9 Best Articles in 2022
The Guardian
Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks, dies aged 79
The Guardian
· Greek composer topped US charts with Chariots of Fire’s uplifting piano-led theme · Shared by 101, including Microphilosophy | Philosopher 🧠, Ines Bieler, Steve Silberman, patrick h. lauke (redux) "Big Dog" #toryScum, Liliane Ferrari ™, Scott Galloway, Nick Anstead (@nickanstead@mastodonapp.uk)
ampermusic.com
Amper Music - AI Music Composer for Content Creators
ampermusic.com
1 min read · · Amper is an artificial intelligence music composer and API that creates & customizes original music for your content. · Shared by 23
The Guardian
'Mozart would have made video game music': composer Eímear Noone on a winning art form
The Guardian
7 min read · · The Irish composer and conductor – who’s worked with film director Gus Van Sant and on World of Warcraft – talks passionately about making game music · Shared by 37, including Kelly Hoey, Rick King, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Dean Anthony Gratton, Keith Stuart
The New York Times
Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91
The New York Times
~18 min read · · He was the theater’s most revered and influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the 20th century and the driving force behind some of Broadway’s most beloved and celebrated shows. · Shared by 159, including Karen K. Ho, Sam Sifton, Esther Schindler, Daren | Craftsman Creative💡, Eghosa Omoigui, S. Mitra Kalita, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Matthew Herper, Jennifer Ouellette, Thomas Power, Kyle Chayka, Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org, CBC Music, Catherine Rampell, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Dave Nussbaum, John Schwartz, Gregg Gonsalves, Ajit Pai, Maria Shriver
WIRED
Need a Soundtrack for Your YouTube Video? Ask an AI Composer
WIRED
2 min read · · A new music creation plug-in uses machine intelligence to compose songs on the fly that match the visual tone and rhythm of creators’ videos. · Shared by 144, including Terence Mills, Nicolas Babin #CES2023, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, luis antónio santos
The Critic
A madman’s guide to Wagner
The Critic
5 min read · · The German composer Richard Wagner wrote seven operas in his mature style. I’ve been going to see them in live performances for the last forty years or so – my very first was Die Walküre at English… · Shared by 138
cold-takes.com
Where's Today's Beethoven?
cold-takes.com
~20 min read · · Why is no composer today as acclaimed as Beethoven, no author as acclaimed as Shakespeare? A data-driven look at a few possible explanations. · Shared by 112, including David Papandrew, Jason Crawford
christopherdylanherbert.com
Composer Autobiographies, Memoirs, Letters, and Essays after 1850
christopherdylanherbert.com
7 min read · · Recently, Professor Anne-Marie Reynolds at Juilliard asked me to do a research assignment: to spend time in the library cataloguing memoirs of composers from after 1850. I couldn't find a satisfactory… · Shared by 93
vimeo.com
Quartet for the End of Time/The Crystal Liturgy
vimeo.com
· Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time premiered on 15 January 1941 in the prisoner-of-war camp where the composer was interned during World War Two.… · Shared by 100, including Howard Getson
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The Remarkable Diaries of Composer Ned Rorem (Who Celebrates His 99th Birthday Today)
tedgioia.substack.com
~11 min read · · I adore the music of Ned Rorem, but he is also the greatest diarist of the second half of the 20th century · Shared by 44, including Austin Kleon, mari, Katja Evertz
The A.V. Club
John Carpenter talks us through his favorite video games of 2022
The A.V. Club
8 min read · · Carpenter—an avid gamer, when he's not serving as a composer and executive producer on the new Halloween films—reveals the games he loves now · Shared by 45, including Liam Bright, Jose Luis Calvo
WordPress
WordPress 6.1 “Misha”
WordPress
~17 min read · · Say hello to “Misha,” the WordPress 6.1 release, inspired by Mikhail “Misha” Alperin acclaimed jazz ensemblist and composer. At least 800 contributors made this release possible. Download 6.1 today… · Shared by 37, including weDevs, sascha aßbach, Brian Gardner, Joost de Valk, 6clicks | John Robert-Nicoud
Gizmodo
Exclusive Featurette: Meet Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Composer Bear McCreary
Gizmodo
· Composer Bear McCreary on creating new music for Middle Earth. · Shared by 9
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youtube.com
'Succession' Composer Breaks Down the Theme Song
youtube.com
· Composer and pianist Nicholas Britell takes us through his composition of the Emmy-winning main title and score of HBO's 'Succession.' With an unconventional... · Shared by 28, including Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Oliver Reichenstein, Millie Tran, Merlin Mann, Austin Kleon, Alex Selby-Boothroyd, James O'Malley, Scott Monty
criterion.com
The Mancini Touch
criterion.com
3 min read · · The music of the legendary, multiple-Oscar-winning composer brought the freedom and anxiety of postwar America to life. · Shared by 69
Los Angeles Review of Books
The Night Inspection: Vladimir Nabokov at 123
Los Angeles Review of Books
5 min read · · On the night of April 22, the Composer doesn’t sleep …Insolent insomnia, he will say to his wife the following morning at breakfast. Kornfleks and kofe with kreem. The neck and jowls of an athlete,… · Shared by 82
Autoblog
BMW and Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer give electrified M cars a voice
Autoblog
2 min read · · BMW asked composer Hans Zimmer to create a driving sound for its future electric cars, including battery-powered members of the M range. · Shared by 21
The New York Times
Days Before Dying, Stephen Sondheim Reflects: ‘I’ve Been Lucky’
The New York Times
5 min read · · In an interview on Sunday, the revered composer and lyricist, 91, contentedly discussed his shows running on Broadway and off, as well as a new movie about to be released. · Shared by 78, including Matt Zoller Seitz, Anne Thompson, Esther Schindler, Eghosa Omoigui
Polygon
Bong Joon-ho and his Parasite composer struggled to perfect the film’s key song
Polygon
2 min read · · Composer Jung Jae-il on how scoring the film drove him to drink · Shared by 20
grafana.org
The Graphite dashboard frontend, editor and graph composer
grafana.org
1 min read · · Grafana is the leading open source project for visualizing metrics. Supporting rich integration for every popular database like Graphite, Prometheus and InfluxDB. · Shared by 62, including Stefan Weber, Paulo Gaspar, William El Kaim, Claudio Perez Gamayo, Veronika Lampion, Dominik Grolimund
davidwinter.me
Install and manage WordPress with Composer
davidwinter.me
3 min read · · Automated and repeatable WordPress deploys with Composer · Shared by 8, including Marc Wieland, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
Pitchfork
Jazz Innovator Vijay Iyer on the Music That Made Him
Pitchfork
~11 min read · · The 50-year-old pianist and composer details the artists and albums of his life, from the swashbuckling energy of the Star Wars score to the ecstatic musicianship of Prince to the experimental rap of… · Shared by 65
