Film & TV

ASCAP's 2013 General Annual Membership Meeting was held on Thursday, April 18th at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The meeting kicked off the 2013 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO, the annual three-day conference for music creators featuring educational and inspiring panels, networking opportunities and exhibits.

This past year, prolific STIM composer Johan Söderqvist continued his partnership with Danish director Susanne Bier on Love Is All You Need (out May 3rd) and soundtracked the Oscar-nominated adaptation of the high-seas adventure classic Kon-Tiki. Söderqvist phoned in from Sweden to tell us about them both.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) inducted Oscar and Golden Globe-winning ASCAP composer Elliot Goldenthal into the NYFA Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 23rd. Goldenthal is a prolific writer of music for orchestra, theater, opera, ballet and film.

While the afterglow of this year’s eighth annual ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO still burns, here’s a look back at some of the highlights, from lessons learned to great photo and video moments from the heart of it all in Hollywood.

Terence Nance directed, produced, acted in and scored the genre-bending film An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, which opened April 26th in New York. We caught up with him about the movie and its score after the film's premiere at Sundance.

The Sundance Film Festival visited London for its second consecutive year, featuring a Music Café presented by ASCAP. Hosted at The Hub at The O2, the Sundance ASCAP Music Café included three days of programming from April 25th - 28th, featuring performances from Wolf Alice, Mary Epworth, Josef Salvat and more.

ASCAP composers, Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) members and music executives teed off at the annual SCL golf tournament, held at the Rustic Canyon Golf Course in Moorpark, CA. Prizes were awarded for best team score, closest-to-the-pin and longest drive.

Hanan Townshend (APRA) is the New Zealand-born, Austin-based film composer behind the score to the new Terrence Malick film To the Wonder. Townshend reports on the unique creative process he went through to create the film's pensive musical backdrop.

Spanish composer Roque Baños (SGAE) had his work "cut out" for him when he got the job scoring Evil Dead, the sequel to the classic horror trilogy. Baños explains how he got the gig, and how he ended up freaking himself out during the scoring process.

The Hangout came two weeks before Trapanese’s scheduled appearance at the 8th annual ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO. Select questions tweeted to @ASCAP using the hashtag #AskOblivion were addressed by Hangout participants.

ASCAP composers took to the stage over and over again during the 11th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards, honoring outstanding audio achievement in the world of interactive entertainment. Austin Wintory was the night's big winner, with five awards for his hallowed music to Journey.

Today’s ASCAP EXPO additions feature an exciting new panel about the sci-fi epic Oblivion, whose score has the layered electronica of French art-rock act M83 and orchestral soundscapes by composer Joseph Trapanese.

For the score to the Australian comedy Mental, APRA composer Michael Yezerski had to integrate - and react to - the classic songs from The Sound of Music. This ASCAP TV & Film Scoring Workshop grad tells us how he managed to underpin all of the film's bright colors and deep emotional currents with his music.

David Carbonara is an accomplished film/TV composer who created the score for the hit television series Mad Men, the documentary film Glickman and many more. He writes with a subtlety for creating moods and a flair for larger-than-life characters. Hear Carbonara discuss his creative process in this ASCAP audio profile.

The special day provided both Film Scoring and Songwriting students an opportunity to talk to singer-songwriter Patty Larkin, as well as ASCAP staff, about current trends in the music industry. Two students also received tuition-based scholarships recognizing talent, professionalism, musical ability and career potential in film scoring and songwriting.

Every film score brings with it a unique set of creative challenges. ASCAP composer Trevor Morris reflects on how he and director Antoine Fuqua worked together to create a custom musical language for the political thriller Olympus Has Fallen, out in theaters on March 22nd.