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Annie Awards 45th edition – Nominees

Yesterday, Monday, December 4th, nominations were announced for the prestigious Annie Awards, which are already in their 45th edition, and are organized by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA – Hollywood.   With more than 30 nomination categories in total, regarding music, we have 2 categories to highlight:     The complete list of nominees can be […]

James Newton Howard – Frankfurt 2017 – Concert review and interview

The tour James Newton Howard has been conducting during November-December 2017, called “3 Decades of Music for Hollywood” has ended, and Gorka Oteiza was in the final concert performed in Frankfurt, bringing you this concert review and an exclusive interview with maestro James Newton Howard for SoundTrackFest.   James Newton Howard has been quite fond of […]

Krakow FMF 2018 – Festival Program

With 6 months in advance, the Krakow Film Music Festival (Krakow FMF), which is celebrating its 11th edition from Tuesday, May 29th until Tuesday, June 5th, 2018, announced yesterday its full concert program and its first batch of guests.   In the impressive list of guests of this 11th edition, you can find the film […]

Ennio Morricone will continue touring in 2018 with 89 years

Good news for fans of Ennio Morricone, who at the beginning of November turned 89 years old, as he will continue touring in 2018. It seemed that in December 2017 the tour “The 60 Years of Music Tour” that Ennio Morricone has been conducting this year, was going to end with the two concerts in […]

The Magnificent Movie Poster World of Drew Struzan – Live in Concert

Maybe the name of Drew Struzan is not familiar to some film music fans (“really??”), but he’s the man behind many iconic movie posters of the last four decades. To celebrate that he has turned 70 years old in 2017, a special tribute concert will be held this Friday, December 1st, 2017 – 8:00 p.m. […]

Grammy Awards 60th edition – Nominees

The last month of the year comes loaded of nominations for different awards, and in this case, the well-known Grammy Awards have just been announced, awards that are held annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences granting excellence in recording achievements.   Divided into a total of 84 very varied categories, into the section “Music for […]

Mac Quayle – Interview

Emmy award-winner composer Mac Quayle, visited Spain this summer and performed his music for the hit TV series Mr. Robot in a live concert at MOSMA festival. Gorka Oteiza from SoundTrackFest interviewed him there and they talked about his career, his beginnings, his work with Ryan Murphy, getting the musical tone for “Feud” from masters […]

John Williams in concert in Baltimore in 2018

Tickets for the concert called “An Evening with John Williams” that will be conducted by John Williams in Baltimore in 2018, are now available to the general public (tickets that so far had only been available to subscribers).   The concert will be held on Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 at 8:00 pm in Baltimore (Maryland, […]

Deustcher Filmmusikpreis 2017 awards for Trevor Jones and Harold Faltermeyer

Last Friday, November 3rd, the Deustcher Filmmusikpreis 2017 awards (German film music awards 2017) were presented in a gala ceremony held at the Steintor-Varieté in Halle during the 10th Edition of Filmmusiktage film music festival (read news).   The honorary award was for German composer Harold Faltermeyer and the international honorific award was for the […]

Krakow FMF 2018 – Wojciech Kilar award for Michael Nyman

The prestigious Krakow Film Music Festival, that is celebrating its 11th edition from Tuesday, May 29th to Tuesday, June 5th, 2018, has just announced their first guest: British composer Michael Nyman, who will be the recipient of the fourth edition of the Wojciech Kilar Award, named in honor of the late Polish composer.   He […]

Carles Cases in concert in Valencia (Spain)

This weekend, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 of November, composer and pianist Carles Cases will offer two recitals in Valencia with Pau Lligadas -double bass- and Jordi Farrés -guitar-. Both recitals will be presented by the critic and writer Frederic Torres, who will trace a semblance of the professional career of Cases, both of his […]

Concerts with John Williams – Tanglewood 2018

UPDATE: 1/31/2018 The dates for the traditional concerts held by the Boston Symphony Orchestra every summer in Tanglewood (Lenox, Massachusetts, USA) are already set: from June 21st to August 26th, 2018, and among all the concerts, let’s highlight three that have the participation of maestro John Williams.   Tanglewood on Parade – Tuesday 7th of […]