Category: Music and Sound

Music Headline News

Mind Candy Signs Deal with Sony Music

Global kids phenomenon Moshi Monsters is set to take the music world by storm after parent company Mind Candy confirmed a major partnership deal with Sony Music.

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9th Annual Pre-NAB Editor's Lounge to Discuss Latest Trends in Post-Production

By Dan Sarto | Monday, March 5, 2012 at 10:51am

Now in it’s ninth year, the Annual Pre-NAB Panel Discussion and gripe fest will be held Friday, March 30th beginning at 6:30 pm.

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THQ Announces Darksiders II Original Music Score by Jesper Kyd

By Dan Sarto | Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 12:00pm

BAFTA award-winning Danish composer Jesper Kyd, renowned for his musical scores in the Assassin's Creed and Hitman series, has crafted a thrilling original score for DARKSIDERS II, the sequel to the action/adventure title developed by THQ's in-house studio Vigil Game.

Music Headline News

Composer John Hunter Scores Oscar Winning Short

John Hunter, composer and partner at Breed Music, scores the Academy Award winning animated short “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg of Moonbot Studios.

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Richard Jacques Receives Top Honors at Music + Sound Awards

Richard Jacques' original music score for JAMES BOND 007: BLOOD STONE (Bizarre Creations/Activision) has been awarded "Best Original Composition" (Video Games) at The Music and Sound Awards 2012.

Sound Headline News

MPSE Golden Reel Award Winners Announced

Sound editing teams from Hugo, The Muppets, Super 8, The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse were honored Sunday during the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 59th Golden Reel Awards at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.

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COPA Brings Nicki Minaj to Life

Fresh off their official launch, COPA has delivered high-end imagery for ‘Turn Me On,” the new music video for David Guetta and Nicki Minaj, directed by Sanji at Wondros Productions via EMI Music.

Film Headline News

‘Rango’ Wins Best Animation at 2012 BAFTA Awards

At the BAFTA Awards held Sunday at the Royal Opera House in London, Rango won best animated film, beating The Adventures Of Tintin and Arthur Christmas. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 got the top prize for visual effects, and Hugo won two awards for sound and design.

Music Headline News

Little Airplane Develops New Animated Series with Laurie Berkner

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 12:11pm

Little Airplane Productions and children’s music artist Laurie Berkner have joined together to develop the new animated preschool television series, "Sing It, Laurie!"

Film Headline News

‘Monster of Nix’ Receives Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Fest Award

The Monster of Nix has been awarded the prize for Best Original Film Score at the International Short Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand.

Spot Headline News

Pixomondo Makes Liquid Metal Dance to SKRILLEX in GRAMMY Spot

Pixomondo recently collaborated with TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles to create an abstract dance-infused spot promoting the 2012 Grammy awards show featuring electronic musician and Best New Artist nominee SKRILLEX.

Production Headline News

Rango Tops Annie Awards

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood announces the winners of the 39th Annual Annie Awards, with Rango taking top honors.

Sound Headline News

Soundelux’s Per Hallberg Heeds 'Call of Duty'

A new trailer for the Activision record-setting game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, has the look and feel of a blockbuster movie with spectacular action, an all-star cast and a big screen soundtrack created by two-time Academy Award-winner and Soundelux Supervising Sound Editor, Per Hallberg.

Sound Headline News

mono Taps CRASH+SUES for Cross-Platform Initiative For Parsons

CRASH+SUES was tapped by mono to provide editing, color correction and graphics for SoundAffects, Parsons The New School for Design’s multi-platform exploration of the relationship between music, design and technology.

Awards Headline News

Rob Marshall Set to Develop Into the Woods Feature Film with Disney

Rob Marshall is set to direct a film adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway musical “Into the Woods,” featuring Stephen Sondheim’s original music, for The Walt Disney Studios.

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