Making The Environment A Better Place, One Note At A Time: J. Ralph & His...
Composer J. Ralph has cut an interesting path for himself, working simultaneously as an artist and social activist while writing and producing the music for seven of the Oscar-winning or nominated...
View ArticleDetective Noir With A Ditty: How John Hawkes Got “Down With Mary” In ‘Too Late’
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated for his chilly turn in 2010’s Winter’s Bone, John Hawkes will vie for Oscar gold once again in 2017—but this time, in a different category entirely. Contributing the original...
View ArticleIggy Pop And Danger Mouse Strike ‘Gold’ With Daniel Pemberton’s Avante-Garde...
Earlier this month, AMPAS unveiled its list of 91 songs eligible in the Original Song category at the 89th Academy Awards, one of which was “Gold,” a song for Stephen Gaghan’s film of the same name,...
View ArticleHow ‘La La Land’ Composer Justin Hurwitz Used “Sleight Of Hand And Deception”...
With his three Oscar nominations for La La Land—in the areas of Best Original Score and Best Original Song—composer Justin Hurwitz can count one for each film currently on his resume. In the span of...
View Article‘Detroit’ Songwriter Questlove On Systemic Injustice: “I’m Mad As Hell, Man”
As he wrote the song “It Ain’t Fair” for the Kathryn Bigelow-directed period drama Detroit – about the 1967 12th Street Riots – The Roots frontman Questlove had a message for people complacent with the...
View Article‘The Greatest Showman’s Anthemic, Empowering “This Is Me” Wins One For The...
UPDATED with video: “This Is Me,” the signature song from the P.T. Barnum musical The Greatest Showman, took the Golden Globe for best original song at the 75th annual event tonight. An empowerment...
View ArticleElton John And Bernie Taupin Finally Share An Award With Golden Globe Win
UPDATED with video from speech: The massively prolific songwriting tandem of melody-man Elton John and lyrics-master Bernie Taupin won the honor for the best original song in a 2019 feature film for...
View ArticleOscar’s Top 20: Charting The Best Musical Moments In The History Of The...
As part of Deadline x Rolling Stone, a special issue of our AwardsLine print magazine dedicated to music in cinema, Noel Murray runs through the 20 Best Oscar music moments. For most of the history of...
View ArticleGuillermo Del Toro And Composer Alexandre Desplat Give Inside Look At “Ciao...
EXCLUSIVE: Writer and director Guillermo del Toro and composer Alexandre Desplat give a behind the scenes look at the creation of “Ciao Papa” from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. The song has been...
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