2024-02-28 14:24 4325

Writing new music for the “Star Wars” universe would be daunting for any composer, considering its iconic scores by the

2024-02-21 11:15 3808

The Oscar-nominated song “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” by Scott George has a deep meaning. The lyrics, sung in Osag

2023-12-14 17:15 5149

Ninety-four songs and 149 scores have been deemed eligible in the music categories for the 96th annual Academy Awards, V

2023-12-12 10:13 1671

Lenny Kravitz‘s family had been involved in the Civil Rights Movement, so it was only fitting he should lend his musical

2023-12-09 10:15 3383

Is “May December” camp or not? That’s the question the internet is currently obsessing over, but whether you fall on the

2023-12-02 08:10 3473

Laura Karpman is one of very few composers who has made a genuine difference in the scoring community. A five-time Emmy

2023-11-29 11:05 2672

Approaches to film scoring have become increasingly eclectic—from jazz and classical to hip-hop and avant-garde—making i

2023-11-15 03:25 3434

UPDATED: Matteo Garrone’s “Io Capitano” received a special screening on Wednesday in Brussels, where hundreds of EU parl

2023-11-08 21:41 4550

An entertainment-industry crowd turned out on Wednesday for the Los Angeles premiere of “Bearing Witness to the October

2023-08-16 15:10 4627

Four of the six best song nominees in this year’s Emmy competition are from series that are seemingly over. Might voters

2023-03-28 12:01 427

Variety writer Jon Burlingame’s new book, “Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring,” i

2023-03-10 12:00 2442

Depeche Mode, the pioneering ‘80s U.K. technopop band, has long had a strong following in Los Angeles — thanks to their

2022-02-23 12:56 5139

Just how important is music to movies?Not too important, according to the producers of the upcoming Academy Awards, who

2022-02-17 14:37 1934

More than two years after completing his ninth “Star Wars” movie, composer John Williams is returning to the Jedi fold w

2022-02-11 11:30 3049

There will be a lot of music in Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI telecast, and no, we’re not talking about the halftime show — ra

2022-02-08 07:44 1909

In the winnowing down of what was the most pop-star-studded shortlist for best original song in Oscar history, it was in

2022-02-07 09:10 5040

John Williams turns 90 years old on Feb. 8. And the world’s most famous film composer shows no signs of slowing down.The

2022-02-03 13:12 4203

Kenneth Wannberg, composer and Emmy-winning music editor who worked on nearly half of all John Williams‘ films dating ba

2022-01-27 09:45 4575

How do you write a love song that’s also a lament for the impending end of the world?That was the challenge for “Don’t L

2022-01-26 10:00 1983

Thanks to big syncs by the Weeknd, Motley Crue and yacht rock icon Christopher Cross, season four of Netflix’s “Cobra Ka