“City of Dreams,” an upcoming drama about a young Mexican boy who gets smuggled across the border, is lining up some heavy-hitting producers as Roadside Attractions looks to debut the film over Labor Day.
Sean Wolfington, the executive producer of “Sound of Freedom” and most recently “Cabrini”; Luis Fonsi, a five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer; and songwriter Linda Perry have joined the producing team for the film. It’s a group that also includes Oscar-nominated “Roma” star Yalitza Aparicio. In addition, Fonsi will record an original song for the film, which will be written by Perry. “City of Dreams,” which marks Mohit Ramchandani’s feature directorial debut, will open in theaters nationwide on Aug. 30.
The film looks at how the young man’s dreams of becoming a soccer star are shattered when he’s smuggled into the U.S. and sold to a sweatshop in downtown Los Angeles.
Sean Wolfington, the executive producer of “Sound of Freedom” and most recently “Cabrini”; Luis Fonsi, a five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer; and songwriter Linda Perry have joined the producing team for the film. It’s a group that also includes Oscar-nominated “Roma” star Yalitza Aparicio. In addition, Fonsi will record an original song for the film, which will be written by Perry. “City of Dreams,” which marks Mohit Ramchandani’s feature directorial debut, will open in theaters nationwide on Aug. 30.
The film looks at how the young man’s dreams of becoming a soccer star are shattered when he’s smuggled into the U.S. and sold to a sweatshop in downtown Los Angeles.
- 3/15/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Defined by dramatic melodies, instruments such as the Armenian duduk and other African percussions, and Lisa Gerrard's moving solo vocals, Hans Zimmer's score for Ridley Scott's "Gladiator has an emotional grandeur and old-world feeling that captures Maximus' yearning for his family and the high stakes of gladiatorial battle in Ancient Rome, as Kathryn Kalinak elaborates on Zimmer's varied uses of multicultural instruments in her book "Film Music: A Very Short Introduction." The beautiful score was nominated for an Academy Award and stands out as one of the most memorable elements of the epic action movie.
It was also the subject of a high-profile lawsuit.
In April 2006, the English composer Gustav Holst's estate and music publisher G. Schirmer Ltd. alleged that a segment from Zimmer's "The Battle" violates the copyright to the opening of Holst's "Mars, the Bringer of War" from "The Planets" (via Playbill). Holst...
It was also the subject of a high-profile lawsuit.
In April 2006, the English composer Gustav Holst's estate and music publisher G. Schirmer Ltd. alleged that a segment from Zimmer's "The Battle" violates the copyright to the opening of Holst's "Mars, the Bringer of War" from "The Planets" (via Playbill). Holst...
- 1/7/2024
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
Adam Driver in FerrariPhoto: Lorenzo Sisti/Neon
With Ferrari, director Michael Mann pops the hood and takes a look at the engine powering one man’s journey towards icon status during a tumultuous time. Through this titular, fallible protagonist, the audacious auteur explores many of his favorite recurring themes about the male identity,...
With Ferrari, director Michael Mann pops the hood and takes a look at the engine powering one man’s journey towards icon status during a tumultuous time. Through this titular, fallible protagonist, the audacious auteur explores many of his favorite recurring themes about the male identity,...
- 12/22/2023
- by Courtney Howard
- avclub.com
Synopsis
Black Hawk Down
From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (The Martian) and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbor) comes the gripping true story about bravery, camaraderie, and the complex reality of war.
Black Hawk Down stars an exceptional cast including Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, and Eric Bana. In 1993, an elite group of American Rangers and Delta Force soldiers are sent to Somalia on a critical mission to capture a violent warlord whose corrupt regime has led to the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Somalis. When the mission goes quickly and terribly wrong, the men find themselves outnumbered and literally fighting for their lives.
The Guns Of Navarone
Academy Award®-winners Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn star as a team of Allied military specialists recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued.
Black Hawk Down
From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (The Martian) and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbor) comes the gripping true story about bravery, camaraderie, and the complex reality of war.
Black Hawk Down stars an exceptional cast including Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, and Eric Bana. In 1993, an elite group of American Rangers and Delta Force soldiers are sent to Somalia on a critical mission to capture a violent warlord whose corrupt regime has led to the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Somalis. When the mission goes quickly and terribly wrong, the men find themselves outnumbered and literally fighting for their lives.
The Guns Of Navarone
Academy Award®-winners Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn star as a team of Allied military specialists recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued.
- 9/17/2023
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we usually talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. Today, however, we talk about Oscar movies (!), or better yet, movies that were snubbed of Oscar!
Conor and I welcome the wonderful Joe Reid & Chris Feil of the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast. An official podcast crossover! In today’s episode, we each choose an Oscar snub that still sticks in our craw, and use them as a jumping off point for the categories of that respective year.
We reference two great past Oscar Buzz eps (A Thousand Acres & Elizabethtown), the lasting influence of Lisa Gerrard, Dan’s favorite film performance, Joe’s love for Marcelo Zarvos’ brilliant score for The Door in the Floor, Chris’ admiration of the singular costume (and production) design in Down With Love,...
Conor and I welcome the wonderful Joe Reid & Chris Feil of the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast. An official podcast crossover! In today’s episode, we each choose an Oscar snub that still sticks in our craw, and use them as a jumping off point for the categories of that respective year.
We reference two great past Oscar Buzz eps (A Thousand Acres & Elizabethtown), the lasting influence of Lisa Gerrard, Dan’s favorite film performance, Joe’s love for Marcelo Zarvos’ brilliant score for The Door in the Floor, Chris’ admiration of the singular costume (and production) design in Down With Love,...
- 3/10/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer is set to release a new double album, “Hans Zimmer Live,” in 2023.
Sony Classical announced the news today as it previewed the first single(s), the three-part “Last Samurai Suite.”
Zimmer’s new album features reimagined arrangements of his most iconic pieces. Among those scores getting new treatments are “The Lion King,” “The Dark Knight,” “Dunkirk” “Gladiator” and “Inception.”
Zimmer recorded the album this past summer while on tour. The sessions were put together over 10 nights with his 20-piece band, “The Disruptive Collective.”
His band features frequent collaborators Lisa Gerrard (“Gladiator”), Lebo M. (“The Lion King”), Loire Cutler (“X Men: Dark Phoenix”), cellist Tina Guo (“Wonder Woman”) and Nick Glennie-Smith (musical director of the band). Zimmer plays multiple instruments on the album, which also features the Odessa Opera Orchestra and Choir.
He said, “I simply wanted to produce the best album. I wanted to create an...
Sony Classical announced the news today as it previewed the first single(s), the three-part “Last Samurai Suite.”
Zimmer’s new album features reimagined arrangements of his most iconic pieces. Among those scores getting new treatments are “The Lion King,” “The Dark Knight,” “Dunkirk” “Gladiator” and “Inception.”
Zimmer recorded the album this past summer while on tour. The sessions were put together over 10 nights with his 20-piece band, “The Disruptive Collective.”
His band features frequent collaborators Lisa Gerrard (“Gladiator”), Lebo M. (“The Lion King”), Loire Cutler (“X Men: Dark Phoenix”), cellist Tina Guo (“Wonder Woman”) and Nick Glennie-Smith (musical director of the band). Zimmer plays multiple instruments on the album, which also features the Odessa Opera Orchestra and Choir.
He said, “I simply wanted to produce the best album. I wanted to create an...
- 10/7/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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The Gersh Agency and The Cartel have signed writer-director Mohit “Mo” Ramchandani, who recently directed the indie feature Bonded.
Born in Mumbai, India and raised in London, Ramchandani initially worked as a film producer on projects that starred Paul Rudd, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Dornan, Luke Wilson and Tim Roth, among others.
