“His score for ‘Laura’ really turned me on to classic film music, and film scores in general,” says Karger. “And then you go back and you learn that in 1945, there were 20 Oscar nominees that year in ...

The Romantic period was one of the most innovative in music history, characterised by lyrical melodies, rich harmonies, and emotive expression. Here's our beginner's guide to the greatest composers of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There were great cinema composers before John Williams and there will be great composers after him. And yet, through his ...

The French composer, Claude Debussy, is known as the first impressionist composer. He was born in 1862 and is often referred to as one of the most influential composers of the time. Some of his most ...

Composer-centered stories make for great movies. Whether we can attribute it to the enduring power of their work – "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" as we approach Halloween, Tchaikovsky’s cannonfire in ...

A portrait of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven in 1818. 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna, Austria. On its ...

As readers of this blog know, I often tag my posts with the subject area categorization of Creativity because, after all, music is an art form and a creative endeavor. As a result, I was recently ...

There were great cinema composers before John Williams and there will be great composers after him. And yet, through his seven-decade career, he towers over everyone else. His music is not only iconic ...