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Jon Burlingame editorThe Television Academy’s music branch is leading the way in awarding diversity. Forty-six percent of all of this year’s nominees in the music categories are women, people of color, or both.Nine of the 41 nominees, or 22 percent, are women; 13 of the 41, nearly a third, are people of color.

Jon Burlingame editorThe Emmy lineup might have looked like this: Kanye West nominated for music supervision. Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Mary J.

Carson Burton B.J. Novak of “The Office” fame is taking viewers to Texas in a true-crime comedy with his directorial debut film “Vengeance.” Novak, who wrote, directed and starred in the upcoming film, still remembers the nerves on the first day on set.“Day one, I was so scared,” Novak told Variety at the Los Angeles premiere for “Vengeance” at the Ace Hotel. “You know how you see a photo of yourself and you’re like, ‘Burn that photo?’ I was like, ‘What if I feel that way about a whole scene?’ So honestly, it was my fear that I would get in my own way like that.

EXCLUSIVE: Multi-hyphenate writer, producer, director, actor, composer and poet Rafael Casal has signed with CAA for representation.

Jon Burlingame editorDirector Jordan Peele launched Michael Abels’ film composing career five years ago with “Get Out.” Now, for Peele’s “Nope,” the two-time Emmy nominee has written his most ambitious score to date.“It has all these different elements,” says Abels. “There’s the awe and wonder that the characters experience, but then there’s also the satire.

Beyoncerevealed the tracklist for her upcoming seventh studio album Renaissance this Wednesday, just over a week ahead of its release.And one day later Apple Music put Renaissance up for pre-order - unveiling the full list of composer credits, including a dazzling array of famous names.The 40-year-old pop star has enlisted the help of such artists as Drake, Pharrell Williams, The-Dream, Skrillex - and none other than her own husband Jay-Z. Esteemed company: Beyonce's star-studded list of collaborators on Renaissance was revealed on Thursday when the composer list for the album went public the thrill of it all: Excited Beyonce fans took to sharing the composer list on Twitter after it surfaced via Apple MusicAnother one of the names involved is 070 Shake, who is mainly known for her work on several songs with Kanye West.At the moment it remains to be seen how many of these artists have delivered feature vocals on the tracks and how many were involved solely behind the scenes.

Jon Burlingame editorHenry Jackman’s music for “The Gray Man,” the spy thriller debuting Friday on Netflix, is as cutting-edge and exciting as any score you’ll hear all year. Yet he wrote all of the film’s key musical elements without ever seeing a frame of film.It’s what happens when real life collides with a movie career.Jackman, the London-born, L.A.-based composer of the last three movies by “Gray Man” directors Joe and Anthony Russo (including two “Captain America” films and “Cherry”), became a father for the first time in March 2021.

As San Diego Comic-Con gets underway, the fan boy crowd can revel in Amazon Studios confirming what Deadline told you a long time ago: Howard Shore, 3-time Oscar winner for his work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, has returned to compose the original main title theme for its blockbuster $465 million series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. At the same time, Emmy-winner Bear McCreary has composed the full episodic series score.

Alice Krajčírová Czech/Slovak documentary-opera “Kapr Code” will receive its Czech premiere at the 26th Jihlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival, which runs Oct. 25-30, Film New Europe reports.Lucie Králová’s film focuses on the contradictory life of Czech progressive composer and prominent communist Jan Kapr (1914-88).

Jon Burlingame editorPinar Toprak, whose billion-dollar status in films (“Captain Marvel”) and video games (“Fortnite”) has made her one of the world’s most sought-after women composers, has shattered another glass ceiling: She has written the theme for Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football,” launching with a preseason game Aug. 25.The L.A.-based composer recorded the theme and multiple variations on July 8, conducting a 70-piece orchestra at Nashville’s Ocean Way studios.

Monty Norman was a prolific singer-songwriter, best known for composing the iconic theme to the James Bond movie franchise. Norman, who has died aged 94, composed the music for 11 films and contributed to the soundtrack of more than 120, but it is for the memorable Bond signature tune that he will always be remembered.