He also directed the short film Devil’s Creek before helming Bonded, which stars Alfredo Castro, Paulina Gaitan, Francisco Denis and Diego Calva (Babylon).
The film follows a young Mexican teenager who is enslaved, beaten and forced to work in the squalor of a sweatshop with other illegal immigrants after being brought to the U.S. as part of a premier soccer camp. Bonded is based on true events that took place in and around Los Angeles sweatshops.
The film has a score by Oscar-nominated composer Lisa Gerrard and cinematography by Alejandro Chávez...
The Gersh Agency and The Cartel have signed writer-director Mohit “Mo” Ramchandani, who recently directed the indie feature Bonded.
Born in Mumbai, India and raised in London, Ramchandani initially worked as a film producer on projects that starred Paul Rudd, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Dornan, Luke Wilson and Tim Roth, among others.
He also directed the short film Devil’s Creek before helming Bonded, which stars Alfredo Castro, Paulina Gaitan, Francisco Denis and Diego Calva (Babylon).
The film follows a young Mexican teenager who is enslaved, beaten and forced to work in the squalor of a sweatshop with other illegal immigrants after being brought to the U.S. as part of a premier soccer camp. Bonded is based on true events that took place in and around Los Angeles sweatshops.
The film has a score by Oscar-nominated composer Lisa Gerrard and cinematography by Alejandro Chávez...
- 10/3/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For composer Hans Zimmer, scoring “Dune” was a dream come true. He read Frank Herbert’s massive sci-fi novel when he was 18 and has revisited it often, imagining the sounds of the desert planet Arrakis, the sandworms and the invaluable spice that makes interstellar travel possible.
“The first person I talked to was Hans,” director Denis Villeneuve reports. The two were finishing work on 2017’s “Blade Runner 2049” at the time, and the composer became “obsessed with the idea of trying to create music from another world, from another time.”
Nothing in the 11-time Oscar nominee’s 37-year, 140-film career sounds like “Dune.” Eerie, ominous and dramatic, it is a unique mix of choral, world-music, rock and electronic sounds created by friends and colleagues on three continents.
“It sounds great until you realize you’re the one who has to deal with all the different time zones,” quips the composer.
“The first person I talked to was Hans,” director Denis Villeneuve reports. The two were finishing work on 2017’s “Blade Runner 2049” at the time, and the composer became “obsessed with the idea of trying to create music from another world, from another time.”
Nothing in the 11-time Oscar nominee’s 37-year, 140-film career sounds like “Dune.” Eerie, ominous and dramatic, it is a unique mix of choral, world-music, rock and electronic sounds created by friends and colleagues on three continents.
“It sounds great until you realize you’re the one who has to deal with all the different time zones,” quips the composer.
- 10/21/2021
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
‘Dune’: How Composer Hans Zimmer Invented a Retro-Future Musical Sound for the Arrakis Desert Planet
Director Denis Villeneuve wasn’t alone in fulfilling a teenage dream to make “Dune.” Composer Hans Zimmer satisfied his own fantasy by composing an otherworldly score inspired by Frank Herbert’s hallucinatory 1965 sci-fi adventure novel. In fact, the Oscar-winning Zimmer (“The Lion King”), who has also amassed 10 nominations, could very well win his second award for this musical masterpiece: an experimental retro-future invention of instruments and sounds to convey the beauty and danger of the Arrakis desert planet — from the rhythm of the wind pushing the sand between the rocks to the pounding percussion of the monstrous sandworms.
“We both read it as teenagers, but we didn’t make the movie with hindsight of age and wisdom,” Zimmer said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “As soon as we started, we were transported back in time … and I did music with the recklessness and craziness that only a teenager has.
“We both read it as teenagers, but we didn’t make the movie with hindsight of age and wisdom,” Zimmer said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “As soon as we started, we were transported back in time … and I did music with the recklessness and craziness that only a teenager has.
- 10/20/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“1917” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” were the big winners at the 2020 Golden Globes. The Sam Mendes-directed World War I drama took home big wins for Best Picture Drama and Best Director, while Tarantino’s beloved “Hollywood” dominated all films with three wins: Best Picture Comedy, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Brad Pitt. But Todd Phillips’ controversial comic book film “Joker” also had a major awards night, nabbing two prizes for Best Actor Drama and Best Original Score. The film’s Globes total was greater than other heavy-hitters like “Marriage Story” (one win for Laura Dern amid a ceremony-topping six nominations) and “The Irishman” (shut out amid five nominations).
With two wins, “Joker” is now the most awarded comic book film in Golden Globes history. Joaquin Phoenix’s acting win is the second time a performer has won a Globe for playing the Joker. Heath Ledger...
With two wins, “Joker” is now the most awarded comic book film in Golden Globes history. Joaquin Phoenix’s acting win is the second time a performer has won a Globe for playing the Joker. Heath Ledger...
- 1/6/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Updated with video of speech: When Joker composer Hildur Guðnadóttir won the award for Best Original Score at the 77th Golden Globe Awards on Sunday the victory had a historic backbeat that went beyond her haunting themes. The Icelandic native was only the second woman to ever win the award and becomes the first solo female winner in the history of the category. The best original score award was introduced as a Golden Globes category in 1947.
The composer and cellist was at a loss for words as the she accepted the trophy on Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton. “This is truly — I’m speechless,” Guðnadóttir said as she hefted the gleaming award.
Previously in the best original score category, Australian composer Lisa Gerrard shared the award with Hans Zimmer for their work on Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000). Guðnadóttir’s win on Sunday came against distinguished competition, too, with this...
The composer and cellist was at a loss for words as the she accepted the trophy on Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton. “This is truly — I’m speechless,” Guðnadóttir said as she hefted the gleaming award.
Previously in the best original score category, Australian composer Lisa Gerrard shared the award with Hans Zimmer for their work on Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000). Guðnadóttir’s win on Sunday came against distinguished competition, too, with this...
- 1/6/2020
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
On Sunday night, Iceland native Hildur Gudnadottir became the first solo woman to ever win Golden Globe for her original score for “Joker.” The last female to win was in 2001, when Lisa Gerrard shared the honor with Hans Zimmer for “Gladiator.”
Gerrard was also co-nominated for a Globe previously for 1999’s “The Insider” and 2001’s “Ali.” The last woman up for the prize was Karen O alongside Carter Burwell for “Where the Wild Things Are.”
The first female nominee was Marilyn Bergman, who shared writing duties with husband Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand for the score for 1983’s “Yentl,” a musical based directed by and starring Barbra Streisand as a Jewish woman who lives and dresses as a man so she can study Talmudic Law.
SEEHildur Guonadottir (‘Joker’ composer) on how music helped Joaquin Phoenix find his inner madman [Exclusive Video Interview]
Hildur, 37, already has amassed quite a resume of film and TV work.
Gerrard was also co-nominated for a Globe previously for 1999’s “The Insider” and 2001’s “Ali.” The last woman up for the prize was Karen O alongside Carter Burwell for “Where the Wild Things Are.”
The first female nominee was Marilyn Bergman, who shared writing duties with husband Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand for the score for 1983’s “Yentl,” a musical based directed by and starring Barbra Streisand as a Jewish woman who lives and dresses as a man so she can study Talmudic Law.
SEEHildur Guonadottir (‘Joker’ composer) on how music helped Joaquin Phoenix find his inner madman [Exclusive Video Interview]
Hildur, 37, already has amassed quite a resume of film and TV work.
- 1/6/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Hildur Guðnadóttir won the Golden Globe for best original film score for her work on “Joker” — the first woman to do so as a solo composer in the history of the Globes.
