Musical impresario reinventionist (new word) Kanye West has sampled Patrick Doyle’s main theme from his score for Great Expectations on the track “Robocop” from Kanye’s upcoming album 808’s and Heartbreak. Listen to “Robocop”.
I’m sure you can appreciate the cha-ching for Patrick Doyle this little tune will provide. No word on why Kanye [...]

Varese Sarabande announced their latest Club discs today. They are:
Short Circuit – David Shire (2000 Copies)
Report to The Commissioner – Elmer Bernstein (1500 copies)
The President’s Lady – Alfred Newman (1500 copies)
Silver Bullet – Jay Chattaway (1000 copies)
Tracklists, sound clips and more: varesesarabande.com.

Great movies are full of adventure, and Australia, the next film from Oscar-nominated director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!, William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet), is no exception. But making a movie is an even bigger adventure—an adventure in creativity—and with the Apple Set to Screen Series, you can be a part of it.
More: http://www.apple.com/education/settoscreen/

Congratulations to President-Elect Barack Obama, who on November 5, 2008 was elected President of the United States. After his acceptance speech, Obama exited the stage to Trevor Rabin’s music from Remember The Titans, and returned with friends and family. Making his second and final exit, (an electronic version of) John Williams’ The Patriot [...]

John Barry
John Barry reflects on 10 of his scores to Jon Burlingame and Variety. On Goldfinger:
“By the time I did Goldfinger, the Bond series was in full stride. Everything came together — the song, the score, the style. I liked the title; it was a song about a villain, like ‘Mack the Knife.’ Shirley [...]