TV / Film News

Composers Give More Than Just a Soundtrack

Source: Michael Ricci
February 22, 2009

Pacific Symphony's American Composers Festival has scores to settle The 2009 program, 'Hollywood's Golden Age,' addresses a longstanding lack of respect for music makers whose work was for films.

Carl St.Clair can clearly recall being in the third grade in his hometown of Yoakum, Texas, and being “marched down to the Grand Theater where we all got to see Ben-Hur. I was totally captivated," he says. “The score was overwhelming to me."

Fifty years later, St.Clair is poised ...

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Creating Tom Waits One from the Heart Soundtrack

Source: All About Jazz
February 21, 2009

With the Academy Awards tomorrow night, take a look at what actually goes into the creation of the musical score for the soundtrack a motion picture.

Tom Waits is brought onto the Francis Coppola classic, One From The Heart, before even the script is finished. All recording is complete before shooting begins. Waits music gives fabric to the characters, all lost soles in Las Vegas.

Scroll down and watch the videos, the contrasting sounds of the voices of Tom Waits ...

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A. R. Rahman Slumdog Fusionist in Oscar Spotlight

Source: Michael Ricci
February 21, 2009

A. R. Rahman one of Indias most prolific film composers knows how big a deal it would be if he wins an Oscar on Sunday.

Rahman, in his natural habitat at the computer, works on five or six films a year, juggling several at a time. He is a kind of national hero in India.

One of the most prolific and successful film composers in India, he has three nominations, all for Slumdog Millionaire: best original score and best original ...

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Blind Boys of Alabama on Gospel Music Channel

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2009

Gospel Music Channel (http://www.gospelmusicchannel.com) television network will give viewers an exclusive sneak preview of the new concert DVD release from the legendary group The Blind Boys of Alabama when it world premieres Live in New Orleans on Monday, Feb 23 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time (encore at 11:30 pm.). The concert DVD of Live in New Orleans hits stores the next day, Feb. 24 via Saguaro Road Records (www.saguaroroad.com).

Live In New Orleans was filmed at the city's historic club ...

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White House Line-up for Stevie Wonder "Gershwin Prize" PBS Special

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2009

PBS STATIONS TO BROADCAST STEVIE WONDER IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE

Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize will showcase an evening of celebration with President and Mrs. Obama at the White House in honor of musician Stevie Wonder's receipt of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The sixty-minute program, to be taped by WETA Washington, DC, airs Thursday, February 26, 2009, at ...

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California Budget Includes Tax Relief for Film, TV Shoots

Source: Michael Ricci
February 20, 2009

Previous attempts to secure tax credits for film and TV productions were portrayed by opponents as handouts for Hollywood. But those arguments weakened as other states poached jobs from California.

Incentives long sought by the entertainment industry should help keep productions at home. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a former movie actor, has been trying for years to get tax credits to keep California's signature industry at home.

He got his wish early Thursday when the Legislature approved tax credits for ...

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SAG Talks Collapse as Studios Hold Firm

Source: Michael Ricci
February 20, 2009

After three days, negotiations falter over the start date and duration of the actors' contract. No new talks are scheduled.

Negotiations between actors and the Hollywood studios broke down Thursday night, dashing high hopes for a quick resolution in a stalemate that has kept the union's 120,000 members working without a new contract for seven months.

The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which negotiates on behalf of the studios, ended talks after just ...

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The Jaron Eames TV Show Presents: A Conversation with Art D'Lugoff of the Village Gate

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2009

Starting February 25th, 2009! Tune into a four part conversation with the Village Gate's Art D'Lugoff on the JaRon Eames TV show will air every Wednesday night 12:30am Channel 34 in New York City. Also airing in Hollywood CA, South Hampton NY, Brooklyn NY and world wide on the web at mnn.org. Part 2 will air March 5th, followed by parts 3 and 4, March 12th, and 19th. The release of the upcoming book Jazz Conversations is due to be ...

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