The only woman to share in the honor previously was Lisa Gerrard, a co-winner with Hans Zimmer in 2000 for “Gladiator.” The last woman to be nominated was Karen O, who shared a nod with Carter Burwell in 2009 for “Where the Wild Things Are.”
Guðnadóttir is breaking the logjams in scoring awards and nominations at other awards shows in a big way, too. She recently won an Emmy for scoring “Chernobyl,” a TV assignment that currently has her up for a Grammy as well. She’s expected to be a shoo-in for at least a nomination for “Joker” at the upcoming Academy Awards.
Guðnadóttir is nominated for “Joker” and “Chernobyl” at the Society of Composers and Lyricists’ awards, happening...
The only woman to share in the honor previously was Lisa Gerrard, a co-winner with Hans Zimmer in 2000 for “Gladiator.” The last woman to be nominated was Karen O, who shared a nod with Carter Burwell in 2009 for “Where the Wild Things Are.”
Guðnadóttir is breaking the logjams in scoring awards and nominations at other awards shows in a big way, too. She recently won an Emmy for scoring “Chernobyl,” a TV assignment that currently has her up for a Grammy as well. She’s expected to be a shoo-in for at least a nomination for “Joker” at the upcoming Academy Awards.
Guðnadóttir is nominated for “Joker” and “Chernobyl” at the Society of Composers and Lyricists’ awards, happening...
- 1/6/2020
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
While the Golden Globes logs in another year without a female directing nominee, it did break a brought in another male-dominated category. “Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir received a nomination for Best Original Score, becoming the first woman in 10 years to be shortlisted in the category. Should she win, she’d be the category’s first solo female winner ever.
Guðnadóttir is only the eighth female nominee and just the third to be nominated by herself after Jocelyn Pook (1999’s “Eyes Wide Shut”) and Rachel Portman (2000’s “Chocolat”). All the others had co-composers, including Lisa Gerrard, the only woman to have multiple bids and the only female winner so far, having shared her “Gladiator” (2000) victory with Hans Zimmer.
Though Best Original Score was added at the 5th Golden Globe Awards in 1948, the category didn’t see its first female nominee until Marilyn Bergman was nominated with her partner and husband Alan...
Guðnadóttir is only the eighth female nominee and just the third to be nominated by herself after Jocelyn Pook (1999’s “Eyes Wide Shut”) and Rachel Portman (2000’s “Chocolat”). All the others had co-composers, including Lisa Gerrard, the only woman to have multiple bids and the only female winner so far, having shared her “Gladiator” (2000) victory with Hans Zimmer.
Though Best Original Score was added at the 5th Golden Globe Awards in 1948, the category didn’t see its first female nominee until Marilyn Bergman was nominated with her partner and husband Alan...
- 12/16/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Dead Can Dance will tour North and South America on a Spring trek dubbed “A Celebration – Life & Works 1980-2020.”
A U.S./Canada leg launches April 17th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and wraps May 11th in San Diego, California. A brief run of Mexico, Columbia, Peru and Chile continues through late May.
Tickets go on sale starting Friday, October 11th at 10 a.m. Et. Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel will join the band on the North American dates and one show in Mexico City.
The experimental Australian act, featuring principal members Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry,...
A U.S./Canada leg launches April 17th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and wraps May 11th in San Diego, California. A brief run of Mexico, Columbia, Peru and Chile continues through late May.
Tickets go on sale starting Friday, October 11th at 10 a.m. Et. Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel will join the band on the North American dates and one show in Mexico City.
The experimental Australian act, featuring principal members Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry,...
- 10/8/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Six years after their brilliant reunion album, Anastasis, Dead Can Dance return with their headiest work to date: a two-act, LP-length meditation on the Greek god of pleasure. This record skews more toward Brendan Perry’s side of the duo, with Lisa Gerrard contributing only the female responses to his music, but it never feels like a Perry solo record. As with all Dead Can Dance records, it’s like an anthropological encyclopedia without any words: orchestral strings play obtuse melodies that split the difference between traditional Mediterranean and Middle Eastern music,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Connolly.
Writer, director and producer Robert Connolly will receive the 2018 Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award at the Screen Music Awards later this month.
Musical director Jessica Wells will be joined by musicians Jared Underwood, Damian de Boos Smith, Julian Langdon and special guest bass player Jonathan Zwartz to pay musical tribute to Connolly on the night.
The Distinguished Services award is selected by the Apra board of directors. Over his career, Connolly has showcased the works of composers such as Lisa Gerrard, Alan John, Bryony Marks, Nigel Westlake, François Tétaz and Evelyn Ida Morris in his film and television projects.
Connolly said: “I remain in awe of the creative insight and impact that composers have contributed to the film and television productions I have worked on. So many times the profound emotional and narrative elements that have eluded me as a filmmaker have been so much more clearly explored by the composer.
Writer, director and producer Robert Connolly will receive the 2018 Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award at the Screen Music Awards later this month.
Musical director Jessica Wells will be joined by musicians Jared Underwood, Damian de Boos Smith, Julian Langdon and special guest bass player Jonathan Zwartz to pay musical tribute to Connolly on the night.
The Distinguished Services award is selected by the Apra board of directors. Over his career, Connolly has showcased the works of composers such as Lisa Gerrard, Alan John, Bryony Marks, Nigel Westlake, François Tétaz and Evelyn Ida Morris in his film and television projects.
Connolly said: “I remain in awe of the creative insight and impact that composers have contributed to the film and television productions I have worked on. So many times the profound emotional and narrative elements that have eluded me as a filmmaker have been so much more clearly explored by the composer.
- 11/1/2018
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
When you think of modern film composers, there are some pretty big names associated with the title: John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat and Michael Giacchino, are just a few of the famous artists who come to mind. Sadly, there aren’t that many well-known female composers aside from a few like Rachel Portman, perhaps Lisa Gerrard and more recently, Mica Levi.
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- 6/16/2018
- by Julia Teti
- The Playlist
Prepare to once again be entertained! On Wednesday night in Rome, Russell Crowe, Connie Nielsen, Tomas Arana and other members of the cast of Gladiator had a mini-reunion at an 18th anniversary charity screening of the 2000 multi-Oscar-winning film, with the Colosseum serving as a magnificent backdrop. The event also served as a fundraiser for Rotary's End Polio campaign. The screening featured a live orchestra playing Hans Zimmer's Gladiator score, and singer Lisa Gerrard, co-writer of the movie's soundtrack. "Tonight, I will be watching Gladiator for the first time since it premiered," Crowe, who won an Oscar for his main role...
- 6/7/2018
- E! Online
Rome hosted a very special screening for the 18th anniversary of Ridley Scott's Gladiator on Wednesday evening for 350 lucky guests. Castmembers Russell Crowe, Connie Nielsen and Tomas Arana reunited to present the film under the stars with the Colosseum as its backdrop.
A live orchestra played the famous Hans Zimmer score with vocals performed by Lisa Gerrard, co-writer of the Gladiator soundtrack.
The event was a fundraiser for Rotary's End Polio Now initiative in partnership with CineConcerts, Forum Music Village, and the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo. Guests included Rotary members, Italian officials and Gladiator fans who purchased tickets to ...
A live orchestra played the famous Hans Zimmer score with vocals performed by Lisa Gerrard, co-writer of the Gladiator soundtrack.
The event was a fundraiser for Rotary's End Polio Now initiative in partnership with CineConcerts, Forum Music Village, and the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo. Guests included Rotary members, Italian officials and Gladiator fans who purchased tickets to ...
Rome hosted a very special screening for the 18th anniversary of Ridley Scott's Gladiator on Wednesday evening for 350 lucky guests. Castmembers Russell Crowe, Connie Nielsen and Tomas Arana reunited to present the film under the stars with the Colosseum as its backdrop.
