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Composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek received the Academy Award for best original score for his music for "Finding Neverland." (WireImage.com photo)

2005 Who's Who in Composing
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Soundtrack Composers
Music nominations lack star power of years past
BMI composes 2 Sundance events
Record producer Terry Melcher dies
Conference: Is he not Mothersbaugh?
Conference: Early rights key to biopics
Conference: McG -- music a 'character'


Hollywood Music Industry Directory For aspiring musicians and professionals alike, this new directory will become the one-stop shop for finding contacts to submit a demo tape for a record deal, secure a music publishing contract, license a song to a soundtrack album, find an agent to book a concert tour, and more.

Resources:
  • Billboard
  • Broadcast Data Systems
  • Film Score Monthly
  • More news:
  • Top soundtracks chart
  • Billboard charts
  • Professional associations:
  • ASCAP
  • BMI
  • British Academy of Composers & Songwriters
  • CMRRA
  • NARAS
  • National Music Publishers Association
  • PRS
  • SESAC
  • SACEM
  • SOCAN
  • Society of Composers & Lyricists


  • Movie Soundtracks
    Tune talk
    This year's song and score nominees discuss the inspiration behind 2004's best film music.

    Evening the score
    African-Americans have made inroads into film music, but insiders say there is still plenty of work to be done.

    Keeping score
    Top composers discuss their upcoming soundtrack composing projects.

    Track stars
    In a contracting music market, the makers of motion picture soundtracks get back to their roots ... and learn to love DVD.

    'Garden' statement
    Heartfelt music rings true on an indie hit.

    'Raging' redux
    After more than two decades, the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's influential masterwork finally hits shelves.

    Gold rush
    In a year packed with strong animation, independent and foreign-language candidates -- not to mention studio blockbusters -- Golden Globe hopefuls are prepared to use any advantage they can get. In the race for best score, that advantage seems to favor those with an international flavor.

    Shoot, score
    Composers John Keane and music supervisor Jason Alexander lay down the crucial music cues that thread through the "CSI." They help set the show's cool, slick and foreboding tone with a score that subtly has established itself as almost another character.

    Bio rhythms
    A new wave of musical biographies has arrived, sporting a new look and, more importantly, a new sound.

    Dialogue: Vangelis
    With characteristic simplicity, the enigmatic composer of "Alexander" insists that he does not labor endlessly over his music, preferring to write and record what "feels right."





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