Congratulations to Kevin Kliesch for his third Emmy nomination for the animated series ‘Sofia the First’ episode “The Secret Library of the Noble Knight”! In April of 2015 Kevin won the Daytime Emmy for his work on the series and has been nominated for two more Primetime Emmy Awards: once in 2014 for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics for the song “Merroway…
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John Wick: Chapter 2 Opened This Weekend; Co-Scored by Joel Richard
Joel Richard – Keanu Reeve’s stunt double in The Matrix, Chad Stahelski, made his directorial debut with John Wick: Chapter 2, which opened this weekend, and was co-scored with Tyler Bates by SMA composer, Joel Richard. The film, which is expected to be a success for the franchise, is about legendary hitman John Wick who is forced…
Veeram – Macbeth Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Jeff Rona Released
Jeff Rona scored ‘Veeram’ – an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, ‘Macbeth,’ written and directed by Jayaraj and is the fifth installment in his ‘Navarasa’ series. The soundtrack was released on January 27, 2017 and is an Oscar contender for Best Original Score. Download on iTunes: https://itun.es/us/VYFChb Jeff’s past work includes scoring the documentary ‘Generation Iron’ and he currently scores the TNT Original new series ‘Claws’. …
Cris Velasco and Brian D’Oliveira Score Resident Evil 7
Cris Velasco and Brian D’Oliveira score the next game in the Resident Evil series, ‘Resident Evil 7: Biohazard’, with the main theme song written by another SMA composer, Michael Levine. The game delivers intimate horror with a tightly focused scope and all the trappings you’d expect from a survival game. While the setting and characters have no obvious connections to any previous…
Netflix’s ‘Extremis’ Garners Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary Short – Scored by Justin Melland
Justin Melland scored the Netflix Documentary Short, ‘Extremis,’ a 24-minute documentary about intensive hospital care and end-of-life decisions in Oakland, California’s Highland Hospital. The short documentary that manages to address several difficult questions about who ought to make the decisions of when it’s time to stop treatment was nominated for an Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short Category. Justin’s past…
Akira Yamaoka to create the music and sound of “Let it Die”
Akira Yamaoka — best known for the music and sound design on the Silent Hill series – has created the music and sound design for the PS4 exclusive hack and slash game “Let It Die”. It features Akira’ immersive original music and sound design as well as original songs with over 100 musicians from Japan.…