A live orchestra played the famous Hans Zimmer score with vocals performed by Lisa Gerrard, co-writer of the Gladiator soundtrack.
The event was a fundraiser for Rotary's End Polio Now initiative in partnership with CineConcerts, Forum Music Village, and the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo. Guests included Rotary members, Italian officials and Gladiator fans who purchased tickets to ...
A live orchestra played the famous Hans Zimmer score with vocals performed by Lisa Gerrard, co-writer of the Gladiator soundtrack.
The event was a fundraiser for Rotary's End Polio Now initiative in partnership with CineConcerts, Forum Music Village, and the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo. Guests included Rotary members, Italian officials and Gladiator fans who purchased tickets to ...
Over 100 well-known names – including writers, actors, directors and musicians – have signed a pledge supporting Lorde's decision not to perform in Israel.
The statement was published in The Guardian following backlash over the Kiwi singer’s cancellation of her concert in Tel Aviv. It is a direct response to a full page ad published in the Washington Post on January 1 which called Lorde a bigot and also attacked her homeland of New Zealand.
“We deplore the bullying tactics being used to defend injustice against Palestinians and to suppress an artist’s freedom of conscience. We support Lorde’s right to take a stand,” reads the letter in The Guardian. "Shmuley Boteach, the author and promoter of the advert, supports Israel’s illegal settlements and wrote last month on Breitbart to thank Donald Trump for “electrifying the world” with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in defiance of international law.
The statement was published in The Guardian following backlash over the Kiwi singer’s cancellation of her concert in Tel Aviv. It is a direct response to a full page ad published in the Washington Post on January 1 which called Lorde a bigot and also attacked her homeland of New Zealand.
“We deplore the bullying tactics being used to defend injustice against Palestinians and to suppress an artist’s freedom of conscience. We support Lorde’s right to take a stand,” reads the letter in The Guardian. "Shmuley Boteach, the author and promoter of the advert, supports Israel’s illegal settlements and wrote last month on Breitbart to thank Donald Trump for “electrifying the world” with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in defiance of international law.
- 1/8/2018
- Look to the Stars
In an age where special effects reign supreme, there’s one aspect of the filmmaking process that hasn’t gone through a radical transformation — music. Some of the best movies in any given year would be sorely lacking without their memorable scores, and this has remained true well into the first two decades of the 21st century.
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Film composers play an integral part in the filmmaking process, and there are a handful whose bodies of work stand out in recent years. Of course, this list of 12 major composers only begins to scratch the surface of the talent out there. There are plenty of other worthy contributors to the medium who didn’t make the cut — Danny Elfman and John Williams, we’re looking at you — but rest assured that this top dozen represent the cream of the crop.
Hans Zimmer...
Read More‘Logan’ Composer Marco Beltrami on R-Rated Wolverine Minimalist Score
Film composers play an integral part in the filmmaking process, and there are a handful whose bodies of work stand out in recent years. Of course, this list of 12 major composers only begins to scratch the surface of the talent out there. There are plenty of other worthy contributors to the medium who didn’t make the cut — Danny Elfman and John Williams, we’re looking at you — but rest assured that this top dozen represent the cream of the crop.
Hans Zimmer...
- 8/7/2017
- by Gabrielle Kiss
- Indiewire
'Lion' director Garth Davis is among the Aussie invited to join AMPAS.
Joel Edgerton, Chris Hemsworth, Margot Robbie, Rebel Wilson, Garth Davis, Cate Shortland, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Eva Orner are among more than two dozen Australians who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Tanna.s Martin Butler and Bentley Dean, writers John Collee (Tanna, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) and Luke Davies (Lion), film editors Alexandre de Franceschi (Lion) and Tania Michel Nehme (Tanna), make-up artists and hairstylists Shane Thomas (The Dressmaker, Hacksaw Ridge), Rick Findlater (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), and Kerry Warn (The Great Gatsby) are also admitted into the Oscars body.
Other Aussie invitees include designer Beverley Dunn (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), sound designers Peter Grace (Hacksaw Ridge), Robert Mackenzie (Hacksaw Ridge) Guntis Sics (Kong: Skull Island) and...
Joel Edgerton, Chris Hemsworth, Margot Robbie, Rebel Wilson, Garth Davis, Cate Shortland, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Eva Orner are among more than two dozen Australians who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Tanna.s Martin Butler and Bentley Dean, writers John Collee (Tanna, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) and Luke Davies (Lion), film editors Alexandre de Franceschi (Lion) and Tania Michel Nehme (Tanna), make-up artists and hairstylists Shane Thomas (The Dressmaker, Hacksaw Ridge), Rick Findlater (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), and Kerry Warn (The Great Gatsby) are also admitted into the Oscars body.
Other Aussie invitees include designer Beverley Dunn (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), sound designers Peter Grace (Hacksaw Ridge), Robert Mackenzie (Hacksaw Ridge) Guntis Sics (Kong: Skull Island) and...
- 6/29/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
'2.22'..
Director Paul Currie.s 2.22, a romantic thriller starring Teresa Palmer, Game of Thrones. Michiel Huisman and Sam Reid, launches in Italy, the Middle East and a bunch of Asian markets on Thursday, followed by the Us on Friday.
Italy will be the widest release as distributor Notorious Pictures has booked 600 screens for the saga of Huisman.s Dylan, an air traffic controller in New York who nearly causes a fatal mid- air collision at the stroke of 2:22.
In the Us the film will get a limited theatrical release combined with premium VOD via Magnolia Pictures. The UK and France are the only major territories as yet unsold.
After arranging test screenings in Los Angeles Currie, who co-wrote the screenplay with American Todd Stein, told If, .We know the film plays well with date audiences. It is a commercial romantic thriller with a recurring theme of love through time.
Director Paul Currie.s 2.22, a romantic thriller starring Teresa Palmer, Game of Thrones. Michiel Huisman and Sam Reid, launches in Italy, the Middle East and a bunch of Asian markets on Thursday, followed by the Us on Friday.
Italy will be the widest release as distributor Notorious Pictures has booked 600 screens for the saga of Huisman.s Dylan, an air traffic controller in New York who nearly causes a fatal mid- air collision at the stroke of 2:22.
In the Us the film will get a limited theatrical release combined with premium VOD via Magnolia Pictures. The UK and France are the only major territories as yet unsold.
After arranging test screenings in Los Angeles Currie, who co-wrote the screenplay with American Todd Stein, told If, .We know the film plays well with date audiences. It is a commercial romantic thriller with a recurring theme of love through time.
- 6/28/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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Diverse, awe-inspiring and memorable treasures that have sadly fallen off the radar
The noughties were a tough decade for film music fans. Not only was there the unprecedented loss of four great masters in the form of Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Michael Kamen and Basil Poledouris; the nature of the industry itself began to go through some seismic changes, not all of them for the better.
With the art of film scoring becoming ever more processed, driven increasingly by ghost writers, electronic augmentation and temp tracks, prospects looked bleak. However, this shouldn’t shield the fact that there were some blindingly brilliant scores composed during this period. Here’s but a small sampling of them.
25. The Departed (Howard Shore, 2006)
When it came to the sound of his Oscar-winning crime thriller, director Martin Scorsese hit on the inspired notion of having composer Howard Shore base it around a tango,...
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Diverse, awe-inspiring and memorable treasures that have sadly fallen off the radar
The noughties were a tough decade for film music fans. Not only was there the unprecedented loss of four great masters in the form of Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Michael Kamen and Basil Poledouris; the nature of the industry itself began to go through some seismic changes, not all of them for the better.
