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THE PROGRAMME OF THE 10TH KRAKOW FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED! Krakow, May 17 – May 23

THE PROGRAMME OF THE 10TH KRAKOW FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED! Krakow, May 17 – May 23

FMF Krakow, 10th Anniversary Program just announced and it’s spectacular! Only some of the events prepared for the 10th edition of Krakow Film Music Festival are: a selection of the most beautiful music composed by Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man and Nocturnal Animals), Howard Shore, who returns to the Festival with his music composed for...
CITY LIGHTS FILM MUSIC RADIOSHOW Season 8 - RYUICHI SAKAMOTO in Films

CITY LIGHTS FILM MUSIC RADIOSHOW Season 8 – RYUICHI SAKAMOTO in Films

Kinetophone and City Lights Film Music Radioshow present RYUICHI SAKAMOTO in FILMS ! An 2h tribute to the great Japanese composer through his most memorable soundtrack works! Also a warming up just a week before the presentation of his Lifetime Achievement Award during World Soundtrack Awards Tune in 9-11 pm (EET +3.00) tonight Innersound Radio  Produced and...
SILVA SCREEN RECORDS AND FILM FEST GENT PRESENT RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - MUSIC FOR FILM

SILVA SCREEN RECORDS AND FILM FEST GENT PRESENT RYUICHI SAKAMOTO – MUSIC FOR FILM

                            The first ever overview of Sakamoto’s film work approved by the artist                           Performed by the Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by Dirk Brosse Supported by the Film Fest Gent’s...
16th WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS ANNOUNCES SECOND WAVE OF NOMINEES

16th WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS ANNOUNCES SECOND WAVE OF NOMINEES

The World Soundtrack Academy released a second wave of nominees for Discovery of the Year, the SABAM Award for Best Young International Composer and Public Choice Award. Last month the nominees for Best Film Composer, Best TV Composer and Best Original Song were revealed. The WSAwards aims at supporting film music, sound design, composers and...
16th WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF NOMINEES

16th WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF NOMINEES

This first wave of World Soundtrack Award Nominees include multiple Academy Award® winners and nominees, a past Discovery of the Year winner, and the best of contemporary television music. The nominees announced include Academy Award®-winners Ennio Morricone, John Williams, and Sam Smith; Academy Award®-nominees Carter Burwell and Thomas Newman; and recent Discovery of the Year...
COMPOSER CLIFF MARTINEZ TO RECEIVE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM SOUNDTRACK_COLOGNE

COMPOSER CLIFF MARTINEZ TO RECEIVE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM SOUNDTRACK_COLOGNE

Over the past 13 years Soundtrack_Cologne has become a fixture in the cultural calendar of the Media City of Cologne, which is home to the biggest German TV stations. Each year the conference welcomes guests from around the globe and is now an inspiration for the growing landscape of music festivals and conferences in Europe....
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO TO BE HONORED AT WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO TO BE HONORED AT WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS

Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto receives World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award and Film Fest Gent launches crowdfunding campaign for a unique compilation album focusing on Sakamoto’s film scores. The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Ryuichi Sakamoto at the 16th World Soundtrack Awards in Gent, following the festival’s spotlight on Japanese cinema. A selection of...
16th WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS – Composed for Television

16th WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS – Composed for Television

FILM FEST GENT CELEBRATES TELEVISION MUSIC,  INTRODUCING NEW AWARD BEST SCORE FOR TELEVISION SERIES/MINISERIES FOR THE 16th WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS Brussels Philharmonic and The Flemish Radio Choir conducted by Dirk Brossé 19 October 2016 – World Soundtrack Awards Gala 20 October 2016 – WSA Concert   @ Capitole Ghent Held on October 19th, the World Soundtrack...
Movie Score Málaga (MOSMA) 2016:  June 29-July 3 And Úbeda Soundtrack Festival July 7-9

Movie Score Málaga (MOSMA) 2016: June 29-July 3 And Úbeda Soundtrack Festival July 7-9

