During the Walt Disney Companies Investor Day Event in early December, a new live-action remake of the animated classic "Pinocchio" was announced. The film will be coming to Disney+ and will leverage state-of-the art CGI to bring Pinocchio to life. A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself […]
Marty and Will Bruegemann (Underscore Podcast) join Kristen Romanelli and Christopher Coleman to share their deepest thoughts and feelings about Marvel's most recent (and controversial?) entry into the MCU - AVENGERS INFINITY WAR. They talk through their likes and dislikes about both the film and ALAN SILVESTRI's original score. Additionally, they discuss where their expectations were subverted and reveal their predictions for Avengers 4. Plus, we have another edition of Kristen's "It's Complicated" segment. Listen and partake in one of the most therapeutic episodes in Soundcast history.
Creative Arts Emmys: Composer Alan Silvestri Wins Pair of Trophies for 'Cosmos' Hollywood Reporter Composer Alan Silvestri won a pair of Emmys for outstanding score and original main-title theme music for Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey.
Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave, Rush), Christophe Beck (Frozen), Henry Jackman (Captain Phillips), Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks), Steven Price (Gravity) an...
Christopher Coleman's insight:
All of the Oscar nominated composers talking shop. Probably a good video to watch.
It was a hulk-sized gamble that Marvel took. Producing five feature films which would eventually tie together into one massive, climatic show starring each of the heros of the five preceding films. It was unprecedented and certainly had some wondering if they, or anyone, could pull it off. Additionally, they put writer/director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Doll House) on the finale? Fans of Whedon certainly salivated at the idea of having their champion put in charge, but for those unfamiliar with his previous works, the final success of this great film experiment was dubious at best.
By now, most of us have seen the final results...and seen them more than once to boot. It seems that the seemingly unthinkable was pulled off as most found Joss Whedon’s blend of superhero-action, comedy, and comic-geek-considerations pleasing enough to give up some $888 million dollars worldwide. The film has been an undeniable success, but how much did the original score play in that success?
Prior the release, the question on every soundtrack-genius’ mind was just what lucky composer would be doing the original score. The speculation ran rampant for months and at last it was announced that ALAN SILVESTRI would be moving right from his work on CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, to THE AVENGERS. So did Silvestri deliver the superhero-like effort needed to help elevate THE AVENGERS into the realms of unreached musical heights? The Tracksounds team gang-tackles this question.
Mondo, in conjunction with Marvel Studios and Hollywood Records, are proud to present Alan Silvestri's complete original scores to 2018's AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR and 2019's AVENGERS: ENDGAME in one massive 6XLP Box Set.The importance of Alan Silvestri's four decades of scoring films cannot be understated. His scores for
Disney's live-action reimagining is gaining steam-- after casting Halle Bailey as Ariel, Composer Alan Menken says he's working on new music for the film. Menken, who wrote the score for the animated classic, is working with Lin-Manuel Miranda on the soundtrack.
We're in the End Game now. Kristen Romanelli, Dane Walker and Christopher Coleman dive into the culmination of the first 3 phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe - AVENGERS: ENDGAME and its original score by Alan Silvestri. Is this peak Avengers? Peak MCU? Is this the best Avengers score to date? We discuss it all and more than just about any "snap" could erase!
Justin Craig, Kristen Romanelli, Erik Woods and Christopher Coleman put their headsets on and dive into the Scorasis to review Alan Silvestri's original score for Steven Spielberg's latest action-adventure project, Ready Player One. They the stand-out moments from the score, their favorite Easter eggs in the film, and even the songs employed. In the Bonus Track at the conclusion of the episode, the quartet discuss National Film Score Day (April 3, 2018) and then answer top Twitter questions!
Alan Silvestri is an American composer that started out at the age of 21 and hasn't slowed down since. Composing the music for a low-budget film called The
Soundcast Stereo episodes are a two channel, 30 minute conversation focused on a single topic from the world of film, television, or video game soundtracks. Our beta-episode features ERIK WOODS (CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO), who joins Christopher Coleman to talk about the recent news that composer ALAN SILVESTRI will be composing the original scores for, what is anticipated to be, two of the biggest superhero films in history: THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR PART 1 AND PART 2.
Alan Silvestri estimates that the premiere of “Back to the Future” in 1985 was likely only the third time he had ever heard the music he’d written for the iconic sci-fi comedy.
Cap is Back! And he's got a little help with his friends and frienemies: Black Widow, Falcon, Nick Fury and The Winter Soldier. Justin Craig (Foxnews.com) and Kristen Romanelli (Film Score Monthly) join Christopher Coleman to not only discuss the the film, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, but it's original score by Henry Jackman.
This Blog by Christopher is all the songs that are in the new movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier. When people watch a new movie most of the time the question them have is " I wish I knew the that one sound from the movie" and half the time we don't. So it helps to have blogs like this.
Six Cues from the Whedonverse by Kristen Romanelli
Historically, music is an active participant in the "Whedonesque" school of storytelling. As composer Christophe Beck has said, Joss Whedon is "very conscious of music and how it is used, and he's always trying to find new and different ways to implement it." Bear McCreary is the next composer to work with Whedon on the small screen. His penchant for melodies and strong thematic work makes him seem like a clear choice for a program that crosses Marvelverse with Whedonverse. With the imminent premiere of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., let's look at some noteworthy cues from Whedon's past.
To celebrate Paramount Pictures’ 100th anniversary, composer David Newman’s about to raise the baton on its monumental movie music legacy...
On Sept. 2, Newman and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra will be joined by guest composers Michael Giacchino (“Star Trek,” “Super 8”), Alan Silverstri (“Forrest Gump”) and Lalo Schifrin (“Mission: Impossible”) and host Jason Alexander will join Newman to celebrate some of the greatest themes and backing music from Paramount’s century of cinema.
This is a one-of-a kind opportunity to go through some of these classic Paramount scores - but you also do something like this every season at the Hollywood Bowl.
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