Sound: Last News

The Strokes have announced they will be cancelling their headline set at Primavera Sound Festival due to a COVID-19 infection within their camp.The band were due to close the Friday night of the festival (June 3) but Caribou will now be taking The Strokes’ place, with Mogwai filling the gap left by Caribou.Taking to Twitter, Primavera wrote: “We have tried everything. We wanted The Strokes to be at Primavera Sound Barcelona this weekend but you can’t always get what you want.”“Since we heard about the cancellation of the band’s concert in Boston on May 28, we have been in contact with the band to see how the festival could help make their concert happen.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentA group of prominent Algerian film directors is launching an alarm over the de-facto cancellation of the country’s national film fund which they say puts Algerian cinema “at risk of death.”In an open letter to Algerian culture minister Malika Bendouda, the North African country’s filmmakers are lamenting that they “see no future for our films” after the government support scheme called the National Fund for the Development of the Arts and Techniques of Cinema (Fdatic) was scrapped by last year by the government.The culture ministry has given Algeria’s film community vague assurances that this fund would be replaced by another support scheme which however has not materialized. Nor has the minister replied to several previous, less clamorous, requests for clarification about the future of what is considered a crucial driver for local filmmaking.

Washington D.C. singer, producer, and DJ Davon Bryant, aka dreamcastmoe, has signed to Ghostly International’s Spectral Sound.

Phillip Schofield was forced to cut a segment short on This Morning on Monday after the show experienced sound issues.The 60 year old and co-host Holly Willoughby, 41, had been watching gardening guru and influencer Daisy Payne, 24, speak to fellow floral enthusiasts about a giant flower arrangement shaped in the silhouette of the Queen at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. As viewers were about to get an insight into the impressive piece made in honour of the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee, the sound through the transmission could be heard cutting out — leaving Phillip with no choice but to stop the segment.

Addie Morfoot ContributorFollowing Doc10 Film Festival’s opening night screening of “The Janes” on May 19, several original members The Jane Collective — an underground abortion clinic led by women in the pre-Roe v. Wade era — urged audience members to take to the streets and get focused on protecting women’s reproductive rights, now believed to be at risk with a new Supreme Court ruling in the works.“The fight is not over,” said Marie Leaner, a former Jane. “It’s only just begun.”“The Janes” is one of 10 docus that will screen during the four-day Chicago-based festival.

EXCLUSIVE: Some of the West End and Broadway’s biggest productions are making their debuts on Indian TV.

Santigold has shared a new single ‘High Priestess’, on which she said she was looking for “the future sound of punk rock” – scroll down the page to hear it now.The track marks the artist’s first solo release since her 2018 mixtape ‘I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions’.‘High Priestess’ started life as a collaboration between Ray Brady and Boyz Noize, according to the star. Psymun and Gayngs’ Ryan Olson joined the mix as the song grew.“I had started working on this beat and I didn’t have anything in mind for a topic, I just knew I wanted to do a sort of rap punk song (as dangerous as that sounds),” Santigold said in a statement.

Kim Kardashian has been accused by fans of changing her California accent to sound more like that of her Staten Island-raised boyfriend, Pete Davidson. In a clip from a recent episode of her family’s new Hulu show, The Kardashians, Kim, 41, can be heard speaking to her mother, Kris Jenner and friends (and partners), Simon Huck and Phil Riportella.The group were discussing Kim’s sister Kourtney’s upcoming wedding to Blink-182 drummer, Travis Barker, and Kim joked about her own experience with marriage after she's been wed three times.