With the art of film scoring becoming ever more processed, driven increasingly by ghost writers, electronic augmentation and temp tracks, prospects looked bleak. However, this shouldn’t shield the fact that there were some blindingly brilliant scores composed during this period. Here’s but a small sampling of them.
25. The Departed (Howard Shore, 2006)
When it came to the sound of his Oscar-winning crime thriller, director Martin Scorsese hit on the inspired notion of having composer Howard Shore base it around a tango,...
- 3/3/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
The phrase “first Iranian vampire western” will follow A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, and its director Anna Lily Amirpour, until the end of cinema itself. A year and a half after it glided sexily into Sundance, the movie has made waves for its genre play, for Sheila Vand’s already iconic vampire look, and for its incredible, eclectic soundtrack. The movie has been in vogue ever since, even though there appears to be little beneath its chador-clad exterior to chew upon. Part of the explanation is never mentioned in its buzzy tagline, but most of the attraction is really down to its story of misfit rebellion, a James Dean tale with a Donnie Darko-esque soundtrack, by way of Iran.
There are, as is frequently mentioned, a lot of similarities with Jim Jarmusch’s earlier movies Stranger Than Paradise or Down By Law. This extends beyond the black-and-white shots of urban tedium,...
There are, as is frequently mentioned, a lot of similarities with Jim Jarmusch’s earlier movies Stranger Than Paradise or Down By Law. This extends beyond the black-and-white shots of urban tedium,...
- 7/23/2015
- by Liam Ball
- SoundOnSight
The King of Havana
Director: Agusti Villaronga // Writer: Agusti Villaronga
Spanish director Agusti Villaronga is most infamously known for his delightfully perverse 1986 art-house shocker In a Glass Cage, which starred Gunter Meisner and Marisa Paredes, concerning a former Nazi doctor left paralyzed and confined within an iron lung after a suicide attempt. Circumstances allow him to insist that his wife hires a young boy to care for him rather than a nurse, and we learn that the good doctor is a pedophile that enjoys putting the fear of death into young men. Villaronga followed that up with 1987’s Moon Child, another strange and obscure film, starring Lisa Gerrard and featuring music from her famed group Dead Can Dance. On the art-house periphery generally due to queer themes and motifs, including with 2000’s The Sea, his last feature, 2010’s Black Bread, was ushered forth as the Best Foreign Language submission for...
Director: Agusti Villaronga // Writer: Agusti Villaronga
Spanish director Agusti Villaronga is most infamously known for his delightfully perverse 1986 art-house shocker In a Glass Cage, which starred Gunter Meisner and Marisa Paredes, concerning a former Nazi doctor left paralyzed and confined within an iron lung after a suicide attempt. Circumstances allow him to insist that his wife hires a young boy to care for him rather than a nurse, and we learn that the good doctor is a pedophile that enjoys putting the fear of death into young men. Villaronga followed that up with 1987’s Moon Child, another strange and obscure film, starring Lisa Gerrard and featuring music from her famed group Dead Can Dance. On the art-house periphery generally due to queer themes and motifs, including with 2000’s The Sea, his last feature, 2010’s Black Bread, was ushered forth as the Best Foreign Language submission for...
- 1/8/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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Since there have been films, there have been film scores. Even at in the very beginning, pianists had to improvise music on the spot for silent films when otherwise there would just be the shuffling of the audience. Now film composing has become an art form, with iconic cinematic melodies cementing themselves as an important part of pop culture.
Scores are in a genre of their own. They can be said to be somewhere between classical music with their optional orchestras, and pop music with their accessibility. A lot is at stake for a good film score, they can be so subtle that it’s a tedious drone or they can be so overbearing that the film suffers from it entirely.
Some scores don’t even need the film beside them to work as many people listen to them separately. Therapeutic scores help us relax and exciting scores pump us up.
Since there have been films, there have been film scores. Even at in the very beginning, pianists had to improvise music on the spot for silent films when otherwise there would just be the shuffling of the audience. Now film composing has become an art form, with iconic cinematic melodies cementing themselves as an important part of pop culture.
Scores are in a genre of their own. They can be said to be somewhere between classical music with their optional orchestras, and pop music with their accessibility. A lot is at stake for a good film score, they can be so subtle that it’s a tedious drone or they can be so overbearing that the film suffers from it entirely.
Some scores don’t even need the film beside them to work as many people listen to them separately. Therapeutic scores help us relax and exciting scores pump us up.
- 9/3/2014
- by Jack Moulton
- Obsessed with Film
We've banged on in the past about how 'silent film' was never really silent. But when we finally cracked the challenge of joining sound and pictures, live accompaniment naturally fell by the wayside.
It's made something of a niche comeback for revivals of silent movies - from the Pet Shop Boys doing Battleship Potemkin to Minima taking on Nosferatu - and in recent years there's also been an increasing amount of live accompaniment to the talkies.
Asian Dub Foundation made a splash with their 2001 live score for La Haine and the Royal Albert Hall has become the venue of choice for full orchestral concerts alongside a screening. There can be few better examples of how wonderfully this can work than Gladiator, Ridley Scott's 2000 epic.
We're not here to review the film. You know the (ahem) score. But to quickly summarise: They don't make 'em like they used to, except...
It's made something of a niche comeback for revivals of silent movies - from the Pet Shop Boys doing Battleship Potemkin to Minima taking on Nosferatu - and in recent years there's also been an increasing amount of live accompaniment to the talkies.
Asian Dub Foundation made a splash with their 2001 live score for La Haine and the Royal Albert Hall has become the venue of choice for full orchestral concerts alongside a screening. There can be few better examples of how wonderfully this can work than Gladiator, Ridley Scott's 2000 epic.
We're not here to review the film. You know the (ahem) score. But to quickly summarise: They don't make 'em like they used to, except...
- 5/29/2014
- Digital Spy
One of the most memorable aspects about Ridley Scott's Gladiator, outside the bloody battles, awesome speeches, and tremendous performances was the amazing score by Hans Zimmer and vocalist/musician Lisa Gerrard. Although Zimmer was already well-established as one of the best composers working in Hollywood at the time, Gladiator nudged him up even more and has since inspired a multitude of scores that have attempted to mimic the style of the now-classic soundtrack. In honor of the...
- 3/26/2014
- by Paul Shirey
- JoBlo.com
From 12 Years a Slave to the Dark Knight trilogy, Zimmer has composed some memorable movie music. We pick a selection of his finest moments
Hans Zimmer is responsible for some corking soundtracks. The musical gems the German maestro has composed include the extraordinarily 80s Rain Man theme, complete with Ultravox-ish beats and what can only be described as pan pipe sounds. Then there's the jazzy little number he did for Driving Miss Daisy, the haunting score he composed for Black Hawk Down, and, most recently, the mournful soundtrack to 12 Years A Slave.
Plus, it might be from the telly, but let's not forget the Going for Gold theme song – hey, "it paid the rent!"
Following the news that Zimmer is launching a Soundcloud contest to unearth new composing talent in tandem with colleague Russell Emanuel, we've picked out what we reckon are his top five soundtracks. He's written music for more than 100 films,...
Hans Zimmer is responsible for some corking soundtracks. The musical gems the German maestro has composed include the extraordinarily 80s Rain Man theme, complete with Ultravox-ish beats and what can only be described as pan pipe sounds. Then there's the jazzy little number he did for Driving Miss Daisy, the haunting score he composed for Black Hawk Down, and, most recently, the mournful soundtrack to 12 Years A Slave.
Plus, it might be from the telly, but let's not forget the Going for Gold theme song – hey, "it paid the rent!"
Following the news that Zimmer is launching a Soundcloud contest to unearth new composing talent in tandem with colleague Russell Emanuel, we've picked out what we reckon are his top five soundtracks. He's written music for more than 100 films,...
