VSL advances the ball with their new Vienna Effects Suite and a major problem/solution update to their Vienna Ensemble 3 that have most composers singing, “c’mon get happy.”
Posted November 17, 2008
VSL advances the ball with their new Vienna Effects Suite and a major problem/solution update to their Vienna Ensemble 3 that have most composers singing, “c’mon get happy.”
Posted October 15, 2008
Veteran Los Angeles music supervisor Peymon Maskan has announced the launch of Summer Adventure Club, a new indie soundtrack label focusing on movie soundtracks that will feature a mix songs and score from independent films.
Posted October 15, 2008
Alexander Publishing has announced the upcoming November 2008 release of Professional Orchestration 2B: Orchestrating the Melody Within the Woodwinds and Brass Sections
Posted October 15, 2008
JECO Music, a company specializing in the creation and production of original music for the film, TV and commercial industries, has announced the debut of its newest online premium music library, entitled The Source.
Posted October 15, 2008
Mac audio software developer Audiofile Engineering has announced new lower pricing of their Wave Editor, Rax, Sample Manager, and Spectre products.
Posted October 15, 2008
MusicWorks Interactive has released The Finale 2008-2009 Tutorial DVD-Level 1, a video tutorial for Finale 2008 and 2009 notation software.
Posted November 18, 2008
Scott Glasgow, who is best known for his dark orchestral scores for films such as Chasing Ghosts, Hack! and Bone Dry, is currently writing the music for a comedy entitled Patriotville. Film stars Justin Long, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Rob Corddry and is directed by Talmage Cooley, an award-winning director who is making his first feature [...]
Posted November 18, 2008
Veteran director Chris Columbus’ new film, comedy I Love You, Beth Cooper, gets an original score by Christophe Beck. Starring Hayden Panettiere, Samm Levine and Lauren London, the film tells the not so unique story about a nerdy guy who is in love with the hottest and most popular girl in school. This one is [...]
Posted November 18, 2008
Prolific composer Aaron Zigman continues his working relationship with director Tyler Perry. Madea Goes to Jail will be their fourth film together, following Why Did I Get Married, Meet The Browns and this year’s The Family That Preys. Starring Tyler Perry, Keshia Knight, Vanessa Ferlito and Sofía Vergara, Madea Goes to Jail is a comedy [...]
Posted November 18, 2008
Drew Barrymore’s first feature film as a director, Whip It!, gets an original score composed by Mark Mothersbaugh. Based on Shauna Cross’ novel “Derby Girl,” the film is a roller derby comedy taking place in Texas, starring Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis, Zoe Bell, Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore. Vincent Pictures produces for [...]
Posted November 5, 2008
Cadillac Records, the upcoming drama about Chess Records, gets an original score by Terence Blanchard, the jazz composer who is best known for his extensive contributions to the films of Spike Lee, including the recent Miracle at St. Anna. Featuring a huge selection of songs from the Chess Records catalogue, the music producer on the [...]
Technology
This week Peter Alexander gives a starting look at Omnisphere from Spectrasonics.
Chart Doctor
By Ron Hess
Ron Hess wraps up his series “From Piano to Ensemble” with Part 5.
On The Score
Film music journalist Daniel Schweiger interviews composer JON BRION, who sets up another musically surreal residence in SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK.
Final Note
By Mark Northam
Mark Northam takes a closer look at how ASCAP chooses replacement board members
Opinion
Sample Developers, DAW makers and others beware - even composers pull back.
Royalty Checks
By Mark Holden
Mark Holden and guests take a close look at ASCAP’s multi-million dollar MediaGuide detection system.
CD Reviews
Forget the Lost Ark, because here’s the ultimate musical find for RAIDERS fans
CineRadio
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull tops the CineRadio Top-20 film music radio airplay chart for the second month in a row