Rosmarie Trapp, the daughter of Georg and Maria von Trapp — the couple whose family inspired The Sound of Music, has died.The family of the Austrian singer shared the sad news via an Instagram post on Saturday.The post featured two photos of her and said that she 'passed away peacefully on Friday evening at the age of 93; she was in the presence of loved ones all day long.' Sad news: Rosmarie Trapp, the daughter of Georg and Maria von Trapp — the couple whose family inspired The Sound of Music, has diedThe first of two images showed the musician wearing a blue windbreaker and white helmet as she posed on a bike.The two-wheeler had a basket secured to the handle bars at the front, and she held onto them while smiling. Rosmarie's white hair spilled out of her protective headgear and she teamed her look with a long skirt, tube socks, and sneakers.The family statement continued, 'Her kindness, generosity, and colorful spirit were legendary, and she had a positive impact on countless lives.' Statement:The family of the Austrian singer shared the sad news via an Instagram post on SaturdayHer loved one -Johannes, Lynne, Kristina, and Sam von Trapp - asked fans to 'Please respect our family’s privacy as we take time to process this loss, and prepare to celebrate the life of an amazing woman.'The caption ended: 'We believe the best way to recognize Rosmarie is to demonstrate the same selfless kindness and generosity that she exemplified daily.'The post was liked by over 1,800 of theTrapp Family Lodge's 21,000 followers.

"Her kindness, generosity, and colorful spirit were legendary, and she had a positive impact on countless lives."Please respect our family’s privacy as we take time to process this loss, and prepare to celebrate the life of an amazing woman."We believe the best way to recognize Rosmarie is to demonstrate the same selfless kindness and generosity that she exemplified daily."Rosmarie’s family was inundated with support as other social media users took to the post’s comments section to pay their tributes.Girakofi commented: “So sorry for your loss.“Sending condolences to the whole Von Trapp family.”Annamaria.antal7 added: “Please accept my deepest condolences. I feel privilaged to have met her and called her my friend.“She had an impact on countless lives, including mine.“Forever grateful to this wonderful lady.

Fans shared in her nostalgia, with one, Janet Meany, praising: "So well put, Ms. Andrews!"The Sound of Music was the first major motion picture I saw in a theater, when I was a little girl."I will never forget seeing you on that mountain, turning and singing! Loved the movie; still love it!"Gini Wickland chimed in, telling Julie that she related to every recollection she'd published."This is beautiful! We were able to feel all those things through you," she told her."One of the greatest stories and movies of all time."Isabelle Hermann was equally emotional, confessing: "No matter how many times I watch this movie, this opening scene brings tears to my eyes!"Meanwhile, Andreina Garban exclaimed: "Dame Julie Andrews is still The Sound of Music."I really believe that there are few movies in the history of cinema that are as beloved as this one.

Deadline has launched the streaming site for its second annual Sound & Screen, an award-season composer showcase of original music for television.

2022 BAFTA TV Awards viewers were left confused on Sunday after the show appeared to be experiencing some sound issues. Show watchers took to social media after the sound appeared to cut out several times during nomination clips, with it being unclear whether it was a technical issue or a deliberate sound cut due to swearing or pre-watershed content.

Daniel Pemberton composed the music for Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Lord and Miller then hired him for their Apple TV+ series The Afterparty, but the job was exponentially more complicated.

Seeing superstar Will Smith visit remote locations on the planet was the hook for the National Geographic docuseries Welcome to Earth. Daniel Pemberton’s job was to provide Smith’s journey with a sound, and he said during a panel for the series at Deadline’s Sound & Screen concert event that he used some he’d never played before.

Composer Sean Callery said he incorporated themes from Xbox’s iconic Halo video game into his score for the Paramount+ series. However, he added his own themes for the main characters including Master Chief (Pablo Schrieber) and Kwan (Yerin Ha).

Slow Horses composer Daniel Pemberton admits he still hasn’t entirely wrapped his head around the fact that he got to pen the song “Strange Game” alongside Mick Jagger, which the Rolling Stones frontman sang for the Apple TV+ series.

Composer Amanda Jones works on two HBO/HBO Max shows, Somebody Somewhere and A Black Lady Sketch Show, simultaneously. However, she says both are so different that the overlap isn’t a problem.

When it came to creating original period-style songs for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s fourth season, composers-songwriters Tom Mizer and Curtis Moore say the thoroughly music-savvy creator Amy Sherman-Palladino frequently throws them challenging curveballs.

Crafting the music for HBO’s postapocalyptic miniseries Station Eleven offered composer Dan Romer the unique opportunity to create a score that informs itself as new episodes unfold.

Tunes are very important to Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, but it’s sometimes a challenge to give him exactly what he wants, the HBO/HBO Max series’ music supervisor Jen Malone says.