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Listen to Slash Shred on Composer Bear McCreary’s Epic New Song

Slash has lent his talents to composer Bear McCreary’s new song “The End of Tomorrow,” off his upcoming concept album The Singularity.You can listen to the 11-minute epic below.McCreary — whose resume includes scores for Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, The Walking Dead, Call of Duty: Vanguard and Godzilla: King of the Monsters — described “The End of Tomorrow” as a “tribute to iconic rock anthems like ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and ‘November Rain’” […]

todayApril 19, 2024 1

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‘May December’ Composer Marcelo Zarvos Explains the ‘Hot Dog’ Music Scene

Is “May December” camp or not? That’s the question the internet is currently obsessing over, but whether you fall on the “definitely” or “no, rude question!” side, one clue can be found in the dark comedy’s notably prominent score by Marcelo Zavros. Ten minutes into the Todd Haynes movie that’s loosely based on the story of Mary Kay Letournau, Julianne Moore, playing Gracie, the wife and mother, opens the fridge […]

todayDecember 9, 2023 2

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Elgin composer creating Jacobite Colonel Anne Mackintosh musical

“Fierce, fiercely bright, wild for a dance, and up for a fight with anyone to make Scotland a free country.” That’s how Elgin man Tommy Antonio sees the protagonist of Rebel, a musical he’s writing to celebrate Colonel Anne Mackintosh, one of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion’s most daring and courageous of supporters. Selected from more than 200 applicants, he’s already staged a small try-out production of the core idea of […]

todayDecember 8, 2023 1

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Composer re-creates music written by Auschwitz orchestra in Holocaust

Add to your saved storiesSaveWith the wave of a conductor’s baton, a heartbreaking melody began to resound inside a concert hall in London — a song composed by a prisoner in a Nazi death camp that, until Monday, had not been played in public.“Futile Regrets,” as the composition was titled, unfolded like the pages of a tragic novel. The violin strings reverberated with the weight of unspeakable sorrows. With each […]

todayNovember 29, 2023 3

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Welsh composer selected to represent Wales at prestigious international music festival

Nathan James Dearden A Welsh composer will represent Wales at an international festival described as the ‘Olympics of contemporary music’ in December. Nathan James Dearden, a young composer from Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taff, has been selected for his choral work ‘i breathe’ which was originally commissioned and performed by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. The work will be performed at the  International Society for Contemporary Music’s World Music […]

todayNovember 11, 2023 1

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White House bestows honor on musician, composer, and educator Bill Banfield

“I’m still wrapping my head around what it all means,” said Banfield about the honor, which he will receive at Bethel AME Church in Jamaica Plain. The ceremony will feature performances by the Boston Arts Academy Choir, the saxophonist Najee, and Banfield’s own Imagine Orchestra.Get The Big To-DoYour guide to staying entertained, from live shows and outdoor fun to the newest in museums, movies, TV, books, dining, and more.Also known […]

todayOctober 19, 2023 2

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Saw X Composer Explains How the Franchise’s Music Shaped Tobin Bell’s Character

Saw X's composer breaks down the Saw franchise's musical scoring which has possessed a character perpetually tethered to Tobin Bell's Jigsaw and John Kramer. Few scenes can emulate the dreadful revelation and shock audiences were subjected to at the end of the first Saw film. It's difficult to forget that plot twist when Tobin Bell's John Kramer was revealed as the prostrate corpse who stood up and literally sealed Adam's […]

todayOctober 1, 2023

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Interesting Facts About Antonín Dvořák, A Czech Composer And Musician

Interesting Facts About Antonín Dvořák, A Czech Composer And Musician Time Bulletin Interesting Facts about Antonín Dvořák, a Czech Composer and Musician Festivals & Events Published 44 mins ago on September 8, 2023 Today’s Google Doodle honors Czech composer and musician Antonín Dvořák, who will be remembered on September 8, 2023. He was […]

todaySeptember 8, 2023 4

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Composer George Cacioppo of Monroe was key figure in avante-garde music

George Cacioppo was born on Sept. 24, 1926, in Monroe and became one of the most prolific post-World War II avant-garde musical composers – achieving international recognition as one of the co-founders of the ONCE group and the ONCE Festival, which was held in Ann Arbor from 1961 to 1968. The ONCE Festival, according to the Northwestern University Archives, was the single most significant focus for avant-garde, mixed-media activity in […]

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