Conducting film music requires an even temperament. By Jason Lipshutz, The Associated Press It all started with “Bonanza.” As a child, Mike Nowak was fascinated by the intricacies of Jay Livingston ...

This veteran music director aims to revive interest in classics by using modern-day film songs Ace music director Praveen D Rao has added another epithet to his repertoire. His musical ensemble will ...

Max Steiner, the pioneering film composer who wrote the music for “King Kong” and “Gone With the Wind,” was once complimented as the man who invented modern movie music. “Nonsense,” he replied. “The ...

VARIETY: Is there a good case to be made that Steiner’s music for “King Kong” in 1933 is the most important film score of all time? SMITH: I think there’s no greater way to turn someone off something ...

John Williams may be the most decorated film score composer in history, but he has confessed a dislike for film music. “I never liked film music very much,” he said in an interview for his upcoming ...

Sound and music in films do more than merely enhance our experience of a film's narrative. They can also affect the ways in which we perceive ourselves and how we act. Sound and music in films do more ...

Soundtrack labels continued to thrive in 2021, discovering old film scores worth preserving and expanding classics to meet the seemingly insatiable thirst for music written for screens large and small ...

One of the interesting things that have happened to Hindi film music is the non-filmi sound that has become a staple for the past few years now. I feel it was the film Rock On!! (2009) that brought ...

Prabha Khaitan Foundation’s virtual session, Sur Aur Saaz, featured ace singer Kailash Kher, who indulged in a hearty conversation with Kathak exponent Shinjini Kulkarni on World Music Day. The ...