Primary Wave and BFM Digital Announce “Scored!” CD Series
Primary Wave Music Publishing has announced an agreement with BFM Digital for the digital distribution of its catalog of recordings, beginning with their SCORED! series
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EastWest Snags Award Winning Engineer Shawn Murphy For New Hollywood Strings Library
EastWest has announced that Academy Award winning recording engineer Shawn Murphy was retained to record the company’s new Hollywood Strings Virtual Instrument, the newest addition to the PLAY software instrument family of products.
Technology
Arthur Lange and The Spectratone Chart
Peter Alexander explores Arthur Lange’s Spectratone color system for orchestration
Chart Doctor
Final Note
Tracking and Getting Paid For Your Music Performances
Mark Northam talks about how Tunesat can help maximize income from performance societies and music libraries
Music Supervision
BlueArrow Technology: What it Does, and Why It’s Needed
Gael MacGregor launches her new Music Supervision column with a look at BMI’s revolutionary tracking technology
Royalty Checks and Reality Checks
Benefits of Joining Overseas Royalty Societies
Mark Holden discusses the financial benefits to composers of joining overseas royalty societies
On The Score
AUDIO: On The Score With Christopher Young
Daniel Schweiger interviews composer CHRISTOPHER YOUNG, who throws himself back into Sam Raimi’s world of horror with DRAG ME TO HELL
CD Reviews
CD Review: The Journey of Natty Gann
Daniel Schweiger reviews as James Horner’s Disney Americana finally hits the CD road
More Industry News
FastTrack Board of Directors Names BMI’s Del Bryant as Chair
The FastTrack Board of Directors has named BMI (United States) President & CEO Del Bryant as its new Chairperson, succeeding outgoing Chair Prof. Dr. Jürgen Becker
Hummie Mann Joins Music Faculty at Columbia College Chicago
Two-time Emmy-award winning composer Hummie Mann will join the faculty at Columbia College Chicago this fall, where he will teach composition and orchestration to the schools’ graduate students in their Music Composition for the Screen MFA Program
Orange Tree Samples Releases Iconic Bass: Jaco
Orange Tree Samples has released “Iconic Bass: Jaco”, its fifth sample library, in honor of the late Jaco Pastorius
Composer Signings
Michael Price Scores “Wild Target”
Michael Price has completed the score for Wild Target, an action thriller directed by Jonathan Lynn.
Thomas Newman Will Score “The Debt”
John Madden’s upcoming film “The Debt” will get an original score by Thomas Newman.
“Casino Jack” Gets Score by Jonathan Goldsmith
“Casino Jack”, George Hickenlooper’s upcoming thriller gets an original score by Jonathan Goldsmith
“A Single Man” To Be Scored by Abel Korzeniowski
Abel Korzeniowski is doing the music for a drama based on the short story by Christopher Isherwood, “A Single Man”