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Canadian composer’s orchestra olympics

Watch Bell’s Olympic “orchestra” TV commercial featuring music by Darren Fung.


From Elfman’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ score: ‘Alice’s Theme’ lyrics

A sneak peek at “Alice’s Theme”, Danny Elfman’s original song from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland soundtrack.


Composer denied credit on ‘Stargate SG-1′, Joel Goldsmith culprit?

Joel Goldsmith’s career may not have caught fire like his father Jerry’s, but the composer now finds himself, er, under fire. Composer Alex Wilkinson, who has co-composed music with Goldsmith on several features, now claims he composed original music for the TV series Stargate SG-1, but was denied credit and ultimately the cash windfall of royalties.


La-La Land trots out a ‘Flash’ of Walker, Elfman brilliance

La-La Land Records will release music from The Flash television series by Shirley Walker and Danny Elfman on February 9, 2010.


L.A. Times: Danny Elfman Searches for sound of ‘Wonderland’

Danny Elfman talks to the L.A. Times about his score for Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland.


IFMCA has no problem pronouncing “Giacchino”, continues to mop up

While considerably less star-studded than the Grammys (there is no film music equivalent to Lady Gaga), the International Film Music Critics Association has piled on the Giacchino love, having recently announced their nominations for the best in film, television and videogame music in 2009. Michael leads with 9 nominations (including multiple nods for Up, Star Trek, a nod for the doc Earth Days, and for Composer of The Year).


FSM moves headstones, but leaves bodies; ‘Poltergeist’ OST in ‘10

Film Score Monthly founder and soundtrack label overseer Lukas Kendall has revealed that FSM will release a 2-CD set of Jerry Goldsmith’s bonafide classic, Oscar-nominated, 1983 chiller soundtrack Poltergeist.


Howl and howl again, Elfman back in on “The Wolf Man”

Danny Elfman’s original music for The Wolf Man is back into the Universal Pictures film, after being replaced by Paul Haslinger.


DP/30 goes inside Zimmer’s Belgian brothel-like studio

Hans Zimmer continues his exhaustive press tour for Sherlock Holmes, this time talking with David Poland of DP/30, who has the entire exchange on video.


Acad Rulez: Randy Newman’s ‘Frog’ score squashed

Looks like Randy Newman has been bitch-slapped by the Academy. His original score for The Princess and The Frog has been denied eligibility in this year’s pony show.


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