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INON ZUR Announces Forthcoming Fantasy Album "SONGS FROM THE TAVERN"

INON ZUR Announces Forthcoming Fantasy Album “SONGS FROM THE TAVERN”

Award-winning composer Inon Zur, renowned for his evocative scores and ethereal songwriting for epic fantasy video game franchises such as Baldur’s Gate, Dragon Age, EverQuest, Icewind Dale, The Lord of the Rings and Rift, releases the first music video from his forthcoming original fantasy album, “Songs From The Tavern“, on iTunes and YouTube. “Meneleya” is...
CITY LIGHTS Radioshow - KINETOPHONE AWARDS (Best Scores 2015)

CITY LIGHTS Radioshow – KINETOPHONE AWARDS (Best Scores 2015)

City Lights Film Music Radioshow presents: KINETOPHONE AWARDS, BEST SCORES 2015 (extended 150′ show) Tune in 9-11pm (EET +3:00) tonight  City Lights: A Weekly 2-Hour Film Music Radio Show Tuesdays 21:00-23:00 @ http://innersound-radio.com/
2015 IFMCA AWARDS WINNERS

2015 IFMCA AWARDS WINNERS

  INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2015 IFMCA AWARDS; JOHN WILLIAMS WINS THREE AWARDS FOR STAR WARS   FEBRUARY 18, 2015 — The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its list of winners for excellence in musical scoring in 2015, in the 2015 IFMCA Awards.   The award for Score of...
INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS AWARD NOMINATIONS 2015

INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS AWARD NOMINATIONS 2015

INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED; OCTOGENARIAN VETERANS JOHN WILLIAMS AND ENNIO MORRICONE LEAD THE FIELD, MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS FOR MICHAEL GIACCHINO, LATE JAMES HORNER FEBRUARY 4, 2016. The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its list of nominees for excellence in musical scoring in 2015, for the 12th annual IFMCA Awards. The...
THE ORDER: 1886 - Music by Jason Graves

THE ORDER: 1886 – Music by Jason Graves

British Academy Award winner Jason Graves Scores the PlayStation®4 (PS4™) Exclusive, The Order: 1886™ British Academy Award-winning composer, Jason Graves, has scored one of this year’s biggest video game releases, THE ORDER: 1886. Created and developed by Ready At Dawn Studios, The Order: 1886launches exclusively for the PlayStation 4 system on February 20, 2015. In this cinematic experience based...
THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER - Original Game Soundtrack

THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER – Original Game Soundtrack

Music by Mikolai Stroinski The Vanishing of Ethan Carter wins Best Score — Orchestral / Cinematic in Annual Game Music Awards 2014 Sumthing Else Music Works announced the worldwide digital release of  THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER – Original Soundtrack featuring the original score from the breathtakingly atmospheric first-person mystery game focused on exploration and discovery. Created by jazz...
CITY LIGHTS Radioshow: BEST VIDEO GAMES SCORES 2014

CITY LIGHTS Radioshow: BEST VIDEO GAMES SCORES 2014

  Kinetophone and City Lights present: BEST VIDEO GAMES 2014  Airplaying CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW 2 by Oscar Araujo Sanchéz, ASSASSIN’S CREED: ROGUE byElitsa Alexandrova, ASSASSIN’S CREED: UNITY by Chris Tilton and Sarah Schachner, FAR CRY 4 by Cliff Martinez, THE LAST OF US VOL.2 by Gustavo Santaolalla, MIDDLE EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR by Garry Schyman,...
Assassin's Creed Unity: Dead Kings - Original Score Composed By Cris Velasco

Assassin’s Creed Unity: Dead Kings – Original Score Composed By Cris Velasco

Award-winning composer Cris Velasco (Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Darksiders, God of War) has created the original score for Assassin’s Creed® Unity – Dead Kings, the latest chapter in Ubisoft’s historical action-adventure open world video game series. Set during the French Revolution, Dead Kings is a fully-fledged single-player campaign that continues Master Assassin Arno Dorian’s story after the events of Assassin’s Creed® Unity....
FAR CRY 4 - Original Game Soundtrack

