If you’re looking for a composer whose genre soundtracks seem to be printed in four colors as opposed to written with musical notes, then Alan Silvestri’s scores would be equivalent to the bright hues that compose comic book art. From the brawny militarism of “Predator,” “Eraser” and “Judge Dredd” to the mythic exploits of “The Mummy Returns,” “Van Helsing” and “Beowulf,” Alan Silvestri’s talents have grown from the disco motorcycle beats of “CHiPs” to becoming the embodiment of do-gooding orchestral might. It’s music that captures any big kid’s dream of fighting cosmic evil, role-playing that’s accomplished with massive symphonic themes and melody, as well as the nobility of combining forces for the greater good.
While our series of videos has ended, we still have a couple more extended interviews to share as we speak with the composers of Mass Effect 3. Christopher Lennertz has experience with a number of films, TV shows, and video games, and his involvement with Mass Effect started with the Overlord and Lair of the Shadow Broker DLCs for Mass Effect 2. Today, he shares his thoughts on writing music for Mass Effect 3’s turian and krogan storylines, among other things.
Composer Austin Wintory takes us deep into his music for the upcoming Playstation 3 video game, JOURNEY. In addition, We debut 5 exclusive clips from the score. He shares about his greating experience working with ThatGameCompany (flOW, Flower) on the game for some three years. JOURNEY places the player into barren desert and places them on a journey to mountain far in the distance. The player can meet other players on their journey and an work cooperatively, but there is no communication between players.
What do you do when you're 'bored and curious'? You build a synthesizer and turn everyday kitchen tools into musical instruments, of course. At least that's what Stephen J. Anderson does. Read this blog post by Anne Dujmovic on Cutting Edge.
Colin O’Malley is a composer, songwriter and orchestrator. His clients include the United States Air Force, the Walt Disney Company, Universal Studios and Electronic Arts. In 2005 he received an Emmy nomination for his score to the PBS WW II documentary “The Last Reunion: A Gathering of Heroes.” Other scoring credits include the feature film “Letters to God”, “Superman Returns” for Warner Bros. Interactive/EA and “Tomb Raider Underworld “for Eidos/Crystal Dynamics. Hope you enjoy!
ICM Exclusive: Interview with Nils Petter Molvaer A couple of weeks ago staffer Karo and Kathy attended a concert of Nils Petter Molvaer, soundtrack composer of Rupert Grint’s new movie “Into The White”, where he presented his current album “Baboon Moon”. Later on we got the chance to ask him some questions and he told us about is work on the soundtrack, where he got his inspiration from and about an instrument that we probably won’t expect in the soundtrack.
British composer Benson Taylor has been steadily making a mark on Hollywood, his music being heard in a huge array of TV shows and film trailers—and (The New Sound of #Hollywood - http://t.co/UIb9DPC4...
Join us for a lively event featuring performance, demonstration and discussion with composer Alexina Louie, percussionist Ryan Scott and Esprit Orchestra conductor Alex Pauk.
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 6:30 pm Location: The Japan Foundation, Toronto, 131 Bloor St. W., 2nd Floor of the Colonnade Building Admission: Free Reservation required: jftor.org/whatson/rsvp.php or (416) 966-1600 x103
Joel Goldsmith has passed away at age 54. The composer was born on November 19, 1957. Throughout his career, he received three Emmy Award nominations for his music for the sci-fi hit shows Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis, including a nod for the latter series’ main titles...
Evidenced by the adulation regularly heaped upon film composers, an orchestrator's job holds a lot of responsibility without offering a commensurate amount of recognition. But after his stellar work with the French duo Daft Punk on the soundtrack to TRON: Legacy, Joe Trapanese is finally getting his time in the spotlight, collaborating with Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda on the score for the Indonesian action film The Raid: Redemption.
BMI and the Sundance Film Festival presented the 14th annual Composer/Director Roundtable durning the Sundance Film Festival on January 25 in Park City, Utah...
Michael Giacchino has proven himself a gifted and adaptable composer of music for films, television and video games. He won an Academy Award for giving the animated film “Up” its musical heart and soul. His eerie compositions helped bring to life the mysterious world of one most critically-acclaimed TV programs of all-time, LOST. He’s brought imagination and originality to big budget Hollywood flicks such as Star Trek and Disney’s forthcoming John Carter.
Bronx-born/Ohio-raised Cliff Martinez moved to California in 1976 during the middle of the L.A. punk movement. After stints as the drummer for L.A.'s Finest - the Weirdos, Lydia Lunch and Foetus frontman Jim Thirlwell, and the final incarnation of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band ("Ice Cream For Crow"), Martinez joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers playing on the band’s first two albums (the Andy Gill-produced debut and the George Clinton-produced Freaky Styley) and later the Dickies. It was during his tenure with the Chili Peppers that Cliff began exploring the new technologies of that era, which would eventually guide him towards film music.
The Oscar-winning composer of Up, Super 8, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and John Carter on how he broke out of videogames, the deeper meaning of his new scores and much, much more!
With the “smartphone era” came a great thing for musicians: the mobile tools for composing and playing music on a pocket size instrument with the practicality of touch interfaces. We hear so much about apps for iOS around music composition, notation, and live playing, made by the biggest and famous musical software and hardware companies — but what about Android? Though many of them didn’t look at us, some developers did, and have made powerful and useful weapons that every musician with an Android phone should have, covering everything from simple on-the-go notations to a full sequencer in your hands. Join in me in this Roundup with the most awesome tools for musical notation, composition and learning, for Android.
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