Italian film composer Ennio Morricone has died at the age of 91. During an extraordinary professional career which spanned more than six decades, Morricone composed over 500 scores for cinema and television and over 100 original musical works. He is one of only two film composers in history to have received the honorary Academy Award […]
Derrick Hodge is an all-star all-rounder. A bass player, band-leader, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist so versatile that any attempt to categorise him is rendered futile. In addition to Grammy-winning collaborations with Robert Glasper, Terence Blanchard, and Common, Hodge has worked on film scores for Spike Lee and brought his subversive concepts to orchestras in Atlanta, […]
I spoke with violinist Mari Samuelsen, over Zoom, from her home in the Norwegian countryside. Out of the generous windows behind her I could see a valley descend into a blue lake, with a mountain range in the distance. Somehow the sunroom in my small inner-Sydney apartment suddenly felt a little less – impressive? (Queue […]
Jóhann Jóhannsson’s music was in high demand in Hollywood. The late Icelandic composer’s unique musical voice – with its distinctive blend of minimalism and ambient electronica – was ideally suited to the medium of film. Deutsche Grammophon has once again paid a posthumous tribute to Jóhannsson’s work with the first-ever release of his music for […]
Isobel Waller-Bridge can’t wait to lock herself away. The celebrated composer – whose recent credits include Emma, Black Mirror and Vanity Fair – has recently finished building a brand new recording studio. The first project to be produced there will be Isobel’s debut album for Mercury KX, slated for release in 2021. The crown in […]
“Simple music for complex emotions”. This is how Joep Beving describes his own minimalist and often romantic compositions. What began with a humble goal to self-produce an album of piano music for posterity’s sake tumbled rapidly into a trilogy of highly acclaimed albums – released by prestigious German label Deutsche Grammophon. In the five short […]
BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer and producer Ólafur Arnalds has teamed up with music technology company Spitfire Audio to make his unique STRATUS concept available for music producers everywhere as a virtual instrument. STRATUS was inspired by a self-performing piano activation Ólafur encountered while touring Asia. Ólafur was at the time recovering from a hand injury sustained […]
Emmy-winning composer Lucas Vidal has release his latest single, ‘Happiness’. Released via the Paragon imprint on Decca Records US, the track is a taste of his upcoming full-length album, Karma, set for release on 12 June 2020 Stream Lucas Vidal – ‘Happiness’ ‘Happiness’ blends high-energy electronic elements with traditional orchestration. Brassy trumpet stabs evoke the […]
BAFTA-winning film-maker Yulia Mahr has revealed her new video for ‘Vladimir’s Blues’ – a work for solo piano by composer Max Richter from his 2003 album The Blue Notebooks. The video was filmed using military thermal imaging cameras which transform heat into visible images. It was the message of peace inherent in The Blue Notebooks, […]
