Kinetophone Weekly #1

— by Kinetophone on May 5, 2014

REEL#1 WEEK#1

CITY LIGHTS AND KINETOPHONE PRESENT A SET OF

2014 ELECTRO SCORES

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Tuesdays 21:00-23:00 @ http://innersound-radio.com/

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OTICONS FACULTY FILM MUSIC COMPETITION

Oticons Ltd., the newest and most ambitious Agency for Film Composers right now in the
world, announces the Oticons Faculty Film Music Competition. This event aims to become a
game‐changer in the industry by discovering, nurturing and cultivating film composing talents with
a unique voice.

The Oticons Faculty has assembled an outstanding international jury of celebrated, multiawarded
artists and other film music professionals: LALO SCHIFRIN, DIRK BROSSÉ, JEFF ATMAJIAN, ALEX HEFFES, HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS, JAN KACZMAREK, JESPER KYD, RACHEL PORTMAN, ATTICUS ROS, SHIGERU UMEBAYASHI, STEPHEN WARBECK

ENTRIES & SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE for the Oticons Faculty Competition

SUNDAY 29th of JUNE, 2014 @ 12pm GMT.

The 10 finalists in the second round will then be announced on the 1st July 2014!

Kinetophone is a proud supporter of Oticons Faculty International Film Music Competition

Application form, competition guidelines, official rules and awards information are available on the competition’s Web site

BOB HOSKINS: 1942 – 2014

Veteran British actor Bob Hoskins has died, aged 71. Hoskins died of pneumonia in hospital on Tuesday. He announced his retirement from acting in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Bob Hoskins was born on October 26, 1942, in Bury St. Edmund’s, Suffolk, where his mother was living after being evacuated as a result of the heavy bombings. He is the son of Elsie Lillian (Hopkins), a nursery school teacher and cook, and Robert William Hoskins, Sr., who drove a lorry and worked as a bookkeeper. Growing up, Hoskins received only limited education and he left school at 15, but with a passion for language and literature instilled by his former English teacher. A regular theatre-goer, Hoskins dreamed of starring on stage, but before he could do so he had to work odd jobs for a long time to make ends meet. His acting career started out more by accident than by design, when he accompanied a friend to watch some auditions, only to be confused for one of the people auditioning, getting a script pushed into his hands with the message “You’re next”. He got the part and acquired an agent. After some stage success, he expanded to television with roles in television series such as Villains (1972) and Thick as Thieves (1974). In the mid-’70s, he started his film career, standing out when he performed alongside Richard Dreyfuss in John Byrum‘s Inserts (1974) and in a smaller part in Richard Lester‘s Royal Flash (1975).Hoskins broke through in 1978 in Dennis Potter‘s mini TV series, Pennies from Heaven(1978), playing “Arthur Parker”, the doomed salesman. After this, a string of high-profile and successful films followed, starting with his true major movie debut in 1980’sThe Long Good Friday (1980) as the ultimately doomed “Harold Shand”. This was followed by such works as The Cotton Club (1984), Mona Lisa (1986), which won him an Oscar nomination as well as a BAFTA award, Cannes Film Festival and Golden Globe),Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (Golden Globe nomination), Mermaids (1990), Hook(1991), Nixon (1995), Felicia’s Journey (1999) and Enemy at the Gates (2001).Hoskins has always carefully balanced the riches of Hollywood with the labor of independent film, though leaning more towards the latter than the former. He works at smaller projects such as Shane Meadows‘ debut 24 7: Twenty Four Seven (1997), in which he starred as “Allen Darcy”. Besides this, he found time to direct, write and star in The Raggedy Rawney (1988), as well as direct and star in Rainbow (1995), and contributing to HBO’s Tales from the Crypt (1989) and Tube Tales (1999). (via IMDb)

FILMOGRAPHY

ÓLAFUR ARNALDS WINS A BAFTA FOR BROADCHURCH SCORE

Acclaimed Icelandic composer and musician Ólafur Arnalds wins a much-deserved BAFTA Television Craft Award for his atmospheric and haunting score to the BBC’s hit detective series ‘Broadchurch’. He has confirmed he will be scoring Season 2 of the BBC’s detective series and his recent projects include ‘Gimme Shelter’, ‘Another Happy Day’ and a piece for the soundtrack to ‘The Hunger Games’.

Watch Ólafur Arnalds at the podium and backstage

The Broadchurch soundtrack by Ólafur Arnalds is available as a download from iTunes

HEAR ALEXANDRE DESPLAT’S ‘GODZILLA’ ROARING!

Hear a sample from Alexandre Desplat’s latest work for the much anticipated remake of ‘Godzilla’. Let him roar!

SHIGERU UMEBAYASHI SET TO SCORE LORCA’S FILM ADAPTATIONS OF ‘BLOOD WEDDING’

Shigeru Umebayashi is set to start working on the score by the end of this summer of one of the best upcoming arthouse European films. The film’s title is “La Novia” (“The Bride”) and it’s based on Federico Garcia Lorca‘s theatrical play “Bodas de Sangre” (“Blood Wedding”). The director Paula Ortiz will have a cinematic approach that gathers all the symbolic strength of Lorca through a purely visual and sonorous journey away from the text and literary structures. Shigeru Umebayashi’s original score will be based on the same approach and might result in one of the best by far scores of the year. The film is produced by GET IN THE PICTURE PRODUCTIONS, which is the production company created by Rosana Tomas, Paula Ortiz and Alex Lafuente.

