Media Production & Music Editing
On Wednesday, a California federal judge handed Paramount Pictures a summary judgment victory in a lawsuit brought by the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada over the score to the upcoming film Same Kind of Different as Me, starring Renee Zellweger.
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Legal cases involving claims of musical plagiarism often lead to strange eruptions of musicological discourse in the halls of justice.
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I’m sure it’s easy to get burned out doing this kind of score. I suspect his ‘retirement’ from them is greatly exaggerated, but maybe not!
One of the composers for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Hans Zimmer has told BBC HARDtalk he is retiring from composing music for superhero films. Award-winning composer Mr Zimmer has produced music for over 150 films including the The Lion King, Inception and Interstellar.
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In composing the score for Creed, Ludwig Goransson faced no easy task.
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Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock have been friends for over forty years.
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Reviews “What the Coens are about is enjoying a long, luxurious soak in the pleasures of craft, both as they were perfected in the inhuman factories of the studio system and as they are practiced today in the hands of cinematographers (Roger Deakins), production designers (Jess Gonchor), soundtrack
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My favorite film of 1977 was not “Star Wars” but “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” Steven Spielberg’s U.F.O fantasia. Notwithstanding the fact that I was nine years old, I considered “Star Wars” a little childish. Also, the trash-compactor scene scared me.
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I was lucky enough to work with Martinez and music editor David Klotz on “The Normal Heart” (HBO, prod. Ryan Murphy.) Love The Knick!
There are no yearning, tasteful violins in Cliff Martinez’s score for “The Knick,” which continues to avoid the obvious period drama trappings as it returns in bracing form Friday. And yet Martinez’s music, like the show itself, positively pulses with life.
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What’s the best way to learn music? For many, progression is best measured by the formal exam journey – from the treasured early prize of grade 1 through to the proficiency and skill of a grade 8.
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When I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer; say traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that my ideas flow best and most abundantly.
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