Here’s a novel way to sell a soundtrack album: the score for Deadpool 2 is being ballyhooed as the first score album ever to receive a parental advisory warning. It is certainly a first for Sony Classical, the label that saw huge success with such Oscar-winning soundtracks as Titanic, The Red Violin, and Crouching Tiger, […]
Channelling Freddie Mercury is no mean feat, but a 90-second trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody, the forthcoming biopic of the singer and Queen, the legendary British group he fronted, suggests that Mr. Robot star Rami Malek is one of the best possible candidates for the job. The trailer presents lots of recreated concert footage — with […]
IDW Publishing has announced their release of James Brown: Black and Proud, an immersive biographical graphic novel drawing back the curtains on a legend of popular music whose influence and appeal continues to reach audiences worldwide, even today. Written and illustrated by Xavier Fathoux, James Brown: Black and Proud will be available in stores in […]
Spotify today has up the volume on its free service offering that takes advantage of machine learning to recommend tunes to music fans as they listen. The changes apply mostly to the mobile app. When customers first sign up for Spotify, they will be asked to name their favorite artists so Spotify’s machine learning algorithms […]
Janelle Monae’s new 44-minute “emotion picture” for Dirty Computer will premiere on MTV and BET on April 26, the companies announced. Monae’s album will be released the following day. (View the trailer below.) The film, which co-stars Tessa Thompson (“Thor,” “Selma,” Westworld”) is described in a press release as “the story of a young woman […]
Singer Ed Sheeran is in talks to appear in director Danny Boyle’s upcoming untitled musical comedy at Working Title and Universal Pictures. The Daily Mail broke the story about Sheeran’s involvement. “Love Actually” filmmaker Richard Curtis penned the script about a man who wakes up one day to find he is the only one who can […]
Lionsgate has announced that it will kick off its international tour of “The Hunger Games in Concert” with a July 12th world premiere in Manchester, UK. The live music experience will feature a 60-piece orchestra performing the acclaimed The Hunger Games score from Grammy Award-winning and Emmy Award and multiple Academy Award-nominated composer James Newton Howard and will […]
Licensed music is great and can make a game feel more real. But sadly, licenses can expire. That means the music you like in a game can go away. Grand Theft Auto 4 will soon suffer the loss of some tunes. Rockstar has confirmed a Kotaku UK report that some of the radio station music we know and love […]
Spotify on Wednesday announced a new bundle deal called Spotify Premium, now with Hulu that combines the two subscriptions for $12.99 per month. The deal bundles the $9.99 Spotify Premium subscription and the standard $7.99 Hulu with Limited Commercials tier, for a $5 saving. The first month will only cost $10.99, too. The offer is […]
YouTube’s music video for the hit song Despacito, which has had over five billion views, has been hacked. The clip’s cover image was replaced with a photo showing a group of people wearing masks and pointing guns. The video was temporarily taken offline until the problem was fixed. But videos by more than a dozen […]