BAFTA CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL GIACCHINO plus

STAR TREK AND STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL

BAFTA and Royal Albert Hall present Conversations with Screen Composers: Michael Giacchino

Friday 30 May 2014 – 1:30 PM | Elgar Room

Michael Giacchino is coming over to Europe to talk about his work with host Tommy Pearson.

Michael Giacchino is an Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Emmy-winning composer, whose celebrated scores can be found across film, television and games. His scores for Pixar’sThe Incredibles and Up as well as Star Trek and Mission Impossible III, have seen him collaborate with some of the biggest filmmakers in the American industry.

In television, he began his long-standing partnership with director J. J. Abrams, scoring the fan favourite Alias before working on the ground-breaking series, Lost, for which he won an Emmy. He has also scored for video games, having written scores for several major game series including Medal of Honor and the BAFTA-winning Call of Duty.

Michael’s upcoming projects include the Wachowski’s Jupiter Ascending, Matt Reeves’Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland. He appears in this Elgar Room event during the run of Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness – Live in Concert in the main auditorium.

Host Tommy Pearson is a broadcaster, producer and musician. Having worked with BBC radio and TV for 15 years, Tommy now runs Red Ted Productions, which makes films/promos for major arts organisations and works regularly with the biggest names in film music producing live orchestral concerts.

For more info and tickets, click here and here

GLADIATOR LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Saturday 24 May – Wednesday 28 May 2014

Ridley Scott’s sword and sandals 2000 epic ‘Gladiator’ will be presented live in concert for the first time in the UK as Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard’s sweeping score is brought to life by the Philharmonia Orchestra [Philharmonia Film Orchestra on Saturday 24 May] and Philharmonia Chorus conducted by Justin Freer.

Fans both old and new will experience the dramatic score performed live, whilst the film is simultaneously shown in high definition on the big screen. The circular structure and central area of the Royal Albert Hall, opened in 1871, was originally modeled on ancient Roman amphitheaters and the Coliseum itself, where the epic battle scenes of the film take place, making this the perfect setting for fans to truly experience this unique cinematic event.

‘Gladiator’ , winner of five Academy Awards follows loyal Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe), who is betrayed when the emperor’s ambitious son, Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus rises through the ranks of the gladiatorial arena to avenge the murder of his family and his emperor.

For more info and tickets click here and here

JUNKIE XL IN CONVERSATION WITH HANS ZIMMER AT IMS ENGAGE

Following its succesful debut last April, The International Music Summit (IMS Engage) hosted on April 16th a conversation between Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL. Hans Zimmer has received three GRAMMY Awards, an American Music Award, a Tony Award, three Classical BRIT Awards, two Golden Globe awards and an Academy Award. He has composed music for over 100 films with highlights including The Lion King, Crimson Tide, The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The Last Samurai and Inception. Junkie XL, the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling Dutch music producer, remixer and composer, is arguably the most successful electronic music producer in film(member of The Magnificent Six and composer of Divergent, 300: Rise of an Empire). The composers who are frequent collaborators on a number of projects in the last couple of years talked about the evolution of electronic music and its impact on film scoring.

YORGOS LANTHIMOS AND LEON

Acclaimed Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (‘Dogtooth’, ‘Alps’) directed the video for “Baby Asteroid” by Greek artist Leon (Timoleon Veremis).

JURASSIC PARK – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Treating your ears and eyes!

Celebrating the 21st anniversary of the films theatrical release, JURASSIC PARK by John Williams is receiving a special release on 2XLP Vinyl on June 11th, 2014.

There are two different versions. One, with artwork by JC Richard that we are referring to as Version A. Version A, is pressed on 180 gram Black Vinyl, with randomly inserted “Dilophosaurus” colored Vinyl.

Version B, featuring all new artwork by Dan McCarthy, is limited to 1,000 copies and is pressed on 180 Gram Translucent Amber Vinyl

These will not be distributed to record stores so if you want a copy you have to grab one here beginning on June 11th.

COMPOSER ASSIGNMENTS

Nick Urata is set to compose the score for ‘Focus‘, written and directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa and stars Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Rodrigo Santoro.
Apparat, German electronic musician is set to compose the music for ‘Equals’. The sci-fi romance film is directed by Drake Doremus and stars Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult.
Patrick Leonard has composed the music for ‘Lullaby‘. The indie comedy drama is written and directed by Andrew Levitas and stars Garrett Hedlund, Richard Jenkins, Amy Adams, Jessica Brown Findlay, Anne Archer, Terrence Howard, Jennifer Hudson and Jessica Barden.
Thomas Newman is set to compose the score for ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2′. The comedy drama sequel is directed by John Madden and stars Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Penelope Wilton and more.
Bruno Coulais is set to compose the music for drama ‘Gemma Bovery‘. The drama film, based on Gustave Flabert’s Madame Bovary, is directed by Anne Fontaine and stars Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Mel Raido and Fabrice Luchini.