Music selection is an intrinsic element in the styling of Quentin Tarantino films. In this 90 minute radio show from Little Stephen’s Underground Garage on SiriusXM, the director himself introduces each track from the soundtrack and explains why he uses it and what it’s like to dive into having original music composed for his film Read MoreRead More
Alexandre Desplat (Argo, Moonrise Kindgom), Mychael Danna (Life of Pi), Marco Beltrami, (The Sessions), Patrick Doyle (Brave), Danny Elfman (Tim Burton’s films, Hitchcock, Silver Linings Playbook), Fernando Velazquez (The Impossible) sound off on their professional passions at the Warner Bros. Studio’s Eastwood Scoring Stage. Writing music often is a solitary pursuit, so it was no wonder that when six renowned Read MoreRead More
Perhaps best known as the composer of the music for the trailer of Inception, Zack Hemsey has continued to create memorable musical themes that capture the audience’s attention through his work in trailers for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, Ben Affleck’s The Town, and David Schwimmer’s Trust. Read More
The SoundWorks Collection talks with Composer Michael Giacchino about his start in the music and film business and a few of his projects include Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocal, John Carter, and Cars 2.Read More
Les Miserables is one of Broadway’s most celebrated musicals. So how do you turn a beloved stage production that has seen countless professional and amateur designs to the big screen? Here are four featurettes showing off the hard work of the designers in adapting the musical for screen. Production Design Hair and Make Up Costume Design Read MoreRead More
The hotly anticipated Tom Hooper-directed Les Miserable opens on Christmas Day 2012, but here’s a sneak peak at 5 scenes including the vocal talents of Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Samantha Barks, Amanda Seyfried and Eddie Redmayne. You may recall the big marketing hubbub about recording the vocals live - here’s our first chances to see how that’s working out. Personally, I think Read MoreRead More
Taking a detour into the world of gaming, Zac Levi interviews composer Jason Graves and the audio team of Tomb Raider. Also check out “The Instrument” – a metal sculpture designed for creating some unique and creepy musical sound effects.Read More
Chris Jones runs down ten common mistakes made by filmmakers in the sound design and scoring stage of a film. The Music IS VERY IMPORTANT And so it follows that the composer is a key crew member – I would say their contribution ranks alongside the screenwriter, editor, DP, designer. In some instances, even greater. Read MoreRead More
Previous Hobbit vlog entries saw Peter Jackson and the crew trekking across New Zealand, Now that principal photography is done, the work is turned over a team of animators, artists, colorists, sound designers, and composers. Older Entries: Part 1-2 Part 3-4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8Read More
VSauce explores the question of will we ever run out of unique combinations of notes for new music? Click over to YouTube for the links mentioned in the video.Read More
A behind the scenes look at making the music of E.T.Read More
Hans Zimmer soundtracks from The Dark Knight Trilogy and Inception mixed together. TRACKLISTING: 0:00:05 Why Do We Fall – TDKR 0:02:00 Dream Within A Dream – Inception 0:05:14 Like A Dog Chasing Cars – TDK 0:09:39 528491 – Inception 0:11:56 The Fire Rises – TDKR 0:17:16 Molossus – BB 0:21:51 Dream Is Collapsing – Inception Read MoreRead More
