Yesterday was legendary composer Elmer Bernstein's 90th birthday. The last link to Hollywood's Golden Age passed away on August 18th, 2004. Three days later I produced a 3-hour tribute to the Academy Award-winning composer featuring over 35 of Bernstein's greatest themes and cues. CLICK HERE to listen to that program…
JOHN WILLIAMS WINS FIVE AWARDS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS INCLUDING SCORE OF THE YEAR FOR “WAR HORSE” FEBRUARY 23, 2012 - The International Film Music Critics Association announces the winners of its eighth annual awards for excellence in musical scoring in 2011 with John Williams’ score for Steven…
Last week I was honoured to be a guest on the Tracksounds film music podcast called The Soundcast. I, along with host Christopher Coleman, Helen San and Marius Masalar discussed 2012's upcoming film scores, what we were currently listening to and some of the best scores of the new millennium. …
JOHN WILLIAMS RECEIVES 7 INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS AWARD NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING TWO FOR FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR The International Film Music Critics Association announces its list of nominees for excellence in musical scoring in 2011 with veteran composer John Williams leading the field with 7 nods including WAR HORSE…
As some of you might know I'm a proud member of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) - an association of online, print and radio journalists who specialize in writing about original film, television and video game music. In the coming weeks the group will be voting for our…
Not only is Mark McKenzie one of the most in demand orchestrators in Hollywood today but he is an equally talent composer who hasn’t written a film score since Saving Sarah Cane in 2007. But that’s all been remedied with his superb work for a Mexican animated film called El…
AWARD-WINNING FILM COMPOSERS RELEASE “A SYMPHONY OF HOPE: THE HAITI PROJECT” TO HELP PEOPLE OF HAITI, ONE YEAR AFTER EARTHQUAKE Today you can download one of the most important film music related releases of our time. Those are very bold words but I’m confident that after you hear A Symphony…
This morning, to the shock of all film music fans, Lukas Kendall, Film Score Monthly's Grand Poobah, announced that in the spring of 2012, after releasing his 250th album, FSM will no longer be publishing CD's. You can read the entire announcement and comments from the fans HERE! After reading…