PRECIOUS Music: Q&A with Composer Mario Grigorov
The son of a concert pianist and trumpeter, Bulgarian-born, Austrian-trained composer Mario Grigorov has been creating film music for two decades, having become particularly busy in the last ten years or so. Among his movie credits are Leonardo Ricagni’s 29 Palms (1999) and El chevrolé (2002), Alison Thompson’s documentary The Third Wave: A Volunteer Story (2007), additional music for Alex Gibney’s Oscar-winning Iraq War documentary Taxi to the Dark Side, and a number of short films.
Grigorov’s other music credits include the albums "Rhymes with Orange" and "Aria on Café del Mar," musical scores for numerous commercial outlets, and even playing in the Shah’s Symphony Orchestra in Iran, where Grigorov lived for six years. "Both on disc and onstage," [...]
by Andre Soares | November 9, 2009
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Tags: Film Music, Gabourey Sidibe, Interviews, Lee Daniels, Mario Grigorov, Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, Shadowboxer
Maurice Jarre
Maurice Jarre, best known for his Oscar-winning association with David Lean in films such as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and A Passage to India (1984), died in his sleep on March 28 at his home in Malibu after a brief illness. Some reports claimed that Jarre had cancer. He was 84.
Throughout his five-decade career in film and on television Jarre was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning Oscars for the three aforementioned films with Lean. (Following Lawrence of Arabia, Lean only made three more films, all with Jarre as composer. Their other collaboration was Ryan’s Daughter in 1970.)
Jarre also won two British Academy Awards — for Witness (1985) and Dead Poets Society (1989); four [...]
by Andre Soares | March 31, 2009
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Tags: A Passage to India, Composers, David Lean, Doctor Zhivago, Eyes Without a Face, Film Music, Jean-Michel Jarre, Kevin Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia, Maurice Jarre, Ryan's Daughter, Witness
Oscar 2007: Best Song Longlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 56 songs will be considered in the original song category for the 2007 Academy Awards.
On Tuesday, January 16, the Academy will screen clips featuring each song, in random order, for Music Branch voting members in both Beverly Hills and New York City.
According to the Academy’s press release, "to be eligible, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film. A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credit."
As to be expected, a number of songs from animated [...]
by Andre Soares | December 8, 2006
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Tags: 2007 Oscar, Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Film Awards, Film Music