- 1/22/2014
- by Ellie Violet Bramley
- The Guardian - Film News
My alienation from current pop is almost complete; the only 2013 Top 40 material I enjoyed enough to play repeatedly was Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, from an album released in 2012. So I am officially a cranky old fart. But there are more and more of us, and maybe fellow COFs will find this list useful. By the way, crossing that border of alienation made me think more than ever that saying my lists are of the "best" albums is nearly absurd, hence the new headline.
1. Wire: Change Becomes Us (Pink Flag)
This is my favorite Wire of this century thanks to more emphasis on Colin Newman's brooding. When allied to their chugging motorik beats, it's irresistible to me. There are still some uptempo burners that recall their beginnings in punk, and some more whimsical though still musically solid songs, but it's Newman's dark musings that made me play this repeatedly.
2. Kitchens of...
1. Wire: Change Becomes Us (Pink Flag)
This is my favorite Wire of this century thanks to more emphasis on Colin Newman's brooding. When allied to their chugging motorik beats, it's irresistible to me. There are still some uptempo burners that recall their beginnings in punk, and some more whimsical though still musically solid songs, but it's Newman's dark musings that made me play this repeatedly.
2. Kitchens of...
- 1/1/2014
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Hans Zimmer's roaring orchestral scores have provided the soundtrack to countless Hollywood hits over the past 25 years, and the German-born composer returns to our eardrums this week with the release of The Lone Ranger.
His take on the classic William Tell Overture is perhaps the best thing in the movie and worth the price of admission alone (did you know he also redid themes from Thunderbirds and The Simpsons?)
Digital Spy celebrates the ubiquitous Zimmer's honking great film scores with 10 of his best below...
True Romance (1993)
Tony Scott's lovers on the lam picture featured a razor-sharp script from then-newcomer Quentin Tarantino and Zimmer's 'You're So Cool', his version of Badlands's Carl Orff theme 'Gassenhauer'.
The Lion King (1994)
Elton John and Tim Rice provided songs and lyrics for Disney's sweeping epic, but it was Zimmer's music that helped stir the emotions for Simba's journey to the head of the pride.
His take on the classic William Tell Overture is perhaps the best thing in the movie and worth the price of admission alone (did you know he also redid themes from Thunderbirds and The Simpsons?)
Digital Spy celebrates the ubiquitous Zimmer's honking great film scores with 10 of his best below...
True Romance (1993)
Tony Scott's lovers on the lam picture featured a razor-sharp script from then-newcomer Quentin Tarantino and Zimmer's 'You're So Cool', his version of Badlands's Carl Orff theme 'Gassenhauer'.
The Lion King (1994)
Elton John and Tim Rice provided songs and lyrics for Disney's sweeping epic, but it was Zimmer's music that helped stir the emotions for Simba's journey to the head of the pride.
- 8/8/2013
- Digital Spy
Feature Ivan Radford 31 Jul 2013 - 06:22
The work of one of cinema's unsung talents, Shirley Walker, comes under the spotlight in this week's Music in Film...
When I started this soundtrack column, I knew I wanted to talk about some of the most overlooked people in the soundtrack industry: female composers.
Not dissimilar to directing, there are surprisingly few females compared to the number of men in the scoring field, but they’ve done some superb work. Les Mis wouldn’t have happened without Anne Dudley's additional music, Never Let Me Go’s gentle tragedy stemmed in a large part from Rachel Portman, while Lisa Gerrard co-wrote arguably the most influential score of modern times: Gladiator. Lisa won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for her work with Hans Zimmer. The Oscars, on the other hand, only nominated Hans.
But it’s impossible not to start with the one...
The work of one of cinema's unsung talents, Shirley Walker, comes under the spotlight in this week's Music in Film...
When I started this soundtrack column, I knew I wanted to talk about some of the most overlooked people in the soundtrack industry: female composers.
Not dissimilar to directing, there are surprisingly few females compared to the number of men in the scoring field, but they’ve done some superb work. Les Mis wouldn’t have happened without Anne Dudley's additional music, Never Let Me Go’s gentle tragedy stemmed in a large part from Rachel Portman, while Lisa Gerrard co-wrote arguably the most influential score of modern times: Gladiator. Lisa won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for her work with Hans Zimmer. The Oscars, on the other hand, only nominated Hans.
But it’s impossible not to start with the one...
- 7/31/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Sarah Simmons is less concerned about making a fortune on her music than she is with making a connection to her audience.
The Top 8 finisher on Season 4 of The Voice says she’s still marveling at the back-and-forth she has on Twitter with her newfound fans. “As much as they think I bless them, they bless me back sevenfold with their words of support and love and encouragement,” marvels Simmons. “The things that they say have brought me to tears, have made me laugh. You log on and see someone’s Tweeted ‘Puppies love you!’ That’s awesome.”
Related | The Voice...
The Top 8 finisher on Season 4 of The Voice says she’s still marveling at the back-and-forth she has on Twitter with her newfound fans. “As much as they think I bless them, they bless me back sevenfold with their words of support and love and encouragement,” marvels Simmons. “The things that they say have brought me to tears, have made me laugh. You log on and see someone’s Tweeted ‘Puppies love you!’ That’s awesome.”
Related | The Voice...
- 6/14/2013
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Coachella is finally here and all the stars are headed to Indio, CA for the music festival, including Joe Jonas! The Jo Bro tweeted this envy-worthy photo of where he’s staying during the festival!
Joe Jonas is back in Indio, CA for the second year in a row to attend the Coachella music festival!
On April 12, Joe tweeted a picture of his awesome pad for the weekend and wrote, “#coachella.”
Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson Also Attending Coachella
Joe isn’t the only star in Indio this weekend, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson will be there too! The music-filled weekend will top of a perfect birthday week for Kristen.
As we previously reported, a source told HollywoodLife.com exclusively, “[Rob and Kristen] have both been given tickets to Coachella.” The pair also plans to spend the weekend in a rented house where they will throw a huge bash to celebrate Kristen’s birthday!
Joe Jonas is back in Indio, CA for the second year in a row to attend the Coachella music festival!
On April 12, Joe tweeted a picture of his awesome pad for the weekend and wrote, “#coachella.”
Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson Also Attending Coachella
Joe isn’t the only star in Indio this weekend, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson will be there too! The music-filled weekend will top of a perfect birthday week for Kristen.
As we previously reported, a source told HollywoodLife.com exclusively, “[Rob and Kristen] have both been given tickets to Coachella.” The pair also plans to spend the weekend in a rented house where they will throw a huge bash to celebrate Kristen’s birthday!
- 4/13/2013
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
Are you excited about Coachella, yet for some reason, have no idea where it is, when it is, or who’s playing? Never fear, HollywoodLife.com is here you answer all your questions. Even the dumb ones!
Some of Hollywood’s hottest hipsters — along with the regular folk who actually care about music — are heading to the California desert this weekend for the start of the 14th annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. There will be good music, there will be bad outfits, and HollywoodLife.com has your complete breakdown of what to expect. (As well as where and when to expect it!)
Where Is The Coachella Music Festival Being Held?
As always, Coachella will go down at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., in the Inland Empire’s Coachella Valley
When Is Coachella 2013?
Coachella takes place over two weekends, from April 12 to 14, and from April 19 to 21.
What Is The 2013 Coachella Lineup?...
Some of Hollywood’s hottest hipsters — along with the regular folk who actually care about music — are heading to the California desert this weekend for the start of the 14th annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. There will be good music, there will be bad outfits, and HollywoodLife.com has your complete breakdown of what to expect. (As well as where and when to expect it!)
Where Is The Coachella Music Festival Being Held?