FAR CRY 4 – Original Game Soundtrack

Ubisoft Announced Collaboration with Cliff Martinez on FAR CRY 4® Soundtrack Drive, Traffic and Spring Breakers composer pens the soundtrack for upcoming open-world shooter Far Cry 4 Ubisoft® announced that it partnered with film composer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Cliff Martinez to compose the original game soundtrack for its upcoming open-world, first-person shooter Far Cry 4, the...
CITY LIGHTS Radioshow: FURY, GONE GIRL and other stories

CITY LIGHTS Radioshow: FURY, GONE GIRL and other stories

Kinetophone and City Lights present: FURY and other stories (new 2014 soundtracks). Airplaying FURY (Steven Price), GONE GIRL (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross), THE KNICK Cliff Martinez), NOVEMBER MAN (happy birthday to Marco Beltrami), A PROMISE, 1408, TOM AT THE FARM (happy birthday to Gabriel Yared), THE EQUALIZER Harry Gregson Williams), UNDER THE SKIN (Mica Levi), STONEHEARST ASYLUM (John Debney), AMONG THE...
GAME MUSIC CONNECT UNVEILS FULL 2014 PROGRAMME

GAME MUSIC CONNECT UNVEILS FULL 2014 PROGRAMME

Game Music Connect organizers revealed all remaining undisclosed sessions for the second annual international video game music conference which returns to The Purcell Room at London’s Southbank Centre on September 24.  The final sessions to be announced include a high-powered roundtable discussion, “Score To Studio”, featuring top industry executives, audio directors and talent agents on the...
MEET THE "MAESTROS OF VIDEO GAMES" AT PAX PRIME 2014

MEET THE “MAESTROS OF VIDEO GAMES” AT PAX PRIME 2014

What does it take to write music for games? Hear from five of the industry’s most accomplished composers as they share their experiences and discuss the craft of scoring music for some of the most popular titles in interactive entertainment. Featuring the award-winning composers of Assassin’s Creed, Bastion, Borderlands, Dead Rising, Destiny, Halo, Hitman, Mass...
THE STRIDER GAME SERIES - Original Music by Michael John Mollo

THE STRIDER GAME SERIES – Original Music by Michael John Mollo

MICHAEL JOHN MOLLO ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF THE DOUBLE HELIX/CAPCOM REBOOT OF THE STRIDER GAME SERIES   The Music Pays Homage To The Style and Themes of the Classic Games Michael John Mollo is proud to announce that he composed the original music for the Capcom release of STRIDER®.  STRIDER®was developed by Double Helix and is available now as...
THIEF - Director's Cut Original Soundtrack

THIEF – Director’s Cut Original Soundtrack

Original Score to Next-Gen Reboot of Stealth Video Game Series by Luc St-Pierre Sumthing Else Music Works proudly presents THIEF™ Director’s Cut Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score from the highly anticipated next generation action-stealth video game published by SQUARE ENIX and developed by Eidos-Montréal, the award winning studio behind the critically acclaimed DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION®....
2013 IFMCA Awards: Voting Period

2013 IFMCA Awards: Voting Period

  The voting period for the 2013 IFMCA Awards has already begun! Kinetophone’s Eleni Mitsiaki and Panos Gkenas participate in the voting process. The members of IFMCA, as the leaders in the field of film score reviewing, are acknowledging the BEST in film music each year. Ballots are due back by Sunday, February 2, and the...
Lorne Balfe headlines festival, wins award in Spain

Lorne Balfe headlines festival, wins award in Spain

Earned Prestigious GoldSpirit Award for Best Video Game Soundtrack 2012 With Assassin’s Creed III (Sept. 9, 2013- Fuengirola, Spain) Composer Lorne Balfe(Salinger, Assassins Creed III video game) took the Spanish crowd by storm!  On September 7th he headlined the Playfest concert with a 30 minute set of his music including a sneak peak at the music for the upcoming...