Entries by STF

‘The Christopher Young Film Scoring Program’ in Madrid

Last July, a 5-day film composition course named “The Christopher Young Film Scoring Program” was held in Madrid, with Christopher Young himself as a professor (read news), organized by GEMS Global Entertainment Music, and headed by its director Nigel Ashely Lees   Gorka Oteiza (SoundTrackFest) was invited to participate in the course and to interact […]

FIMUCITÉ 11 – FIMUCINEMA 5th Edition – Nominees

Yesterday, September 5th, the nominees for the 5th edition of FIMUCINEMA were presented, that has the main objective of spreading and promoting the treatment of music as an indispensable ingredient of all film productions, and that will be held within the International Film Music Festival of Tenerife (FIMUCITÉ) at the end of this month. From […]

Film Music Prague 2018 – True Stories Gala

Film Music Prague 2018 festival, that will be held from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd of April 2018, has recently announced a new concert that’s been added to the two already included in its program; the True Stories Gala concert.   Previously, a symphonic concert had been announced with the music of Clint Mansell (Saturday, […]

‘Fans of Film Music’ 2017 – Event information

Everything is ready and tomorrow Saturday, September 2nd, the 8th edition of ‘Fans of Film Music’ event will begin at The Bridge Recording Studio in Glendale (Los Angeles), organized by its founder and president Peter Hackman. nference / meeting, where famous composers interact with fans of film music, to exchange opinions related to the world […]

SoundTrack_Cologne 14 – Summary

Last week, August 23-26, SoundTrack_Cologne was held in the German city of Cologne. Gorka Oteiza (SoundTrackFest) attended this event for the first time, and leaves us his summary in the following article.   The core of SoundTrack_Cologne takes place over three very event-packed days; the first one dedicated to the music of videogames, the second […]

ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop 2017 with Richard Bellis – Summary

The ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop 2017, produced by Michael Todd and Jennifer Harmon (ASCAP), ended in Los Angeles earlier this month, having a duration of 4 weeks (from the end of July until mid-August), and being mentored by Emmy-winner composer Richard Bellis.   The participants of the workshop were 12 young composers from all over […]

SoundTrack_Cologne 14 – Awards Ceremony and Winners

SoundTrack_Cologne 14 is over, and ended last Saturday 26th of August with an awards ceremony celebrated at Forum Volkshochschule in Museum am Neumarkt of Cologne.   Let’s do a summary and give a look at the awards presented during that night.     SoundTrack_Cologne will come back 22-26 of August 2018 with its 15th edition. […]

Video games concerts during the Gamescom in Cologne (Germany)

UPDATE 9/3/2017: Videos added at the end of the article, which have been published for free on YouTube by Blizzard.   Yesterday, Tuesday 22nd of August, one of Europe’s largest video game events, Gamescom, started at the Koelnmesse fairgrounds in Cologne (Germany). Although the fair started yesterday and will be held until next Saturday 26th, […]

Fernando Velazquez in concert with the Extremadura Orchestra

At the end of July a special concert was held during the Festival Iberico de Cinema – Iberian Cinema Festival (read news) performed by the Extremadura Orchestra conducted by composer Fernando Velazquez. Curro Martín, composer, guitarist and tenor of the Ziryab Choir, was part of that evening and tells us what was lived there in […]

‘Fans of Music From the Movies’ – Final guest list

The second edition of the gathering Fans of Music From the Movies is happening in just 3 weeks, taking place on Saturday, 9th of September 2017 at Angel Studios (Islington, London).   On that day, from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm (doors open at 11:30 am) attendees will enjoy a conference/roundtable with the five composers […]

Homage concert to Guy Hamilton in Mallorca (Spain)

As it was already announced in the following news (read article), a gala homage was celebrated in Mallorca at the end June to the figure of filmmaker Guy Hamilton, who died in 2016 at the age of 93. The main event of that gala was a concert performed by the Chamber Film Orchestra with the […]