After scoring Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, composer Ludwig Goransson is staying in superhero movie territory for his next big project. The musician will provide the score for Sony’s upcoming Venom movie, which has cast Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) in the lead role. Learn about Goransson’s relationship to Childish Gambino, how this film will […]
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Listen to the ‘Ready Player One’ Title Theme From ‘Back to the Future’ Composer Alan Silvestri
Alan Silvestri was behind the theme for one of the most iconic ’80s films of all time, so it’s fitting that he would be recruited to compose the Ready Player One title theme. The composer of Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit has teamed up with Steven Spielberg to score the director’s adaptation of Ernest Cline‘s […]
Italian composer Francesco Lotoro reconstructs music from concentration camps
PR Francesco Lotoro gives the music of the holocaust back to the Jewish people Yet, at an astonishing concert to be held in Israel next month, people will, for the first time, hear music composed more than 70 years ago by prisoners in concentration camps, forced labour and prisoner of war camps – both civilian […]
Steven Spielberg Might Direct a Biopic About Composer Leonard Bernstein
With Ready Player One slated for release this month, what’s next for director Steven Spielberg? We know he’s planning to direct Indiana Jones 5 for a 2020 release, and he’s already in the casting process for his remake of West Side Story. But a new report indicates that an entirely new project might jump in […]
Oscar-Nominated ‘Arrival’ Composer Jóhann Jóhannsson Has Died at 48
Tragic news came out of Hollywood again this weekend with word that Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning composer Jóhann Jóhannsson passed away at age 48 in Berlin yesterday. A cause of death has not yet been revealed. We remember the praiseworthy but all too short career of Jóhann Jóhannsson below. News of Jóhann Jóhannsson dead came […]
‘Mr. Robot’ Composer on Creating the Moody and Masterful Music of the USA Hacker Series [Interview]
Mr. Robot is arguably the most distinctive series on television — a moody and haunting techno-opera that floods viewers with a crushing sense of isolation. Much of the credit can be given to showrunner Sam Esmail‘s cinematic eye, maintaining a house style of low lighting and negative space that lend to the oppressive environment — along with a stylistic gimmick every […]
Samsung QuickDrive washing machine film gets AWARD WINNING composer Michael Nyman
The composer is best known for the scores of hit films including The Piano, but his latest work accompanies a 66-minute film of a washing machine cycle. Washing Machine – The Feature Film uses a single shot to show the wash, rinse and spin cycle. It has its London premiere next week. Nyman, 73, recorded […]
‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Composer Mark Mothersbaugh Talks About Bringing Something New to the MCU [Interview]
When he was hired to compose the score for Thor: Ragnarok, Mark Mothersbaugh was well aware that Marvel Studios has been hammered with criticism about bland and unoriginal scores for their superhero movies. So when he met with director Taika Waititi, Mothersbaugh put a two-pronged plan in place: to live up to the scores they’d done previously, […]
Hans Zimmer’s Favorite Film Composer? Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood
Hans Zimmer is a movie soundtrack legend, having scored over 100 films and TV shows, including The Dark Knight and Man of Steel. Yet even a mega-composer like Zimmer still gets starstruck. In a recent interview, Zimmer named his own personal favorite film composer: Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood. Despite his prolific career and world-renown, Zimmer isn’t above geeking out about […]
The composer of ‘Mr. Robot’ describes how he created the show’s dark, Emmy-winning sound
USA The Emmy-winning composer Mac Quayle has had a storied career in music and television. Quayle won an Emmy in 2015 for his work on the pilot episode of the acclaimed AMC series “Mr. Robot.” He has scored each season of Ryan Murphy’s FX show “American Horror Story,” and he also worked with Murphy on “American Crime Story: […]
