Feature Story
Announcing Screen Music Connect, September 24th 2018
Screen Music Connect is a new event series set to explore and celebrate the richly diverse world of Screen Music – from Film and Television through to Video Games and Virtual Reality
Opinion
Bennett Lincoff’s Comments on Music Licensing
Bennett Lincoff’s comments to the US Copyright office on a new system of music licensing
Composer Profile
Industry Spotlight
Scoring Sessions
Final Note
College Film Scoring Programs: Selling The Dream vs. Disclosing Reality
Mark Northam looks at college film scoring programs and how realistic they are about the business
Technology
Auganizer
Every once in a while, some clever people come up with a solution to an issue that the DAW developers simply have not addressed
Tech Review
On The Score
Audio: Interview with Brian Tyler
Film music journalist Daniel Schweiger interviews composer BRIAN TYLER, who swings with wealth from the comedic Singapore jet set of CRAZY RICH ASIANS to the dramatic power of the hit show YELLOWSTONE
Chart Doctor
Orchestration: The Devil Is In The Details, Part 2
Ron Hess discusses how you’ll never achieve the Holy Grail of a perfect sight reading if your notation doesn’t tell each musician at a glance how it’s supposed to sound
Music Supervision
CITY OF GHOSTS (and resilient grit)
From its first ethereal tones, Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Matthew Heineman’s (Oscar-nominated CARTEL LAND) CITY OF GHOSTS music score and sound design achieves a hauntingly simultaneous balance of nearly-imperceptible presence and atmospheric poignancy
CD Reviews
August Soundtrack Picks
Soundtrack Picks: “MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT” is the top soundtrack to own for AUGUST, 2018
Royalty Checks and Reality Checks
Benefits of Joining Overseas Royalty Societies
Mark Holden discusses the financial benefits to composers of joining overseas royalty societies
CineRadio
CineRadio Top-20 for November, 2016
Berlin Station tops the November 2016 Top-20 film music radio airplay chart