Scores & Soundtracks

04/09/2021

Music video by Scheppel performing Thunderstruck. © 2021 Universal Music (Pty) Ltd South Africahttp://vevo.ly/62ouQT

07/02/2020

What is your favorite all time film score? - check the link in the bio!

06/10/2020

In 1969, Quincy Jones and his songwriting partner, Bob Russell, became the first African-Americans to be nominated for the Oscar for best original song. He composed the scores for many films, including In Cold Blood, The Italian Job and The Color Purple, which was nominated for best original score. In total, he has been nominated for seven Oscars. He also has been credited as a producer on more than 40 films, including Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Color Purple, and he worked with Michael Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra as a music producer.
Check out the Vulture interview in our bio! @ Los Angeles, California

05/26/2020

Today we feature the immensely talented Berklee composer Jonathan Bailey Holland.
Born in 1974, Flint, MI Jonathan was influenced early on by his grandfather’s baby grand piano and his father’s record collection, which contained everything from Miles Davis to Bootsy Collins, G. F. Handel, Sergio Mendes, Michael Jackson, Kenny Rogers, and more. Holland draws inspiration from classical, jazz, hip-hop, and other musical genres, as well as from visual art, architecture, poetry, dramatic works, and contemporary events. Early studies of piano, trumpet, tuba, and double-bass led him to Interlochen Arts Academy, where he discovered music composition. He continued his studies with Ned Rorem at Curtis Institute of Music, and Bernard Rands and Mario Davidovsky at Harvard University, in addition to studies with Andrew Imbrie, Yehudi Wyner, and Robert Sirota. He is currently Chair of Composition, Contemporary Music, and Core Studies at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and was formerly Faculty Co-Chair of composition at Vermont College of Fine Arts. He has also served as faculty at the Berklee College of Music, and the Curtis Summerfest Program.
Holland has been commissioned by numerous orchestras, ensembles, and soloists. Recipient of the He served as the first ever Composer-in-Residence with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra during the 2018-19 season. His work Ode premiered in November, 2018 and his the fifth work for the orchestra, following the initial commission in 2003 of Halcyon Sun, written to celebrate the opening of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Holland has also been commissioned by the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, among others. Future collaborations and performances are scheduled by the Arx Duo, Buffalo Philharmonic, Concord Chorus, Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, and Eighth Blackbird, and more.
Check out his amazing story in our bio link: @ Berklee College of Music

05/14/2020

Rea all about Katrhyn Bostic breaking boundaries as the first African-American woman composer to join the academy!

Link in bio

05/04/2020

Sensational!

05/02/2020

Five-time Academy Award nominee Alexandre Desplat is one of the most coveted film composers in the world today. -
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Noted for his creative collaborations with top film makers including Wes Anderson, Stephen Daldry, Roman Polanski, George Clooney, David Yates and Nora Ephron, Desplat, who is French, first gained attention in the U.S. with his scores for Birth and The Girl with the Pearl Earring. #
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The Golden Globe winner then went on to set the sonic mood for an incredible litany of diverse films, among them The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The King’s Speech, Syriana, Julie and Julia, The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Argo, which won the Oscar for Best Picture last year. -
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Desplat’s current project is Philomena, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Judi Dench. BMI recently caught up with Desplat and obtained some insight about his work on the compelling film.
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Interview link in bio!
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04/28/2020

04/27/2020

At home with the legendary Hans Zimmer!
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