As always, Coachella will go down at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., in the Inland Empire’s Coachella Valley
When Is Coachella 2013?
Coachella takes place over two weekends, from April 12 to 14, and from April 19 to 21.
What Is The 2013 Coachella Lineup?...
- 4/12/2013
- by Andy Swift
- HollywoodLife
It sounds like either Hans Zimmer is bringing in Lisa Gerrard to help on the score for Man of Steel (6/14) just as the two collaborated on Gladiator and Black Hawk Down previously, or they are just using her song "Elegy" to help sell the film as it's certainly her vocals kicking off this new TV spot for the film that played during last night's Ncaa Championship game. A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind. Henry Cavill plays Superman in director Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel." The film also stars Amy Adams as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane,...
- 4/9/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Each Christmas and Easter season, History and other cablenets air a number of documentaries on various aspects of the Bible, usually featuring talking-head experts and iffy-looking dramatic re-creations.
Often these productions take a skeptical look at the historicity or accuracy or veracity of biblical accounts, as if the last thing in the world a documentary would want to be seen doing is taking anything in the Bible at face value.
But skepticism was the last thing on the minds of reality TV mogul Mark Burnett ("The Apprentice," "Survivor") and his wife, actress Roma Downey ("Touched by an Angel"), when they set out as executive producers of "The Bible," airing Sundays from March 3 to March 31, which is Easter Sunday this year.
Joined by their faith and a love for the sacred writings of Judaism and Christianity, they have spearheaded a 10-hour, five-part dramatic series that spans the Old and New Testaments,...
Often these productions take a skeptical look at the historicity or accuracy or veracity of biblical accounts, as if the last thing in the world a documentary would want to be seen doing is taking anything in the Bible at face value.
But skepticism was the last thing on the minds of reality TV mogul Mark Burnett ("The Apprentice," "Survivor") and his wife, actress Roma Downey ("Touched by an Angel"), when they set out as executive producers of "The Bible," airing Sundays from March 3 to March 31, which is Easter Sunday this year.
Joined by their faith and a love for the sacred writings of Judaism and Christianity, they have spearheaded a 10-hour, five-part dramatic series that spans the Old and New Testaments,...
- 3/3/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Adapting The Bible into a television miniseries that resonates with a fickle 2013 audience is a daunting task. But if anyone is up for it, it's Mark Burnett, the man behind mega-hits like "Survivor," "The Voice" and "The Apprentice," and his wife Roma Downey, star of the beloved series "Touched By An Angel."
The husband-and-wife duo teamed up to produce an epic, 10-hour miniseries simply called "The Bible." It debuts on History Television and The History Channel on Sunday, and will air in five two-hour chunks. As if that wasn't a big enough project (they've been working on it since 2009), they also decided to release a companion novelization of the series called "A Story of God and All of Us."
HuffPost TV caught up with Burnett to chat about the experience of bringing The Bible to life, including meetings with faith leaders, casting the role of Jesus and whether the intense...
The husband-and-wife duo teamed up to produce an epic, 10-hour miniseries simply called "The Bible." It debuts on History Television and The History Channel on Sunday, and will air in five two-hour chunks. As if that wasn't a big enough project (they've been working on it since 2009), they also decided to release a companion novelization of the series called "A Story of God and All of Us."
HuffPost TV caught up with Burnett to chat about the experience of bringing The Bible to life, including meetings with faith leaders, casting the role of Jesus and whether the intense...
- 3/1/2013
- by Annette Bourdeau
- Huffington Post
We're back again with the third chapter in our ongoing feature on vintage Italian cinema thrillers, and since we've previously covered titles from Lucio Fulci (Don't Torture a Duckling) and Mario Bava (A Bay of Blood), it's time we examined a film from the final member of the genre's “Big Three,” Dario Argento. While Argento's most beloved work is unquestionably the stunning 1977 horror classic Suspiria, which was set in a dreamlike supernatural world, he was previously most famous for his pioneering approach to the giallo genre, beginning with the stylish The Bird with the Crystal Plumage – the huge success of which earned him the nickname “The Italian Hitchcock,” a handle he didn't particularly care for at the time. After that film, audiences craved more thrillers with Dario's eccentric touch, leading to what is loosely described as his “Animal Trilogy,” in that all of the titles include the name of an...
- 2/23/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
The countdown has begun. Tickets for the 2013 Coachella Music Festival officially go on sale Tuesday, January 29 at 10 a.m. Pst on the Coachella website.
The festival will be broken up into two identical weekends like it was last year. Weekend 1 runs April 12-14 and Weekend 2 is April 19-21. While many took to the internet to complain about this year's lineup, there is no doubt that tickets will go fast on Tuesday. Last year's passes sold out online in less than two hours.
Click Here Or Scroll Down For The 2013 Lineup.
Weekend 1 General Admission passes already sold out in the advance sale, however, those who are still vying for Weekend 1 passes can purchase them Tuesday when tickets go on sale -- but must do so in either a car camping package or a shuttle pass package. General Admission Weekend 2 passes will be available Tuesday starting at 10 a.m. Pst.
This year...
The festival will be broken up into two identical weekends like it was last year. Weekend 1 runs April 12-14 and Weekend 2 is April 19-21. While many took to the internet to complain about this year's lineup, there is no doubt that tickets will go fast on Tuesday. Last year's passes sold out online in less than two hours.
Click Here Or Scroll Down For The 2013 Lineup.
Weekend 1 General Admission passes already sold out in the advance sale, however, those who are still vying for Weekend 1 passes can purchase them Tuesday when tickets go on sale -- but must do so in either a car camping package or a shuttle pass package. General Admission Weekend 2 passes will be available Tuesday starting at 10 a.m. Pst.
This year...
- 1/29/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Coachella is back for a 14th year, splitting the festival into two identical weekends for the second time to accomodate the huge crowd that is expected! The festival will kick off on April 12 and run through April 21 in Indio, California.
Coachella Music Festival released their official 2013 lineup in a tweet on Jan. 24. The headliners for each day are Blur, The Stone Roses, Phoenix. Plus, the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be the closing night act on April 14 and 21. Maybe Robert Pattinson will make an appearance this year as he did in 2012!
Coachella Full 2013 Lineup:
Friday, April 12 & 19
The Stone Roses, Blur, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse, Lou Reed, Jurassic 5, Grinderman, Bassnectar, Dog Blood, How to Destroy Angels, Passion Pit, Tegan and Sara, Band of Horses, Beach House, Metric, Local Natives, Of Monsters and Men, Infected Mushroom, Japandroids, Divine Fits, Stars, Johnny Marr, Luciano, Wolfgang Gartner, Nicky Romero, Modestep, Tommy Trash,...
Coachella Music Festival released their official 2013 lineup in a tweet on Jan. 24. The headliners for each day are Blur, The Stone Roses, Phoenix. Plus, the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be the closing night act on April 14 and 21. Maybe Robert Pattinson will make an appearance this year as he did in 2012!
Coachella Full 2013 Lineup:
Friday, April 12 & 19
The Stone Roses, Blur, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse, Lou Reed, Jurassic 5, Grinderman, Bassnectar, Dog Blood, How to Destroy Angels, Passion Pit, Tegan and Sara, Band of Horses, Beach House, Metric, Local Natives, Of Monsters and Men, Infected Mushroom, Japandroids, Divine Fits, Stars, Johnny Marr, Luciano, Wolfgang Gartner, Nicky Romero, Modestep, Tommy Trash,...
- 1/25/2013
- by Christopher Rogers
- HollywoodLife
Coachella Music Festival released their official 2013 lineup in a tweet on Thursday evening, and the headliners for each day are Blur, The Stone Roses, Phoenix and Red Hot Chili Peppers as the closing night act.
