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Universal Music Group Leads Awards Season Wins, Rules Classical Streams Thanks to Soundtrack, Score Streak
Jon Burlingame With today’s release of Ludovico Einaudi’s “Cinema,” Universal Music Group confirms its status as one of the world’s most soundtrack-friendly music companies.Music by Einaudi, the Italian composer and pianist, was featured in recent Oscar winners “Nomadland” and”The Father.” “Cinema” collects 28 pieces featured in those films and such earlier projects as “The Water Diviner,” “The Intouchables” and the miniseries “Doctor Zhivago.”Each of the last seven Academy Award winners for original score was released or distributed by a UMG label or composed by a UMG artist, according to a spokesperson. UMG artists Jon Batiste and Hildur Guðnadóttir were the composers of “Soul” and “Joker,” respectively.