Regardless of your thoughts on Star Trek Into Darkness (here is what we had to say), one thing is for certain: the score behind the film is absolutely gorgeous. Today we are excited to share with you a short 7-minute behind the scenes documentary about recording the score for the film. We get to see insights from music conductor and orchestrator Tim Simonec, who conducted the studio musicians for Star Trek Into Darkness, and he explains the process and wonder of conducting musicians for film. Director J.J. Abrams and composer Michael Giacchino also make a brief appearance and …
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Take a Wonderful Look into the Making of the Music of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
May 20th, 2013 
Tyler Osborne 
Posted in News 
Tags: conductor, film, JJ Abrams, michael giacchino, movies, music, orchestra, score, soundtrack, star trek into darkness, Symphony, tim simonec 
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STREAM: ‘The Great Gatsby’ Soundtrack
May 2nd, 2013 Tyler Osborne Today we are excited to share with you the complete soundtrack for Buz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, available to stream now courtesy of NPR. The album has songs from all of your favorites, including Lana Del Ray, Jay-Z, Nero, Florence + The Machine, and much more.
The Great Gatsby comes out on May 10, so make sure you check that out once it hits the theaters. It’s a Buzz Luhrmann film (Moulin Rouge), so expect a lot of flash, spectacle, and great cinematography.
You can click here for the stream on NPR, …
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Original Score For The Gaslight Anthem’s Short Film Released
April 18th, 2013 Anthony Galasso The original score for the short film that The Gaslight Anthem unveiled in February, Every Word Handwritten, has been released on iTunes.
The fifteen minute film was co-written and produced by drummer Benny Horowitz and directed by Kevin Slack.
“It wasn’t some gigantic Radiohead conceptual-brainchild thing,” the Gaslight Anthem drummer Benny Horowitz told Rolling Stone.
Every Word Handwritten was scored by Gaslight Anthem guitarist Alex Rosamilia alongside Wes Kleinknecht, a friend of the band.
The film is still available to watch over at PunkNews.org.
Stream the First Track from ‘The Hobbit’ Score, List of Theaters Showing 48FPS Released
November 5th, 2012 Tyler Osborne It’s a great day in the Shire today! We are so excited to share with you a track off of the score from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, created by legendary composer Howard Shore. The song titled ”Radagast the Brown” is beautiful, but let’s be honest, we knew it was going to be great before we clicked play on the stream.
Today 48FPS Movies announced the locations of where The Hobbit will be screened in 48 frames per second. Don’t know what this means? We broke it down here earlier this year here. Now this format is new technological advancement …
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SCENE & HEARD: Kick-Ass
January 15th, 2012 James Shotwell Written by UTG critic Grace Duffy, Scene & Heard takes a look at the music that makes our favorite films so memorable. Whether it’s the 400-piece orchestra Christopher Nolan used for The Dark Knight, or the dozen or so bands that contributed to the soundtrack of Top Gun, there is no denying the impact music has on movies and this column hopes to highlight the best of the best.
If you have a suggestion for a film we should cover on Scene & Heard, please contact us by emailing utgjames@gmail.com.
A more recent classic in soundtrack terms, Kick-Ass was …
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SCENE & HEARD: We Bought A Zoo
December 26th, 2011 James Shotwell Written by UTG critic Grace Duffy, Scene & Heard takes a look at the music that makes our favorite films so memorable. Whether it’s the 400-piece orchestra Christopher Nolan used for The Dark Knight, or the dozen or so bands that contributed to the soundtrack of Top Gun, there is no denying the impact music has on movies and this column hopes to highlight the best of the best.
If you have a suggestion for a film we should cover on Scene & Heard, please contact us by emailing utgjames@gmail.com.
Given my location upon the European shores of the …
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MOVIE REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
December 16th, 2011 Jacob Tender Film: Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
Starring: Robert Downey Jr.
Directed By: Guy Ritchie
After the success of Guy Ritchie’s 2009 adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, at least one sequel was destined to explode onto the silver screen sooner rather than later. Surely enough, 3 years later, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows makes its way to cinemas in response to our thirst for entertainment, and I’m quenched. This time, the disarranged and manic, yet methodic and observant Holmes continues his sleuthing on a grander scale with far larger stakes. The film lives up to its promises for …
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REVIEW: T-Pain – rEVOLVEr
December 8th, 2011 James Shotwell Artist: T-Pain
Album: rEVOLVEr
Genre: R’n’b, hip-hop
Label: Nappy Boy, Konvict Muzik, RCA
This was a fun album to review. Not because it’s particularly good, but just for how often it makes such a spectacular tool of itself. You can’t but laugh and applaud its blatant and wilful badness. I don’t know if this was intentional or not, or if it’s just a symptom of me not listening to this type of music very often, but I almost feel refreshed after listening to it. I wish I had enough space to do an in-depth review of each track.
Posted in Features, reviews Tags: album review, autotune, critique, evolve, hip-hop (genre), new tpain, pop (genre), review, revolver, revolver review, rnb, score, t pain album, t-pain, tpain No Comments »
REVIEW: Crown The Empire – Limitless
December 7th, 2011 James Shotwell Artist: Crown The Empire
Album: Limitless
Genre: Rise Records-core
It’s getting to be that time of year when the minds of Adderall-riddled college kids tend to wander very easily, gravitating towards absolutely anything that can become a distraction from looming final exams. My mind happens to be very good at doing such a thing, but then again, I have a lot of very interesting toys to distract myself with. My weapon of choice lately has been messing around with Ableton, and playing around with my synth program, Massive. It’s really great fun, and there are so many tiny little parameters …
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Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) Set To Score Upcoming Film ‘The Master’
December 6th, 2011 Grant Trimboli Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has announced that he will score a new film entitled The Master.
The drama is set in the 1950′s and is confirmed to star Phillip Seymor Hoffman, Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix. It is due for release sometime in 2013. The Master is being directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who also worked on There Will Be Blood, for which Greenwood provided the score as well.
All of us here at UTG are very excited about this movie and will continue to update you on any new information we receive.
Radiohead released their latest LP The …
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MOVIE REVIEW: The Artist
December 4th, 2011 James Shotwell Film: The Artist
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo
In a year filled with stunning cinematic achievements, the one film you truly need to see is faithfully rooted in Hollywood’s glorious past. The Artist, a new silent film directed by Michel Hazanavicius, was made with such profound respect and devotion to rise of cinema that most will not be able to differentiate it from the reels that held Alan Crosland’s The Jazz Singer. It is not for everyone, but the true devotees to the silver screen need look no further for this season’s best pick.
SCENE & HEARD: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
December 2nd, 2011 James Shotwell Written by UTG critic Grace Duffy, Scene & Heard takes a look at the music that makes our favorite films so memorable. Whether it’s the 400-piece orchestra Christopher Nolan used for The Dark Knight, or the dozen or so bands that contributed to the soundtrack of Top Gun, there is no denying the impact music has on movies and this column hopes to highlight the best of the best.
If you have a suggestion for a film we should cover on Scene & Heard, please contact us by emailing utgjames@gmail.com.
As a natural corollary to my take on Tinker, …
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