If the drama wasn’t enough on Beyond Salem, the team behind the Days of Our Lives spinoff on Peacock have created a way for fans to enjoy the short-term sudser long after the last episode drops today.

Pantha Du Prince has announced details of his fourth album, ‘Garden Gaia’, which is set for release next month through BMG’s Modern Recordings label.Like his previous release, 2020’s ‘Conference Of Trees’, the album serves as an artistic exploration of nature, imagining Earth as a garden.“There are scientists who say that we humans are ocean that’s been folded together”, he says. “My music is about raising consciousness, about describing the reality of life and the lost paradise through the means of music”.“It’s about entering a free space and developing a maximum degree of openness and sensitivity to our bodies – to our mental states and the atmosphere that surrounds us”, he goes on. “It’s about mindfulness and a high level of awareness towards what’s happening around and within us”.“I’ve poured all of these experiences into Garden Gaia as music”, he continues.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has an exclusive track from Mychael Danna’s score for 3000 Pictures’ dramatic thriller Where the Crawdads Sing, which is slated for release by Decca Records tomorrow, as the film hits theaters in the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Multimedia Music, an emerging player in the film and TV music rights arena, has finalized three separate deals to acquire works by composers Tyler Bates, David Buckley and Michael Corcoran.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the launch of the Jonas Gwangwa Music Composition Initiative, a program to help Black British musicians who are interested in developing a career in film composing.The program begins in October and is in partnership with Mercury Studios. In celebration of the late South African musician, composer and Oscar nominee Jonas Gwangwa (“Cry Freedom”), the program will provide real-world experience, one-on-one mentorship and networking opportunities.Part of the Academy’s ongoing Aperture 2025 global outreach and engagement efforts, the initiative aims to foster broader representation in film music composition, with an emphasis on Black British talent.

Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan continued filming Maestro in New York City on Monday, as they put on a very romantic display including an intimate kissing scene.Working of the fourth of July, Bradley - who plays famed composer Leonard Bernstein - and Carey - taking on the role of his wife - were also seen dancing together and seemed to prove that they have a natural onscreen chemistry together.British siren Carey, 37, looked classy in a cream-colored skirt and jacket, with her hair styled in a vintage bob. Sealed with a kiss! Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan lock lipsas they continue filming Maestro in NYC portraying famed composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife Meanwhile, Bradley, 47, wore a dapper tan-colored suit to step into the role as the renowned American composer, known for works such as West Side Story.The Oscar-nominated star was also seen in a pink-colored dress shirt and a burgundy tie to complete his look.

Wilson Chapman editorRapper and weed entrepreneur Berner has joined the cast of the upcoming indie thriller “The Low End Theory.”Directed by Francisco Ordoñez, who co-wrote the script with lead actor Sofia Yepes, “The Low End Theory” is a neo-noir thriller about an aspiring hip hop producer who begins laundering money for a drug dealer. Berner will play a supporting role in the cast, in addition to executive producing and composing the soundtrack for the film.“When I read this script it got me super excited. The music business, drug trafficking and money laundering, these are worlds I’ve often depicted in my music, and it all feels really authentic here,” Berner said in a statement.

An Ayrshire music festival is pledging to deliver its most diverse line-up to date.

Jon Burlingame editorArtie Kane, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer of film scores including “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” and “Eyes of Laura Mars,” died Tuesday at his home on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, Wash.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor“Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia,” a symphonic work by composer Him Sophy and the first major such piece to address the Khmer Rouge genocide in the country, recently was released on Entertain Impact label.Sophy, himself a Khmer Rouge survivor, places the musical ritual of a Bangsokol – a traditional Khmer ceremony that accompanies Cambodian Buddhist funeral rites – within the form of a Western requiem.“When I composed the requiem,” Sophy says, “I relived the feelings I had during the Khmer Rouge times. It was Hell on Earth.