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We look at the latest in headlines, plus news of recent soundtrack CD releases. Hans Zimmer wants you in the score to the Dark Knight Rises; a radio show in Austin is devoted to both new Williams scores, and Alan Silvestri is confirmed for The Avengers.
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- Howard Shore narrates a horror-score radio show.
- The Matrix Live: Houston Symphony conducted by Don Davis plays to live movie.
- Alan Silvestri is now confirmed to compose the score to The Avengers.
- Hans Zimmer asking fans to contribute to the score of The Dark Knight Rises.
- There is a review of the Tin-tin score at Filmtracks.
- Radio show “The Return of John Williams” is on KMFA 11/11/11.
- An interview with Karen Han, Hollywood’s erhu virtuoso.
John Williams (and if you’re listening to this show, we assume you do), you might like his score to the forthcoming film The Adventures of Tintin. (Amazon CD pre-order
Brand new show! Streamers and Punches looks at Spotify, new commissions for film composers, an article about composer tech talk, and a current trend in scoring we call the “Running Strings.”
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- We take a look at Spotify’s new service in the US.
- John Williams has a new quartet commission; Danny Elfman writes music for Cirque du Soleil.
- Film Music Magazine has an article by Jay Asher detailing the ever-increasing technical vocabulary that composers need to adopt in today’s film composing industry.
- A closer look at the trend “Running Strings,” a texture style attributed originally to Clint Mansell’s Lux Aeterna from Requiem for a Dream, and used in several other scores: Batman Begins, Inception, Transformers, Tron Legacy, Thor, and Green Lantern.
Don Davis’s score to The Matrix (Amazon MP3 – iTunes), you might like Harmonielehre by John Adams (Amazon MP3 – iTunes).
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Tagged Batman Begins, Daft Punk, Don Davis, Harmonielehre, Inception, Jay Asher, John Adams, Requiem for a Dream, Spotify, The Matrix, Transformers, Tron Legacy
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