Tim Greiving

Tim Greiving appears in the following:

How the training montage became a miniature artform

Sunday, March 12, 2023

There's a third Creed movie in theaters, which technically makes it the ninth Rocky movie. And a new Rocky movie means... a new training montage.

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Forensic musicologists race to rescue works lost after the Holocaust

Friday, January 27, 2023

The Exilarte Center in Vienna is the world's leading research institution devoted to preserving the work of composers such as Walter Arlen and others, who were exiled or killed during the Holocaust.

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How a Grammy-winning Pueblo musician influenced the soundtrack for 'Prey'

Friday, August 12, 2022

Prey, the new prequel to the 1987 blockbuster Predator streaming on Hulu, features a sophisticated soundtrack influenced both by Native cultures and video games

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Elvis songwriter Mike Stoller looks back on his hits

Sunday, July 03, 2022

Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber wrote hit songs for Elvis, along with a whos-who of other artists including Big Mama Thornton, Ben E. King, and more.

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The theme to 'Jurassic Park' hasn't aged a day

Friday, June 10, 2022

John Williams' score was, true to form, unforgettable — as Jeff Goldblum remembers in an interview with NPR.

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Will the soundtrack to 'Top Gun: Maverick' stack up against the original?

Friday, May 27, 2022

The sequel to Top Gun opens in theaters over Memorial Day weekend. The soundtrack from the original movie was a major success. The music for Top Gun: Maverick has a lot to live up to.

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New opera teaches a classical music class in the ongoing fight for civil rights

Thursday, March 03, 2022

Tamar-kali, who composed the music for Mudbound and Shirley, has a new project: an opera that you can watch online.

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How the many pairs behind 'Cyrano' made music for the movie's lovelorn couples

Thursday, February 24, 2022

The National frontman Matt Berninger and his wife Carin Besser wrote the lyrics, and twin brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner scored the movie.

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Sure, 'Encanto' has fun songs and a sweet story. But Germaine Franco made it groove

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

She's the first woman to score a Disney animated feature, and a history-making Oscar nominee. But most importantly, Franco is a drummer, who brings a jam-band attitude to a by-the-book industry.

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Four centuries of Black American history are told in new Kronos Quartet performance

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Deep in the heart of Texas, the Kronos Quartet reflects on race relations and social unrest with At War with Ourselves – 400 Years of You, by composer Michael Abels and poet Nikky Finney.

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'Candyman' Composer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe Sings, Scares The Body Electric

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

The sound artist and composer took a deeply unique, and wonderfully successful, approach to the composing of his score for the new Jordan Peele-written horror reboot.

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Latest 'Candyman' Movie Is Scored By Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

A Black avant-garde musician has successfully applied his visceral, voice-centered style to the films he has scored lately. His approach eerily suits the newest Candyman movie.

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'Willy Wonka' Composer Leslie Bricusse Is Still Busy At Age 90

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory turns 50 in June, and Hook turns 30 in December. Both were shaped by the English lyricist and composer Leslie Bricusse, who remains vital and busy at age 90.

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Man With A Mission: Miloš Seeks The Next Great Classical Guitar Showpiece

Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Recovered from a career-threatening injury, Miloš Karadaglic has his sights set on two goals: finding the next great classical guitar concerto, and erasing the taboo of injuries among musicians.

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The Music Of 'Justice League' Is Its Own Epic Tale Of Death And Rebirth

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, is far from the first score composer to be fired from a Hollywood film. But he might be the first to get his job back.

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Kris Bowers Reflects On Coming 'Full Circle' In Composing The Score For 'Respect'

Friday, February 26, 2021

Aretha Franklin liked how Kris Bowers played piano at a competition in 2011. It was his big break — a fact that he says was with him while he scored a upcoming biopic about the late Queen of Soul.

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James Newton Howard, A Composer Who Can Do It All

Monday, December 28, 2020

James Newton Howard has composed the music for more than 100 films: thrillers, Disney animation and big fantasy series. His latest is the Tom Hanks western, News of the World.

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Requiem For A Theme: Film Composer Clint Mansell On The Sound Of Sadness

Friday, October 16, 2020

Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film Requiem for a Dream spawned a musical motif that's rippled through media — and jumpstarted a new career for Clint Mansell, the composer of its haunted score.

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Keeping Up With Amanda Jones, Score Composer On The Rise

Friday, September 11, 2020

Jones is the first African American woman ever nominated for an Emmy for an original television score. She got her start because producer/writer Lena Waithe took a chance on her.

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A New Documentary Shines A Spotlight On The Lyricist Behind The Disney Renaissance

Thursday, August 06, 2020

The Disney+ documentary Howard features the life and work of Howard Ashman, a lyricist known for Little Shop of Horrors and one half of the duo that brought the music for three classic films to life.

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