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"High Note" Rare Chuck Jones Cartoon
A rare Warner Bros cartoon, High Note (1960) doesn't include any star characters- the “stars" are a bunch of musical notes who are trying to form the music to the “Blue Danube", but one musical note is causing problems. The sheet music for Johann Strauss' “The Blue Danube" is constructed by moving musical symbols. A baton-toting ...
Ex-MTV Exec Named as Myspace Music Chief
Former MTV executive Courtney Holt has been named president of MySpace Music. Holt previously served as executive vice president of digital music for MTV Networks Music and the Logo Group, where he worked to increase consumer interest in the companies' online content. MySpace Music, which combines audio streaming with download functionality powered by Amazon, made its ...
Facebook Adds Full-Length TV Shows
Do you long for Facebook when you tear yourself away to watch a little television? Not to worry, the social networking site announced Monday that it is integrating full-length TV episodes into the site. “Full-length television is coming to Facebook, via a new generation of applications. Entire shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, and The Simpsons ...
Gary Calamar Music Man Sets the Mood
Every intense music fan presumes he or she has what it takes to be a TV or film music supervisor, and they have a box of clattering mix tapes from high school to prove it. Yes, it was clever how you started with “Please Come Home Baby" by Tom Waits and finished with Mel ...
Terence Blanchard Completes Score for "Cadillac Records"
Grammy-winning composer/trumpet player Terence Blanchard completes score for Cadillac Records Film starring Beyonc Knowles and Adrien Brody to be released Dec. 5 by Tristar Pictures World-renowned film composer and trumpet player Terence Blanchard has completed the score for Cadillac Records, the feature film about the story of Chess Records, the label in the 1950s that was ...
Ben Burtt Sounds off on Wall-E
The voice of Wall-e and M-O and Sound & Character Voice In ancticipation of Tuesday's release of Wall-E on DVD, Disney Home VIdeo has provided us with an interview with Ben Burtt, the legendary sound effects maestro. QUESTION: You had just finished a stint on Star Wars when you were offered Wall-E and I imagine the ...
Academy Disqualifies 'Dark' Score
Music cue sheet lists five names as composers The score for “The Dark Knight" has been disqualified by the executive committee of the Academy music branch. Formal letters to that effect are expected to go out this week to composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, who collaborated on the music. Their previous collaboration, ...
Elvis Costello Talk Show
Sundance Channel To Premier “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..." On December 3, 2008 13-Episode Season of Talk/Performance Series Kicks off with Guest Sir Elton John One-Hour Program Airs Wednesday Nights at 9:00PM ET/PT Elvis Costello Sundance Channel will launch the debut season of the new talk/performance series “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..." on Wednesday, ...
The Art (and Business) of the James Bond Theme Song
A James Bond theme song has two purposes to lead the marketing charge that drives you to the box office and to be a sonic backdrop while nude women dance in silhouette over the opening credits. This may explain why the Bond songbook is not overstuffed with examples of subtlety. Bond tunes are commercials, but often ...
The Monkees' 'Head' Trip
Hey, hey it's the Monkees! People say they're messing around. But they're too busy rehearsing with Head co-writer & co-producer Jack Nicholson to bring anybody down. The made-for-TV musical group's surrealistic 1968 film, penned by Jack Nicholson, got no love at the box office, but American Cinematheque has resurrected it. Forty years ago, the Monkees' only ...
