NewsCons
Games music composers to gather at SoundTrack Cologne 16 (28th-31st August 2019).
Big names from the games industry at SoundTrack Cologne 16: With Jack Wall (“Call of Duty: Black Ops II-IIII”), Wilbert Roget, II (“Call…
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Music/Audio
Music and sounds.
May 2019
April 2019
NewsMusic/Audio
Avengers Endgame actors belt out song ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’.
How best to celebrate bringing in the biggest ever opening in cinema history ($1.2 billion in a single weekend)? How about a nice…
February 2019
NewsHorror
Ghost Stories: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Frank Ilfman.
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! That’s not the best way to start a review of a soundtrack but it sums up my…
December 2018
NewsComputers
Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg (rap battle).
One of the oft asked questions in many a philosophical debate is this: in a rap battle between Elon Musk of Tesla and…
September 2018
NewsMusic/Audio
William Shatner interviewed (audio interview).
Here’s a fascinating audio interview with William Shatner chatting to James about his career in TV and the movies, and, yes, Star Trek…
June 2018
NewsScifi
BBC hates sci-fi a little less, with Dangerous Visions.
Those who report back to us from the halls of the BBC usually describe an environment of high-brow condescension towards science fiction and…
May 2018
NewsMusic/Audio
Star Trek: Discovery: Chapter 2 (Original Series Soundtrack) by Jeff Russo.
It’s another soundtrack and another two-time Grammy nominee and Emmy-winning composer Jeff Russo’s creates ‘Star Trek: Discovery: Chapter Two’. In the PR material…
February 2018
NewsMusic/Audio
Solo: A Star Wars Story: the Beastie Boys cut.
Is there any way to improve the Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer? Well, one interesting Youtuber has come up with this … cutting…
NewsScifi
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Hexagonal Phase: signs up Professor Stephen Hawking.
Physicist Stephen Hawking is joining the cast of Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase. The scifi comedy is returning to Radio 4,…
January 2018
NewsScifi
2001: An Odyssey in Words (Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s centenary).
2001: An Odyssey in Words is an original anthology from the Clarke Awards, honouring Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s centenary – with the interesting…
December 2017
NewsCulture
Dominic Frontiere (1931-2017) : a brief remembrance by: GF Willmetts.
It was brought to my attention today that composer Dominic Frontiere died shortly before Christmas at the age of 86. Wikipedia notes 19…