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UPDATED with latest: The Oscars, strike-delayed Writers Guild Awards and the 2023-24 awards season are history, and it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like ahead as we cruise into Emmy season and look ahead to Cannes, the fall film…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix debuts the first track of Nyad score ahead of the film’s theatrical release. The film is scored by two-time Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water). Nyad tells the incredible true story of world class athlete Diana Nyad, played by…

He’s received two Academy Awards, two BAFTA awards, two Grammys, 19 Latin Grammys, and is an Emmy nominee for his work on HBO’s “The Last of Us.” All of the hardware is even more amazing when you consider Gustavo Santaolalla can’t read or write music. The Latin Grammys is next in line for…

Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer was wrapping up his show Thursday at London’s O2 Arena when he decided to improv. After performing tracks from The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dune and more, Zimmer asked partner Dina De Luca to join him onstage. "Why did I bring you up here? I was…

Three seasons into Central Park, songwriters Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel are thrilled with how much room they've been given to explore new genres. Told through the eyes of a busker narrator named Birdie (Josh Gad), the musical series follows Owen Tillerman (Leslie Odom Jr.), the manager of the park…

When Stuart Braithwaite was approached to score Apple TV+‘s crime drama Black Bird alongside the other members of his Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, his instinct was to seek a less than “obvious” way of approaching this true story, which was admittedly “insane,” tapping into its darkness while at the…

Editor’s note: The following interview was conducted prior to the start of the WGA Strike on May 2. In his latest outing with filmmaker Tim Burton on Netflix’s hit series Wednesday, composer Danny Elfman looked to pen music that would feel “familiar” to fans of The Addams Family, which would at the…

Editor’s note: We are experiencing an issue with the video for this post and will update once it is fixed. “I see The Last of Us as a big story, like a Shakespearean play,” says composer Gustavo Santaolalla. “I think The Last of Us is a fantastic story.” Based on the 2013 video game of the same…

Bill Lee, the accomplished jazz musician who collaborated with the likes of Cat Stevens, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan and also scored many of his son Spike Lee’s films, has died according to multiple reports. He was 94. Related Stories …

The National Music Council of the United States will honor music and event producers Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew at the organization's 39th annual American Eagle Awards on Sunday, June 25 at the American Federation of Musicians Convention in Las Vegas.  The honors are presented each year in…

For filmmaker Damien Chazelle, one of the most compelling aspects of Justin Hurwitz’s score to Babylon is the way it plays with “all colors of the spectrum,” seamlessly synthesizing a lifetime of musical influences on the part of the composer. “I hear the guy who was writing rock songs…and sort of…

The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) presented the winners of the 4th Annual SCL Awards for score and songs in visual media tonight at the Skirball Cultural Center. The evening was hosted by Darren Criss, who also gave the audience a musical performance. Awards were presented across seven…