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Music

David David

Angel Studios Drops Full Trailer For ‘David,’ It’s Most Ambitious Family Title To Date

Angel is positioning the animated musical as a broad-audience holiday event, emphasizing scale, spectacle, and mainstream appeal.

By Jamie Lang | 2 weeks ago

Arco Arco

A Song That ‘Feels Like A Hug’: Composer Arnaud Toulon On ‘Clouds Away,’ ‘Arco’s’ Touching Finale (EXCLUSIVE)

Toulon breaks down his work on the ‘Arco’ original soundtrack, including the film’s emotional finale featuring singer-songwriter November Ultra.

By Jamie Lang | 3 weeks ago

Death of the Fish

Watch Composer Pablo Pico Craft The Score For Eva Lusbaronian’s Toronto Player ‘Death Of The Fish’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Composer Pablo Pico discusses crafting the original music for Eva Lusbaronian’s dialogue-free short ‘Death of the Fish,’ which just premiered at TIFF.

By Jamie Lang | 3 months ago

Duende

Pixar Vet Rodrigo Blaas’ Developing Animated Feature ‘Duende,’ ‘Inspired By Flamenco, Our Love Of Japan, And The Music Of Rosalía’

Pixar veteran Rodrigo Blaas debuts ‘Duende,’ an feature project blending flamenco, Japanese influences, and the music of Rosalía. Watch the first teaser.

By Jamie Lang | 3 months ago

KPop Demon Hunters

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Single ‘Golden’ Goes Up Up Up To No. 1 On Billboard’s Hot 100

‘Golden,’ from ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ tops Billboard’s Hot 100, as the first female-led K-pop No. 1, further fueling the film’s global success.

By Jamie Lang | 4 months ago

Bugs Bunny Hollywood Bowl

What’s Opera, Doc? Bugs Bunny Returns To The Hollywood Bowl For An Anniversary Encore

Bugs Bunny returns to the Hollywood Bowl with live orchestra, classic cartoons, and a double anniversary celebration.

By Jamie Lang | 5 months ago

Elio

‘Elio’s’ Otherworldly Score Featured Performances By This Chorus Of Wooden Dolls

Pixar’s Elio features a score by Rob Simonsen, who used singing wooden dolls to blending human-like harmonies with a futuristic sound.

By Jamie Lang | 5 months ago

The Day the Earth Blew Up

‘The Day The Earth Blew Up’ Composer Joshua Moshier On Scoring A 90-Minute Looney Tunes Film (Exclusive Video)

Music has always been a key element of the Looney Tunes shorts, and it is also an important part of the new Looney Tunes feature ‘The Day the Earth Blew Up.’

By Tara Bennett | 9 months ago

Alone in the Darkness

Minneapolis Studio Make Dives Into A Neon-Noir World With Music Vid ‘Alone In The Darkness’

The video was made for Argentine indie band Siamés.

By Chris Robinson | 1 year ago

Oscar 2024 shortlist

Oscar Shortlists: Iran And Mexico Contend For 1st Time In Animated Shorts; ‘Boy And The Heron’ Considered For Score; ‘Spider-Verse’ Shortlisted For VFX

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists in 10 different categories, including animated short film and visual effects.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Powerhouse

Happy Birthday To Raymond Scott’s ‘Powerhouse,’ The Most Iconic Song In Cartoon History

You may not know its name, but you certainly know the melody.

By Vincent Alexander | 3 years ago

Oswald The Lucky Rabbit Shorts, ‘Metropolis,’ ‘The Jazz Singer’ Headline 2023 Public Domain Arrivals

Each year on January 1, thousands of films, books, and musical compositions become available for free public use.

By Jamie Lang | 3 years ago

Oni Music

Series Craft: Music As A Tool For Storytelling In Tonko House’s ‘Oni: Thunder God’s Tale’

‘Oni’ creator Dice Tsutsumi and composers Zach Johnston and Matteo Roberts dive into their unique director-composer relationship.

By Jamie Lang | 3 years ago

Iron Giant LP

‘The Iron Giant’ Score Is Getting A Deluxe 2-LP Release

The set comes with 13 minutes of alternate tracks, outtakes, and rare demos, plus a customizable jacket and liners.

By Jamie Lang | 4 years ago

Shrek

Why ‘Shrek”s Dance Party Ending Is Good — And Others Are Bad

Youtuber Karsten Runquist breaks down this most irritating of tropes.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 4 years ago

Dos Oruguitas

‘Encanto’ Got A Song Nominated — But It’s Not “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”

Everyone expected “Encanto” to get an original song nomination – but no one thought it would be this song.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 4 years ago

MayTree a cappella group

This Korean A Cappella Group Reimagines The Sounds Of ‘Tom & Jerry,’ ‘Encanto,’ ‘The Simpsons,’ And More

You’ve never heard animation soundtracks like these.

By Amid Amidi | 4 years ago

Gorillaz, "Song Machine"

A Gorillaz Film Is In The Works At Netflix, Damon Albarn Confirms

“They just seem like they’re a good creative team,” says Albarn of the streaming giant.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 4 years ago

Oswald Iten, George Bruns

Video Of The Week: The Delicate Craft Of Disney’s Orchestral Scores

Oswald Iten looks beyond Disney’s famous songs to the six feature scores composed by George Bruns in the 1950s–70s.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 5 years ago

Alan Menken

Veteran Disney Composer Alan Menken Will Score Vicky Jenson’s ‘Spellbound’

The film will be among the first releases from feature animation start-up Skydance Animation.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 6 years ago

"Aladdin" genie singing

Disney Animated Films Contain Exactly 18 Different Types Of Song. Discuss.

This person has obviously spent a long time listening to songs from Disney animated films.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 6 years ago

Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Gimme Summn’ by Cole Kush

Music video for TNGHT’s “Gimme Summn.”

By Amid Amidi | 6 years ago

Grammy Museum Launches Warner Bros. Animation Music Exhibit

The “Get Animated Invasion” pop-up exhibit offers nine interactive spaces designed around select musical elements of Warner Bros. cartoons.

By Amid Amidi | 7 years ago

A Complete List of Every Song in Illumination’s ‘Sing’

The complete list of songs that appear in Illumination’s “Sing.”

By Amid Amidi | 9 years ago

Music and Songs From ‘Moana’ Getting Heavy Push Online

Several songs from “Moana” can now be re-lived online, as part of the Disney’s strategy to promote the film and boost visibility during awards season.

By Ian Failes | 9 years ago

Two Big Surprises And One Big Snub In The Golden Globes Animation Nominees

The Golden Globes animation category is much more interesting than we thought it would be!

By Amid Amidi | 9 years ago

‘The Zombie’ by Patrick McHale

“Over the Garden Wall” creator Patrick McHale made a music video.

By Amid Amidi | 9 years ago

‘Harvey Beaks’ Composer Ego Plum: Modern Animation Deserves Orchestral Music

Nearly 60 musicians were enlisted to create the recent “Steampunks” musical episode of Nick’s “Harvey Beaks.”

By Josh Moshier | 9 years ago

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