BSOSpirit announces the launch of two new film music festivals in Spain: Movie Score Málaga  (MOSMA) in conjunction with Festival de Málaga (June 29-July 3), and the Úbeda Soundtrack Festival (July 7-9). The first edition of MOSMA will feature events including nightly concerts, panels, workshops, and presentations.  The first two announced concerts include the opening...
9th Kraków Film Music Festival

9th Kraków Film Music Festival

24 – 30 MAY 2016 The most famous themes from Roman Polański’s films, jazz deconstructions of Hollywood’s golden era, personal interpretations of film music in the Cinematic Piano series, ambient sounds, soundtracks making their world premieres, masters’ compositions for animated box office blockbusters, and the world premiere of the music for a cult computer game. Whatever...
FILM FEST GENT AND BRUSSELS PHILHARMONIC PRESENT ALAN SILVESTRI

FILM FEST GENT AND BRUSSELS PHILHARMONIC PRESENT ALAN SILVESTRI

Supported by the Gent’s World Soundtrack Awards, this is the second release from the series and first on Silva Screen Records. Each year a major film music composer is invited to present their work during the annual World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert closing event. As part of the celebrations Film Fest Gent and partner...
The WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS 2015: Ceremony, Concerts and Seminar

The WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS 2015: Ceremony, Concerts and Seminar

Held on October 24th, the World Soundtrack Awards will celebrate its 15th anniversary with one of the most brilliant film composers of his generation, known for his scores of ‘Back to the Future’, ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ and ‘Forrest Gump’. Brussels Philharmonic and The Flemish Radio Choir will perform the compelling scores by Alan Silvestri, Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Patrick...
WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS 2015 Nominations and PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD

WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS 2015 Nominations and PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD

Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat, Johann Johannsson, Patrick Doyle and John Legend are some of the popular names among the first nominees released by the World Soundtrack Academy. The first nominees announced will be competing in the categories for Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly...
FIMUCITÉ 6: UNIVERSAL PICTURES 100TH ANNIVERSARY GALA on CD

FIMUCITÉ 6: UNIVERSAL PICTURES 100TH ANNIVERSARY GALA on CD

Diego Navarro conducts the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and Tenerife Film Choir On The 2-CD Limited Edition Set Music by John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Thomas Newman, Elmer Bernstein, Bernard Herrmann, Danny Elfman, Alfred Newman, Hans Zimmer, Basil Poledouris, Dave Grusin, Craig Armstrong, John Powell, Alan Silvestri and more! Varèse Sarabande announces the release of...
ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL Receives the 1st Wojciech Kilar Award ar KFMF

ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL Receives the 1st Wojciech Kilar Award ar KFMF

Krakow Film Music Festival | 27 – 31 MAY 2015 The Kilar Award was presented to Elliot Goldenthal at the Polish Music Gala: Scoring4Wajda at the ICE Krakow Congress Centre, which featured four pieces Kilar wrote for films directed by Andrzej Wadja, who was present at the event. The Oscar-winning American composer said it was...
ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL Winner of the 1st Annual Wojciech Kilar Award

ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL Winner of the 1st Annual Wojciech Kilar Award

Krakow Film Music Festival | 27 – 31 MAY 2015 His oeuvre includes music composed for film, opera, ballet, symphony orchestrasand theater, as well as chamber music. He is one of the most versatile composers of contemporary music; winner of the Oscar, Golden Globe and World Soundtrack Award. We are proud to announce that the...
SOUNDTRACKS LIVE! By MOVIESCORE MEDIA

SOUNDTRACKS LIVE! By MOVIESCORE MEDIA

Prolific film music company MovieScore Media announces the launch of Soundtracks Live!, a new and innovative service devoted to bringing the best of film music to concert halls and film music events all over the world. Soundtracks Live! offers a regularly updated catalogue of concert programs devoted to innovative film music concepts, genres and composers of...