2024-04-05 – 18:10 h

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 6, ASMAC – American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers presents a free online event: “Jon Burlingame: Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring.”

 

Jon Burlingame dives into the history of American television themes and scoring connected with his book ‘Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring’.

 

An engaging and fun survey of TV themes over the past 75 years, with backstories and a grand overview of how composers and arrangers managed to convey the essence of a show in 60 seconds or less.

 

  • How early TV drew on radio traditions for its music
  • How “Peter Gunn” changed the TV scoring landscape
  • How great film composers found new challenges in TV
  • How leading jazz arrangers became top composers in TV
  • The role of pop and rock songwriters in the ‘60s and ‘70s
  • How the advent of synthesizers changed the TV scoring landscape

 

Registration Link (LA 12pm | NY 3pm | Lima 2pm | London 8pm | Paris 9pm | Sydney 6am (+1 day)):

https://buff.ly/4aGJGw0

 

More information about the book:

https://jonburlingame.com/book/music-for-prime-time/