Tim Greiving

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When John Williams Can't Go, Whom Does Spielberg Call? Thomas Newman

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Up until this year, composer John Williams had scored every single Steven Spielberg movie, save one, since the director's big-screen debut in 1974. In a storied collaboration that has lasted decades, they've worked together on films like Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Indiana Jones and Schindler's List.

That ...

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Four Composers, One (Nearly) Impossible Mission To Reinvent A Classic Theme

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Four different composers have scored the Mission: Impossible stories on the big screen. All have had to contend with the iconic music Lalo Schifrin wrote for the TV series.

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After 30 Years, Giorgio Moroder Returns To The Dance Floor

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Moroder has the honor, and the misfortune, of being on the front lines of two musical eras that eventually fell out of fashion. Now, he's back with Déjà Vu, his first new album in 30 years.

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Michael Giacchino On Coming Home To Write Music For 'Jurassic World'

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

If you see blockbuster films this summer, chances are you'll hear Oscar winner Michael Giacchino's music. Soon, he'll help audiences return to the island of resurrected dinosaurs in Jurassic World.

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A Wrong Note Sets The Right Mood In 'House Of Cards'

Thursday, February 26, 2015

The show's distinctive score is the work of Jeff Beal, who ushers viewers into its clandestine, manipulative and sometimes violent world by breaking a few musical rules.

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To Set The Mood In Period Drama, A Composer Paints Around The Emotions

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Winners of the 87th Academy Awards will be announced Sunday night in Los Angeles, and mong the nominees for Best Original Score is Gary Yershon. He may not be as well known as his high-profile competition — notably, Alexandre Desplat and Hans Zimmer. But by the ...

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In 'The Homesman,' Wind Is The Sound Of Insanity

Saturday, November 22, 2014

The new film The Homesman is set in the pioneer days of the American West. It was directed by Tommy Lee Jones, who called on his regular composers, Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, for the music. But instead of writing a traditional score for symphony orchestra, they became inventors and ...

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