
“WILD” TRAILER SOUND BLOWS AUDIENCE AWAY
The upcoming movie “Wild” based on a true memoir told by Cheryl Strayed is already wowing audiences with its impressive trailer. Featuring star Reese Witherspoon and set to the score of Beck’s “Turn Away“, the trailer inspires contemplative emotion as it follows Cheryl’s 1,100 mile journey along the PCT. This effective use of sound gives us high hopes for December, when the movie is set to premiere.

BMI WRITERS RACK UP THE NOMINATIONS
The recent announcement of the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards nominees has revealed the continued success of Broadcast, Music Inc. writers in their work on popular TV shows. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony will be held at the NOKIA Theatre on Saturday, August 16th at 4:00 p.m. PDT Here is the full list of BMI nominees: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Alan Silvestri: COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey | Standing Up In The Milky Wa

RADIOHEAD & MUMFORD SONGS TRANSFORMED IN ‘THE BOOK OF LIFE’
The voices of many big names such as Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, and Christina Applegate will be featured in the upcoming 2014 animated film ‘The Book of Life,’ which is styled around ancient Mexican and Greek folklore. But get this–for the musical soundtrack, Radiohead and Mumford & Sons have allowed their respective hits ‘Creep’ and ‘I Will Wait’ to be transformed into mariachi tunes by the film’s music supervisor Gustavo Santaolalla. Certain classics by Elvis Presley and

TV REVIEW: ‘RAY DONOVAN,’ SEASON 2
Showtime’s “Entourage meets The Black Donnellys meets Scandal” drama is back. Ray Donovan returns for a second season of blood, Boston accents and buried childhood trauma. Ray Donovan, the Hollywood fixer in the show by the same name, is going to be preoccupied for a time fixing his family – and himself. That was where season one ended and season two picks up, in this Showtime series of intermittent appeal, where Liev Schreiber’s taciturn leading man is frequently eclipsed by

EMMY NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
Salute to all the unsung music supervisors on nominated shows: Breaking Bad: Thomas Golubic
Game of Thrones: Evyen Klean
House of Cards: Jimmy Van Heusen & Jonathon Stevens
Mad Men: Alexandra Patsavas
True Detective: Jim Black
Orange is the New Black: Bruce Gilbert
Silicon Valley: Jason Alexander & Rudy Chung
Veep: Evyen Klean
Shameless: Ann Kline
NurseJackie: Michael Hill
Girls: Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe
Wahlburgers: Abby North

5 FILM DIRECTORS WITH FLAWLESS SOUNDTRACKS
Too often, a film’s soundtrack is an inessential, forgettable backdrop to what is a primarily visual experience. At their best, though, soundtracks are much more than that. More than an accessory, they’re able to heighten and color a film’s narrative. Baeble Music compiled a list of five directors (Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher and Zach Braff) who put together incredible soundtracks with the help from music supervisors, from contemporary compil

“REVENGE” WITH ABC’S EXEC, SHOWRUNNER, AND MUSIC TEAM
Want to get the inside scoop on the hit NBC TV show “Revenge“? Check out the panel of NBC exec, showrunner, and music team tomorrow morning. You will hear Executive Producer Aaron Harberts and Composer Fil Eisler talk about their roles in the series and take questions from the audience. If you’re in the LA area, don’t miss this opportunity to get an inside look on what goes into making a successful show. $10 at the door and breakfast included! http://on.fb.me/U5A3jG

ACE HOTEL & SWIM CLUB DOES ‘SUMMER SCHOOL’ THE RIGHT WAY
Ace Hotel & Swim Club is changing things up in Palm Springs next weekend with an immersive 3-day music experience called ‘Summer School’. Partnering with Grammy nominated music supervisor deejay Chris Douridas and Matt Goldman, founder of the creative firm MFG, they will produce this “art-meets-experience” event. The collaborators intend to fuse intangible live music with the physical world of art and design to produce a refreshingly creative experience–there will be interact

FIRST TRAILER FROM JIMI HENDRIX BIOPIC
XLrator Media has released the first trailer for “Jimi: All Is by My Side,” starring Andre Benjamin, also known as Andre 3000 from Outkast and opens September. 26. Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave” writer John Ridley directed the Jimi Hendrix biopic from his own script and is music supervised by Christopher Mollere. Benjamin learned to play the guitar like Hendrix — left handed with a right-hand guitar strung upside down — to boost the authenticity of the film, which is set in
SEASON KENT INTERVIEW WITH QSCORE
Music supervisor Season Kent sits down and chats with Q Score host Jonathan McHugh. McHugh and Kent discuss her latest project “The Fault in Our Stars”, one of the most profitable movies made this summer, as well as some of her past works. Season Kent is an acclaimed music supervisor having worked on past films such as “Austin Powers in Goldmember”, “End of Watch”, “Limitless” and “The Fighter”. She also music supervises TV shows such as Revenge and Arrow.