DUSTIN O’HALLORAN AND HAUSCHKA BRING THEIR ‘CINEMATIC COLLABORATION’ TO VIDEODROOM (WSA 2018, GENT)
Longtime friends and first-time collaborators Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka complete the line-up for VIDEODROOM. They will improvise on the themes of Lion, the 2016 Garth Davis drama they scored together. This Oscar-nominated score will serve as the starting point of the concert. Hauschka and O’Halloran will musically challenge each other, each at their own piano. ‘Cinematic...
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FILM FEST GENT AND VOORUIT LAUNCH NEW FESTIVAL VIDEODROOM
On 10 October, Vooruit and Film Fest Gent will launch the first edition of VIDEODROOM. During the upcoming Film Fest Gent (9-19 Oct 2018) and at cultural arts centre Vooruit, artists and audiences will explore a new universe at the intersection between music, films and visuals. Film scores will be reworked and well-known films and...
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WORLD OF WARCRAFT at FMF KRAKOW 2018
Eímear Noone, the Irish composer and conductor, one of the authors of music for the celebrated World of Warcraft and conductor most of the Blizzard franchises, will be our special guest at the Video Games Music Gala of the 11th Krakow Film Music Festival. Noone will conduct pieces from her most famous soundtrack. Under her baton, she will...
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THE WITCHER 3 AT THE VIDEO GAMES MUSIC GALA in FMF KRAKOW 2018
Good news for all fans of games and adventures of the famous Geralt of Rivia. CD PROJEKT RED received the title of FMF Ambassador 2018, and the Video Games Music Gala will feature a suite from The Witcher 3. A special version of the suite was premiered during this year’s FIMUCITÉ Festival in Tenerife. Marcin Przybyłowicz, composer and...
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11th KRAKOW FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018 – PROGRAMME AND SPECIAL GUESTS!
Compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki, Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Nyman, Jeff Beal, Clint Mansell, Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz, Radzimir Dębski and Sandro di Stefano, film shows of Casino Royale and Beauty and the Beast with music performed live, a club concert of songs from Pedro Almodóvar’s movies and funk&folk variations from Iceland, Video Game Music Gala with the recent titles such as Assassin’s Creed orSilent Hill –...
MICHAEL NYMAN THE 4TH WINNER OF THE WOJCIECH KILAR AWARD
The Jury of the Kilar Award granted the award to the British artist for his ability to create musical metaphors, helping the spectator to read between the lines. Attention to ethics and traditions of composing art, the originality of the musical language, creative versatility, technical mastery, legibility and autonomy of soundtracks – are the main...
Jóhann Jóhannsson and Rupert Gregson-Williams main winners at World Soundtrack Awards | David Shire receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Tonight, the 17th World Soundtrack Awards have been awarded in Ghent. Jóhann Jóhannsson and Rupert Gregson-Williams won Best Film Composer of the Year and Best Television Composer of the Year respectively, while David Shire received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his entire career. Guest of honour during the concert that follows the awards ceremony, is...
CLINT MANSELL SYMPHONIC CONCERT IN FILM MUSIC PRAGUE & OTHER CONCERTS DURING FESTIVAL
21st of April 2018, 19.00 – Forum Karlin, Prague Film Music Prague 2018 presents a very special night gala, the world premiere of a fully symphonic Clint Mansell’s music concert, with the composer in attendance. This British composer scored following movies: Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Moon, Noah or Black Swan. The concert will be the world premiere of fully symphonic music of Clint...
BENJAMIN WALLFISCH TO HEADLINE AND CONDUCT CONCERT DURING FILM MUSIC PRAGUE 2018
FILM MUSIC PRAGUE 2018 IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE HEADLINER BENJAMIN WALLFISCH FOR THE OPENING NIGHT CONCERT Happening April 19th, 2018 at the Forum Karlin Prague. Film Music Prague 2018 festival, to be held from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd of April 2018, has just announced Golden Globe and Emmy nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch as the main guest and...
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World Soundtrack Academy announces first wave of nominees for the 17th WSAwards
GHENT, 22 AUGUST 2017. This first wave of the 2017 World Soundtrack Award Nominees includes multiple Academy Award® winners and nominees, a past Discovery of the Year nominee, and the best of contemporary film and television music. The nominees for Best Film Composer are 2017 Academy Award® winner Justin Hurwitz, Academy Award® nominees Mica Levi, Nicholas Britell, Dustin O’Halloran...
SUPPORT THE UNIQUE ‘TERENCE BLANCHARD: MUSIC FOR FILM’ COMPILATION ALBUM
Be a part and support a unique album! Terence Blanchard’s film scores in 1 compilation! The team behind the World Soundtrack Awards, Brussels Philharmonic and Terence Blanchard, the guest of honour at WSA Gala & Concert, are teaming up to create a unique compilation album with some of his most extraordinary film scores, and you can decide...
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SoundTrack Cologne announces full Film Composer line-up
Music in Film at SoundTrack_Cologne: The composers of “Cloud Atlas”, “Fack ju Göhte”, “Wendy”, a workshop for music media conducting with Frank Strobel and two panels about team composing With the composers Johnny Klimek (Cloud Atlas, Babylon Berlin), Beckmann (Fack ju Göhte), Tom Stöwer (Wendy), the film music conductor Frank Strobel and a panel about “team composing”, the line...
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Dance2Cinema: Midnight Express Party with Giorgio Moroder During FMF Krakow
The famous music producer, composer and DJ, the father of Electronic Dance Music, the winner of three Oscars, four Golden Globes and four Grammy Awards– the Italian artist Giorgio Moroder is back to the console after thirty years. The anniversary dance party with the world star at the 10th Film Music Festival will be given on...
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10th FMF ACCOMPANYING EVENTS & CD
The Polish premiere of Score – the documentary about the work of Hollywood composers, a free recital for composers’ guests during the debate with Varèse Sarabande, outdoor cinema, film and music workshops for the youngest audience and a dancing party on the barge! We present the accompanying events of the 10th Krakow Film Music Festival!...
THE JUBILEE 10th FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL IN KRAKOW IS ABOUT TO START!
From 17 to 23 May 2017 Krakow is the world film music capital Three Oscar winners, more than seventy premieres (including sixty world premieres), over six hundred guests from the world of music and film, eighteen concerts, nearly thirty panels, workshops and meetings, nineteen recording sessions and more than two hundred music pieces performed on...
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CITY LIGHTS FILM MUSIC RADIOSHOW: FMF KRAKOW EDITION
Kinetophone and City Lights Film Music Radioshow present: FMF KRAKOW EDITION! A 2-hour trip dedicated to the most spectacular film music festival that celebrates it’s 10th Anniversary! The Krakow Film Music Festival (Festiwal Muzyki Filmowej w Krakowie 10. Festiwal Muzyki Filmowej w Krakowie) is coming in May 17 – 21 and before our trip there...
Abel Korzeniowski’s monographic concert for the FMF opening!
The most beautiful film music composed by Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man and Nocturnal Animals), Howard Shore, who returns to the Festival with his music composed for The Lord of the Rings, the beloved score for Star Wars by John Williams, two mega-productions: Neverending Story and Titanic with live music, as well as a giant...
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