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Jon Burlingame editorMike Lang, one of the preeminent pianists in Hollywood history, died of lung cancer Friday morning at his home in Studio City. He was 80.Lang played piano (or organ, harpsichord or celeste) on an estimated 2,000 film and TV scores dating back to the mid-1960s, including scores by virtually every great film composer of the past 50 years: John Williams (“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Catch Me If You Can”), Jerry Goldsmith (“Gremlins,” “The Russia House”), John Barry (“Body Heat,” “The Specialist”), Henry Mancini (“10”), Alex North (“The Shoes of the Fisherman”), Elmer Bernstein (“The Rainmaker”), Miklós Rózsa (“Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”) and many others.Composer Lalo Schifrin (“Mission: Impossible”) was among Lang’s earliest champions in Hollywood, adding Lang’s piano to what eventually became the Grammy-winning Paul Horn album “Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts” in 1965.

including James Bond movies.As media outlets The Guardian and The Daily Mail reported this week, the films shown at the upcoming “John Barry: Soundtracking Bond and Beyond” BFI season have been given a disclaimer warning that they “will cause offence [sic].” Among these screenings are the two Sean Connery-era Bond flicks which Barry provided music for: 1967’s “You Only Live Twice,” and 1964’s “Goldfinger.”The disclaimer – which can be found on BFI’s website, says that “many of these films contain language, images or other content that reflect views prevalent in its time, but will cause offence [sic] today (as they did then). The website added, “The titles are included here for historical, cultural or aesthetic reasons and these views are in no way endorsed by the BFI or its partners.”The site featured descriptions of each film in the season, a lineup which also includes “Midnight Cowboy”, “The Ipcress File,” and “Petulia.”Some of the films on this schedule received an extra disclaimer.

The Lord Of The Rings trilogy has been voted the best film music by the UK public.Howard Shore’s soundtrack took the number one spot on a list of the top 100 film scores compiled by Classic FM, which received over 10,000 votes. The winner was revealed on Monday (August 28) on the radio station by presenter Jonathan Ross.Speaking about the win, Shore said: “Many thanks to all the Classic FM listeners.

reported in Le Parisien and BFM television that Birkin had been found dead at her home in Paris. The actress suffered a mild stroke in 2021, but her cause of death has not yet been revealed. .“Because she embodied freedom, because she sang the most beautiful words of our language, Jane Birkin was a French icon.

pic.twitter.com/aRkuxR2TcmWhile Birkin's cause of death is not yet known, according to multiple reports, the actress had been plagued with health issues in recent years, including a stroke in 2021 and a broken shoulder blade earlier this year, forcing her to cancel a handful of concerts in May.ET has reached out to Birkin's rep for comment.Born in London in December 1946, Birkin found a home in France at the age of 20, after moving to Paris to work on the movie . While on the set of the 1968 film, she met and started a relationship with the film's star, French actor and singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg.The pair would go on to collaborate on the actress's most well-known song, «Je T'Aime… Moi Non Plus,» which translates to «I Love You… Me Neither.» The sensual song was considered risqué for its time and was banned by the BBC and condemned by the Vatican.Birkin and Gainsbourg were together for 12 years, welcoming a daughter Charlotte, before splitting in 1981.

Jane Birkin, the famed British singer and actress that transformed French culture, has died at 76 in Paris. Remembered as a style-icon, the iconic Hermès Birkin bag, introduced in 1984, was named after the artist.  The French Culture Ministry tweeted that Birkin had died on Sunday, crediting her as a "timeless Francophone icon." France's Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul Malak, shared her grief on social media, writing "Jane B was mischief, impertinent elegance, the never-outdated emblem of an entire era, a murmuring voice that remains our idol," in a tweet translated to English.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Jane Birkin, the beloved British-French actor and singer who spent most of her life in France and is known for a tumultuous relationship with French singer-songwriter Charles Gainsbourg, died on Sunday (July 16) at her home in Paris, according to Le Parisien newspaper. She was 76. No cause of death has yet been confirmed. Birkin was best known internationally for her steamy 1969 duet “Je t’aime… moi non plus” which she sang with Gainsbourg, one year after meeting him. Together, Birkin and Gainsbourg had a daughter, the actor and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg (“Melancholia,” “Nymphomaniac”).

Norman Reynolds, the two-time Oscar winning production and art designer on various Star Wars and Indiana Jones films who director Steven Spielberg once called the “creative core” of the franchises, has died. He was 89.

Dry Cleaning have today unveiled a new single, ‘Anna Calls From The Arctic’ – check it out below.Dry Cleaning recently headlined the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of Meltdown, airing new single ‘Don’t Press Me’ as part of their set. The song was the first taster of their upcoming second album ‘Stumpwork’, which will arrive on October 21 and follow their 2021 debut album ‘New Long Leg’.That latter record entered the UK charts at Number Four and landed on many album of the year lists.Now, the next single from the upcoming project has been shared and you can listen to it here.Speaking about the new track, the band said: “The lyrics were partly inspired by phone calls with a friend who was living and working in the Arctic.“The song developed from a keyboard, bass and clarinet jam.

Jon Burlingame editorArtie Kane, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer of film scores including “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” and “Eyes of Laura Mars,” died Tuesday at his home on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, Wash.

READ MORE: Next James Bond: Line of Duty's Martin Compston odds slashedSmith went on: "It could be Stormzy. With a John Barry-esque futuristic beat.

READ MORE: Next James Bond: Line of Duty's Martin Compston odds slashedSmith went on: "It could be Stormzy. With a John Barry-esque futuristic beat.

Jon Burlingame Leave it to director Steven Soderbergh and composer Thomas Newman to go retro ’60s with the music for their fourth collaboration, “Let Them All Talk.”Accompanying Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest and the rest of Soderbergh’s cast crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2 is a jazz score that might easily have been penned by John Barry (“The Knack”), Neal Hefti (“The Odd Couple”) or Henry Mancini (“The Pink Panther”).“Steven genuinely loves that kind of music,” Newman