn Festival and re:publica, which launched its five-city US Sequencer Tour with an exhibit of the music-related work of artist Klaus Voormann. The Sequencer Tour will showcase rock acts by night coupled with a digitally-forward conference event during the day. Among the works on display at the NAVEL […]
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, […]
The Production Music Association has added three new board members with an eye toward gaining an international scope. Michael Sammis, Global President of Universal Production Music, John Clifford, SVP Global Sales, Marketing & Repertoire for BMG Production Music, and Edwin Cox, President/Creative Director for West One Music have joined the PMA board in recognition of the growth […]
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 […]
The Film Fest Gent at its World Soundtrack Awards takes place this week, paying tribute to 100 years of jazz with Terence Blanchard as special guest. Blanchard, one of the most prolific jazz composers to write music for film, is one of several musicians being honored at the Oct. 18-19 event, which is dedicated to the influence […]
The Disney Pixar release Coco is poised to capitalize on the trend for crossover Latin pop evidenced by Luis Fonsi and “Despacito” this past summer. The soundtrack features an original score from Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino, a song by Oscar winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and additional songs co-written by Germaine Franco and co-director and […]
The open-world dinosaur survival-adventure game ARK: Survival Evolved comes to market sporting a epic orchestral score by Gareth Coker (Minecraft, Ori and the Blind Forest). The soundtrack will be released by game specialty label Sumthing Else Music Works in conjunction with Studio Wildcard on Aug. 29 via digital and streaming outlets worldwide. “Gareth’s mind-blowing sense of melody and uncanny expertise […]
The first first wave of the 2017 World Soundtrack Award Nominees includes four of this year’s Emmy nominated composers in the Best TV Composer of the Year category. Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of Stranger Things, Westworld’s Ramin Djawadi, The Crown’s Rupert Gregson-Williams and Feud’s Mac Quayle made the list. Better Call Saul’s Dave Porter also received a […]
They haven’t released new music in 24 years, but that hasn’t stopped Guns N’ Roses from packing ’em in to the tune of $151.5 million, making the No. 1 global concert draw in the world for the first half of 2017, according Pollstar. The touring trade publication and data firm had U2 in the second slot, with […]
