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German-born British composer Max Richter, who recently collaborated with Chloé Zhao on her Golden Globe-winning “Hamnet,” will be celebrated by the Berlin Film Festival with its Berlinale…
Noah Baumbach knew he wanted the score to “Jay Kelly” to be a character in his latest movie. He wanted a fullness of emotion, and for it to have melodic characteristics. With that clarity,…
As Guillermo del Toro’s go-to composer, Alexandre Desplat knew about the filmmaker’s desire to tell his version of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” While del Toro loved the story, Desplat…
A few years ago, Andrew Fox was struck by a transcendently bad idea. He would turn the story of Anne Frank into a satirical hip-hop musical: intersectional, inclusive, and inane. Fox was a…
Phil Upchurch, a guitarist who played with Quincy Jones, Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, died on Nov. 23 in Los Angeles. He was 84. During his career, Upchurch recorded nearly 30…
Jeremy: The producers contacted me during the pandemic about building the show. I hired Brian Herald, who was fresh out of grad school, and he helped me a lot. It's way more successful…
Ian Freebairn-Smith, the Grammy-winning composer who arranged “Evergreen” from “A Star Is Born,” died on Oct. 7 in Folsom, Calif. He was 93. The composer, vocalist and arranger was widely…
On any list of the most admired composers working in film today, Alexandre Desplat would be either at the top or very close to it. That’s not just for the quality of the work — although,…
Mark Snow, the veteran television composer who turned “The X-Files” theme into an unlikely chart hit in the 1990s, died Friday at his home in Connecticut. He was 78. A 15-time Emmy…
Stephen Schwartz is back hosting the ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Fest. The event will be held over two days from May 5-6 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The…
Parenting isn’t easy — whether you’re a top-of-the-line robot or an Oscar-nominated composer. It’s a lesson Lupita Nyong’o’s Roz learns the hard way in “The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks’…
