TIM GREIVING

Film Music Evangelist  / NPR, L.A. Times, Washington Post

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2023/10/19/james-newton-howard-album-shyamalan-scores/

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Groove to Pamyua's joyous 'Inuit soul' jams at L.A.'s new Global Music Festival

The Alaskan Inuit band Pamyua will headline the new Los Angeles Global Music Festival on Saturday at the First Congregational Church of Los

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Ballads, Broadway and goofy fun all have a place in these songs in the Emmy spotlight

These original song nominees may diverge in tone and style, but all come from a personal place — even Weird Al's

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Nicholas Britell finds the themes for outsized stories in this world and others

Emotional moments in 'Andor' and 'Succession' — both involving deaths — push the composer into new territory.

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Robbie Robertson was on the verge of his greatest success with Martin Scorsese

The decades-long collaboration between musician and director was about to bear its sweetest fruit: the stirring score for "Killers of the Fl

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The haunting melodies on 'Only Murders in the Building' have roots in Indian film and Hindi songs

The award-winning composer Siddhartha Khosla describes how the Indian music he grew up with influenced the sound on the hit Hulu series, whi

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How the 'Ms. Marvel' theme changed composer Laura Karpman's life

Recording with a 70-piece orchestra as well as a group of soloists in Pakistan and India and a choir created a “life-changing recording sess

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When Tim Burton needs a composer, Danny Elfman snaps up the gig

Fellow composer Chris Bacon lends a hand (no, not that hand!) in finding the right notes to score 'Wednesday.'

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/07/20/hollywood-strike-guild/

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Her Symphony Reclaims an Ancestral Story, and Classical Music

Tamar-kali, a former punk rocker, wove episodes of Gullah Geechee history into “Sea Island Symphony,” premiering at Lincoln Center in Manhat

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Fortune Feimster used her relatable voice in comedy to write her own success story

The comedian talks about how her past as an entertainment journalist and improv actor helped shape her current success in stand-up and TV

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Meet Mr. Pixar

Peter Sohn has been a part of Pixar since 2000, dabbling in everything from animation to writing to voice acting. Now, as the director of th

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Ojai music director Rhiannon Giddens knows the 2023 festival program sounds risky — that's the point

The recent Pulitzer winner is the music director of this year's Ojai Music Festival. Her programming for the festival, she explains, aims to

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Ego Nwodim takes us inside that uncontrolled 'SNL' giggle fit with Lisa from Temecula

First Pedro Pascal began laughing, then her 'Saturday Night Live' castmates broke, then it was chaos.

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Composers Find a Tempo for True Crime With ‘Murdaugh Murders,’ ‘Madoff,’ ‘Crime Scene’ Scores

Every composer who scores a true crime series is dealing with ghosts. Their challenge is to help make a show riveting, dramatic — even enter

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Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco got a masterclass in acting from Robert De Niro in 'About My Father'

The film inspired by the comedian's relationship with his real-life Italian dad premieres on Thursday

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Apple’s New Classical Platform Offers Easier Points of Entry for Both Hardcore Listeners and the Merely Middlebrow: App Review

I’ve been listening to classical music all my life, been to hundreds of symphony orchestra concerts, and even written concert notes for the LA Phil. But I often still feel like a yokel in the woods…