From composition and music preparation to the scoring stage, musicians bring the heart and soul to motion pictures. Continue reading
Congratulations 90th annual Oscar nominees!
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2017 Academy Awards: At long last, musicians get their due
The 89th Annual Academy Awards telecast is one to be remembered — and not just for the Best Picture snafu.
In the Oscar’s 64 years of being televised, every single person who worked on the production has been listed in the end credits — that is, except for musicians.
That changed this year, when the names of all the live orchestra musicians were listed on the end crawl. Continue reading
Oscars 2016: Live @ the 88th Academy Awards
The 88th Academy Awards honoring outstanding film achievements of 2015 took place Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, live at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. Televised live on ABC and in more than 225 countries worldwide, the awards show drew 34 million viewers. Continue reading
Congratulations 88th Annual Oscar nominees!
Congratulations to all of the musicians, composers and music prep personnel who created the music on all of the following Oscar-nominated films scored here in Los Angeles!
THE BIG SHORT
5 nominations including Best Picture
Scored @ Conway
BRIDGE OF SPIES
6 nominations including Best Picture & Best Original Score: Thomas Newman
Scored @ Deep Sleep
CREED
1 nomination
Scored @ Warner Bros.
INSIDE OUT
2 nominations including Best Animated Feature Film
Scored @ Warner Bros.
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
5 nominations including Best Original Score: John Williams
Scored @ Sony Studios
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
1 nomination
Scored @ Mason Sound & Sony Studios
TRUMBO
1 nomination
Scored @ Warner Bros.
March 2015 Overture Online: Meet the Wrecking Crew!
Overture Online: March 2015
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86th Annual Oscars Band Performs Live From Capitol Records
photo by Larry Mah
Live from Capitol Records, the musicians of the 86th Academy Awards performed remotely on Oscars night for the second year in a row.
Located just a few blocks away from the ceremony held at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, the orchestra was again led by William Ross. Continue reading
Oscar Music Comes Alive
Photo by Aaron Poole/© A.M.P.A.S.
Motion Picture Academy debuts first time Oscar Concert
by Linda A. Rapka
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented the first live concert of the year’s Oscar-nominated music at UCLA’s Royce Hall Feb. 27, three days before the 86th Annual Academy Awards.
Alternating between performances of the year’s nominees for best original score and best original song, the historic concert featured the 80-piece Academy Symphony Orchestra comprising some of Los Angeles’s finest studio musicians.
Union Musicians Score Big at 85th Annual Academy Awards
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Feb. 25, 2013) — Professional Musicians, Local 47—the Los Angeles chapter of the American Federation of Musicians, the largest organization in the world representing professional union musicians—is proud to congratulate our members who composed and performed on the musical scores to a host of this year’s Oscar-winning and -nominated films.
- Argo (7 nominations, 3 wins including Best Picture)
- Flight (2 nominations)
- Life of Pi (11 nominations, 4 wins including Best Original Score)
- Lincoln (12 nominations, 2 wins)
- Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” (1 nomination)
- Moonrise Kingdom (1 nomination)
- Paperman (1 nomination, 1 win for Best Short Film)
- Snow White and the Huntsman (2 nominations)
- Ted (1 nomination)
- Wreck-It Ralph (1 nomination) Continue reading