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Jon Burlingame In August 2020, Bradley Rainey was named head of WME’s music for visual media department, succeeding veteran agent Amos Newman and taking on a roster of Oscar, Emmy and Grammy winners including Hans Zimmer, Randy Newman, Ludwig Göransson, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, among others. The 35-year-old Rainey, a graduate of USC’s film school, was well positioned for the promotion.

When Hans Zimmer signed up to compose the score to Ron Howard's Hillbilly Elegy, he probably thought he knew what to expect. It was the pair's ninth project together, following successful collaborations on the likes of Backdraft, Frost/Nixon, and The Da Vinci Code.

There are plenty of things you can debate when it comes to the filmmaking style of Christopher Nolan. Some call his a master craftsman that isn’t the best with plot or character development.

a new mini-documentary, which remembered Morricone and celebrated his first posthumous album ‘Morricone Segreto’, Zimmer described the composer as being “at his most imaginative, daring, yet charming”.Celebrating Ennio Morricone: The Secrets Behind His Genius captures the reunion of the famed composer’s closest collaborators at his studio in Rome, on what would have been his 92nd birthday.The reunion included five musicians who Morricone had dubbed his “Dream Team”: Argentinean organist Giorgio

Though there are awards predictions and buzz around Ron Howard’s upcoming film, “Hillbilly Elegy,” that drama may not be his best film of 2020. You see, the filmmaker has already released “Rebuilding Paradise,” a heartwarming documentary about a town that unites to rebuild after a terrible tragedy.

Over the past decade, are there any film composers with a better resume than Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross? Honestly, since 2010, when “The Social Network” was released, Reznor and Ross have become names that are mentioned with the likes of Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Alexandre Desplat, and more as some of the best musicians working in film today.

Hans Zimmer has made the decision to reschedule his 2021 UK and European tour to the following year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The award-winning composer will now kick off his UK shows at Dublin’s 3Arena on March 20, 2022, followed by London’s O2 Arena on March 23, 2022 and Manchester Arena on March 24, 2022.The rest of his European shows have also been moved to spring 2022.

Hans Zimmer used FaceTime to oversee the recording of ‘Eclipse’, a cover of the Pink Floyd classic that the Dune composer arranged for the film.The closing track to Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ (1973), has been reimagined by Zimmer for Denis Villeneuve’s forthcoming adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel.

Amos Newman, who has spent the past decade as head of WME’s music for visual media department, is joining sister company Endeavor Content in the newly created role of senior vice president, music.WME agent Bradley Rainey will now lead WME’s Music for Visual Media group, which represents such leading film composers as Hans Zimmer (“Interstellar”), Ludwig Göransson (“Black Panther”), Justin Hurwitz (“La La Land”), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (“Watchmen”) and music supervisors including Mary

Hans Zimmer has said there were things he wanted to “fix” in the score of the original Lion King film.

Sometimes, with the world being on fire and the film/TV industry announcing things at a ridiculous rate, things fall through the cracks. But then out of nowhere, something catches your eye that isn’t exactly “new” but is interesting enough that we have to share.

Netflix’s opening theme for use in cinemas.The multiple award-winning film score composer (The Dark Knight, Inception) was asked by the streaming giant to extend and refashion the its intro for theatrical environments.The three-second ‘ba-dum’ theme that opens each episode or film on Netflix is too short for theatrical showings, and so a longer version was commissioned and assigned to the Hollywood legend.You can listen to Zimmer’s more dramatic, longer intro below:The Netflix "ta-dum" soundmark

Billie Eilish has appeared to tease an upcoming release of new music.

SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run movie soundtrack.Led by award-winning producer Tainy and renowned industry leader Lex Borrero, NEON16, the multimedia company and talent incubator founded in 2019, curated the official soundtrack of the forthcoming animated film.The soundtrack, set to be released via NEON16/Interscope Records, will include songs by Tyga, Swae Lee, Lil Mosey, Weezer, Snoop Dogg, The Flaming Lips, Kenny G and Cyndi Lauper, to name a few.

Hans Zimmer has paid tribute to fellow composer Ennio Morricone, whose death at the age of 91 was announced earlier today (July 6).Morricone, who scored over 500 films, most famously Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns including The Good The Bad And The Ugly, died last week following complications from a fall.Writing on Twitter, Inception, Gladiator and The Lion King composer Zimmer paid homage to Morricone and posted a picture of the two of them together.Ennio.The first note I ever heard of his

Hans Zimmer has paid tribute to his fellow movie score composer Ennio Morricone, who has died at the age of 91.Morricone, who penned the scores to more than 500 films, including many of Sergio Leone‘s seminal spaghetti westerns like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, passed away during the early hours of the morning on Monday (July 6, 2020) after being hospitalized with a fractured femur last week, his lawyer Giorgio Assumma confirmed in a statement to The Guardian.Assumma said his client, “died

Tributes have been paid to Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created The Good, The Bad And The Ugly’s main theme, following his death aged 91.

Johnny Marr on the score for the upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die.In a new interview with Variety, the iconic German composer said that “it was surprising just to get the call” from Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, adding that he “didn’t know” whether he wanted to be involved initially.“So I phoned Johnny Marr, and I said, ‘I have two questions to ask you. First question is, what’s the only guitar part worth playing in a movie?’“And he said, ‘the Bond part’ [the James Bond theme].

Hans Zimmer is a legend in the film industry. Whereas many composers need to list their filmographies before fans might be aware of who they are, Zimmer is one of several current composers that people immediately recognize on name alone.

Jon Burlingame Composer Hans Zimmer must be glad that ASCAP’s 2020 Screen Music Awards are virtual, because he’s so busy with upcoming films that he wouldn’t have time to pick up his Top Box Office award for last year’s “The Lion King” anyway. He is, however, doing a Q&A with Mitchell Leib, Disney’s president of music & soundtracks, to commemorate the honor.

Hans Zimmer will receive the top award for top box office film at the 2020 ASCAP Screen Music Awards, which will be held virtually Tuesday (June 23) through June 25. Zimmer will receive the award for the reboot of The Lion King.

Anyone who's seen Christopher Nolans's Inception knows that the film's score is instrumental in creating the surreal dramatic tension of the 2010 sci-fi thriller.

Former Eventbrite and Ticketfly executive Andy Donner has joined Mixhalo as the company's first chief commercial officer.

The son of Johnny Marr follows up 2019 single 'Part Time Girl' with three new tracks

The name's Last Night, One Last Night...

It's his first ever Bond score

The 2020 BRIT Awards took place tonight (February 18) at London’s O2 Arena. Among the winners were Neneh Cherry’s daughter Mabel, Foals, Stormzy, Lewis Capaldi, and Tyler, the Creator, who thanked Theresa May in his speech. Check out the full list of winners below.

"It's her sound, and then the trick was to Bond-ify it."

Billie Eilish performed “No Time to Die,” her new theme song for the upcoming James Bond movie installment of the same name, at the 2020 BRIT Awards in London Monday night (February 18). Her brother FINNEAS, Johnny Marr, and Hans Zimmer joined her. Watch video of the performance below.

A huge night for Eilish.

Meet the winners...

Johnny Marr has hailed the decision to have Billie Eilish sing the new Bond theme song as “really inspired”.

She'll perform 'No Time To Die' for the first time at tonight's BRIT Awards

"I’m not sure how good I’d be"

Finneas O’Connell has revealed he and sister Billie Eilish wrote the theme song to the new James Bond film in the bunk beds of the tour bus.

She'll be joined by Finneas, Hans Zimmer and Johnny Marr...