This will be Coachella's 14th hurrah and its second year of splitting the festival into two identical weekends in order to accomodate their vastly multiplying audience. Weekend 1 will take place April 12-14 and Weekend 2 will be April 19-21.
Festival passes for both weekends go on sale Tuesday, January 29th at 10Am Pst. Festival passes for Weekend 1 must be purchased with a shuttle pass or a car camping pass. New for 2013, the price you see is the price you pay — $349 for a Ga ticket and $799 for VIP. Prices reflect all fees included. Layaway is no longer an option for either weekend. Last year's tickets sold out online in under two hours.
Friday, April 12 & 19
Blur, The Stone Roses,...
This will be Coachella's 14th hurrah and its second year of splitting the festival into two identical weekends in order to accomodate their vastly multiplying audience. Weekend 1 will take place April 12-14 and Weekend 2 will be April 19-21.
Festival passes for both weekends go on sale Tuesday, January 29th at 10Am Pst. Festival passes for Weekend 1 must be purchased with a shuttle pass or a car camping pass. New for 2013, the price you see is the price you pay — $349 for a Ga ticket and $799 for VIP. Prices reflect all fees included. Layaway is no longer an option for either weekend. Last year's tickets sold out online in under two hours.
Friday, April 12 & 19
Blur, The Stone Roses,...
- 1/25/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Primavera Sound has announced the complete lineup for its 2013 festival, which takes place from May 22-26 in Parc Del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain.
In addition to previously announced headliners Blur, the festival features My Bloody Valentine, Phoenix, the Postal Service, the Knife, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Fiona Apple, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Tame Impala, Dinosaur Jr., Wu-Tang Clan, Band of Horses, Hot Chip, Swans, Deerhunter, Death Grips, the Breeders, James Blake, Crystal Castles, Neko Case, Wild Nothing, Nurse With Wound, Fucked Up, Jessie Ware, Solange, Dan Deacon, Camera Obscura, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Dead Can Dance, Christopher Owens, Do Make Say Think, Four Tet, the Sea and Cake, John Talabot, Killer Mike, Titus Andronicus, Shellac, Delorean, Menomena, Diiv, Local Natives, Disclosure, Bob Mould, Liars, Daniel Johnston, Woods, Mount Eerie, Meat Puppets, Thee Oh Sees, How to Dress Well, Neurosis, Metz, Daphni, Mac DeMarco, Matthew E.
In addition to previously announced headliners Blur, the festival features My Bloody Valentine, Phoenix, the Postal Service, the Knife, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Fiona Apple, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Tame Impala, Dinosaur Jr., Wu-Tang Clan, Band of Horses, Hot Chip, Swans, Deerhunter, Death Grips, the Breeders, James Blake, Crystal Castles, Neko Case, Wild Nothing, Nurse With Wound, Fucked Up, Jessie Ware, Solange, Dan Deacon, Camera Obscura, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Dead Can Dance, Christopher Owens, Do Make Say Think, Four Tet, the Sea and Cake, John Talabot, Killer Mike, Titus Andronicus, Shellac, Delorean, Menomena, Diiv, Local Natives, Disclosure, Bob Mould, Liars, Daniel Johnston, Woods, Mount Eerie, Meat Puppets, Thee Oh Sees, How to Dress Well, Neurosis, Metz, Daphni, Mac DeMarco, Matthew E.
- 1/23/2013
- by Pitchfork
- Huffington Post
It was an interesting week of movies for me in that I had watched only one movie until last night when my fiancee and I watched Love Actually, then caught the final hour of A Few Good Men on Bravo, which we then responded to by grabbing the first season of "The West Wing" before watching what turned out to be a not-so-good episode of "Saturday Night Live", though that cold "Silent Night" opening was fantastic and a grade-a moment of class. Otherwise, the week was filled with watching sports, reading and relaxing as I finally finished Peter Biskind's "amazon asin="0684862581" text="Down and Dirty Pictures"", which I actually began reading in Toronto in April and finished the final 250 pages this week. Yes, the time I find for reading is that sporadic. I do, however, recommend whole-heartedly reading that book if you are any kind of movie fan as...
- 12/16/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Antony Partos and Sonar Music, the team behind the music of The Slap have led the nominees for the Australian Guild of Screen Composers, announced this morning while Burning Man, Storm Surfers 3D, Santa’s Apprentice and Needle are the four nominees for feature film score.
The announcement:
Today we pay tribute to the leading lights of Australian screen composition with the announcement of nominees for the 2012 Screen Music Awards. The event, to be held this year in Melbourne on Monday November 19th, is jointly staged by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers). It is the only Australian event where the music and screen industry gather to celebrate excellence in the composition of music for film and television.
Across twelve awards categories Apra and the Agsc are today proud to recognise 61 composers, and 40 works as representing the best in Australian screen composition for...
The announcement:
Today we pay tribute to the leading lights of Australian screen composition with the announcement of nominees for the 2012 Screen Music Awards. The event, to be held this year in Melbourne on Monday November 19th, is jointly staged by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers). It is the only Australian event where the music and screen industry gather to celebrate excellence in the composition of music for film and television.
Across twelve awards categories Apra and the Agsc are today proud to recognise 61 composers, and 40 works as representing the best in Australian screen composition for...
- 10/17/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Suffer the Children: Causalities of War on Display in Norwegian Doc
Norwegian actress and director Vibeke Løkkeberg’s latest film, Tears of Gaza, is a visceral documentary depicting footage of the Israeli army bombing Gaza at the end of 2008 into early 2009. Perhaps more chilling and definitely more visceral than any fictional horror you’re apt to see, the salvaged firsthand footage of the bombings focuses on the women, children, and civilians slaughtered and maimed.
We loosely follow three young children, one young boy and two young girls, each having lost most or all of their family members in the bombings, witnessing first hand the slaughter of their loved ones. Losing track of the children, we get montages of deployed bombs, eradicated, burning buildings, charred bodies of kids dragged out of rubble like ragdolls. There’s absolute pandemonium with women and children screaming in the streets, lives wiped out before our eyes between blinks.
Norwegian actress and director Vibeke Løkkeberg’s latest film, Tears of Gaza, is a visceral documentary depicting footage of the Israeli army bombing Gaza at the end of 2008 into early 2009. Perhaps more chilling and definitely more visceral than any fictional horror you’re apt to see, the salvaged firsthand footage of the bombings focuses on the women, children, and civilians slaughtered and maimed.
We loosely follow three young children, one young boy and two young girls, each having lost most or all of their family members in the bombings, witnessing first hand the slaughter of their loved ones. Losing track of the children, we get montages of deployed bombs, eradicated, burning buildings, charred bodies of kids dragged out of rubble like ragdolls. There’s absolute pandemonium with women and children screaming in the streets, lives wiped out before our eyes between blinks.
- 9/19/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
It’s Friday, so you know what that means – another round-up of what films are hitting cinemas this weekend; and this week it’s a mixed bag – from the hilarious The Watch to the less than stellar Total Remake Recall, along with a handful of Frightfest flicks: The Possession, Berberian Sound Studio, [Rec] Genesis and Cockneys Vs Zombies.
Nationwide Releases The Watch
An outrageous comedy in which four everyday suburban guys (played by Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade) come together to form a neighbourhood watch group, but only as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighbourhood – and the world – from total extermination. The Watch Review
Total Recall
For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even...
Nationwide Releases The Watch
An outrageous comedy in which four everyday suburban guys (played by Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade) come together to form a neighbourhood watch group, but only as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighbourhood – and the world – from total extermination. The Watch Review
Total Recall
For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even...
- 8/31/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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