It took the combined talent of composers Kris Bowers and Michael Abels to help filmmaker Stephen Williams ensure Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ music lives on after his life story was erased from the history books.
Williams’ new film, “Chevalier” tells the story of the illegitimate son of a plantation owner and slave. Played by Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chevalier is a promising young Black musician who excels at fencing, playing the violin and wooing the court of Marie Antoinette.
In dividing their tasks, Abels wrote the music for the on-camera performances while Bowers composed the film’s score.
Speaking with Variety, Abels says, “Each [on-camera] performance piece needed to feel authentic to the scene that you see it in.” Whether it was weaving in a Mozart element, hints of Bologne’s compositions, or pieces from the opera “Ernestine,” which Chevalier is working on. He adds, “At the same time, we are...
Williams’ new film, “Chevalier” tells the story of the illegitimate son of a plantation owner and slave. Played by Kelvin Harrison Jr., Chevalier is a promising young Black musician who excels at fencing, playing the violin and wooing the court of Marie Antoinette.
In dividing their tasks, Abels wrote the music for the on-camera performances while Bowers composed the film’s score.
Speaking with Variety, Abels says, “Each [on-camera] performance piece needed to feel authentic to the scene that you see it in.” Whether it was weaving in a Mozart element, hints of Bologne’s compositions, or pieces from the opera “Ernestine,” which Chevalier is working on. He adds, “At the same time, we are...
- 4/21/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Non-profit organisation to support music supervision across entertainment industries.
The UK & European Guild of Music Supervisors, which aims to raise awareness of the role of the music supervisor within the entertainment industries, launched today.
The non-profit organisation was announced by its president Iain Cooke [pictured], music supervisor on Amy and The Night Manager.
The newly established organisation will promote the craft of music supervision within the film, television, gaming, advertising, interactive media and theatre sectors.
It is independent of its counterpart in the Us but the two will collaborate on issues related to the worldwide industry.
The Guild, which launches at an event on Thursday, 6 April, at Metropolis Studios in London, will be open to emerging and experienced professionals and will offer networking opportunities and masterclasses.
Full membership requires four years-experience as a music supervisor. Associate membership will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
A professional music supervisor oversees all music related aspects of a production. This includes:...
The UK & European Guild of Music Supervisors, which aims to raise awareness of the role of the music supervisor within the entertainment industries, launched today.
The non-profit organisation was announced by its president Iain Cooke [pictured], music supervisor on Amy and The Night Manager.
The newly established organisation will promote the craft of music supervision within the film, television, gaming, advertising, interactive media and theatre sectors.
It is independent of its counterpart in the Us but the two will collaborate on issues related to the worldwide industry.
The Guild, which launches at an event on Thursday, 6 April, at Metropolis Studios in London, will be open to emerging and experienced professionals and will offer networking opportunities and masterclasses.
Full membership requires four years-experience as a music supervisor. Associate membership will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
A professional music supervisor oversees all music related aspects of a production. This includes:...
- 4/4/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Probst, the president and founder of Berlin’s Efm, received the Women’s International Film & Television Showcase’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Hayek the Animation Award 2015 for producing The Prophet.
Other honourees announced earlier this month in the 2015 Wifts included:
Romola Garai for the Barbara Tipple Best Actress Award;
White God’s Hungarian producers Viktoria Petrányi and Eszter Gyárfás for The Otilia Animal Advocacy Award;
Maggie Rodford, UK, for The Music Award; and
Mai Masri, Palestine, for The Jury Award in recognition of 3000 Nights.
For the full list of winners click here.
Other honourees announced earlier this month in the 2015 Wifts included:
Romola Garai for the Barbara Tipple Best Actress Award;
White God’s Hungarian producers Viktoria Petrányi and Eszter Gyárfás for The Otilia Animal Advocacy Award;
Maggie Rodford, UK, for The Music Award; and
Mai Masri, Palestine, for The Jury Award in recognition of 3000 Nights.
For the full list of winners click here.
- 12/18/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
On Friday, March 13, Disney will release the live action version of Cinderella from director Kenneth Branagh.
The original animated movie opened on February 15, 1950 to universal acclaim and 65 years later, Cinderella has become one of studio’s most treasured titles.
Branagh has once again turned to the Scottish composer Patrick Doyle for the score. The album features original music by Doyle marking the eleventh time he has teamed with Branagh.
In 1989, the director commissioned Doyle to compose the score for Henry V and they have subsequently collaborated on numerous pictures, including Dead Again, Mary Shelley’S Frankenstein, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, As You Like It and Thor, and most recently Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.
Doyle scored Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes for 20th Century Fox and Brave for Disney Pixar, which was awarded Best Original Composition for Film at the International Music and Sound Awards.
From the worlds...
The original animated movie opened on February 15, 1950 to universal acclaim and 65 years later, Cinderella has become one of studio’s most treasured titles.
Branagh has once again turned to the Scottish composer Patrick Doyle for the score. The album features original music by Doyle marking the eleventh time he has teamed with Branagh.
In 1989, the director commissioned Doyle to compose the score for Henry V and they have subsequently collaborated on numerous pictures, including Dead Again, Mary Shelley’S Frankenstein, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, As You Like It and Thor, and most recently Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.
Doyle scored Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes for 20th Century Fox and Brave for Disney Pixar, which was awarded Best Original Composition for Film at the International Music and Sound Awards.
From the worlds...
- 3/9/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Walt Disney Records will release the original motion picture soundtrack for Cinderella on March 10, 2015.
The album features original music by Patrick Doyle (“Brave,” “Thor”) marking the eleventh time Doyle has teamed with director Kenneth Branagh. The score was recorded at Air Lyndhurst Studio in London, and was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Shearman and produced by Maggie Rodford. The film arrives in theaters on March 13, 2015.
Patrick Doyle’s long-time creative collaboration with Branagh began in 1989 with “Henry V.” The film’s song ‘Non Nobis Domine’ was awarded the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme. In 1991, they re-teamed for “Dead Again,” which earned Doyle a Golden Globe-nomination. Subsequent collaborations include “Frankenstein,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” “As You Like It,” “Hamlet” (for which Doyle received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score), “Sleuth,” and “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.”
Patrick Doyle at the World Premiere of Cinderella.
The album features original music by Patrick Doyle (“Brave,” “Thor”) marking the eleventh time Doyle has teamed with director Kenneth Branagh. The score was recorded at Air Lyndhurst Studio in London, and was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Shearman and produced by Maggie Rodford. The film arrives in theaters on March 13, 2015.
Patrick Doyle’s long-time creative collaboration with Branagh began in 1989 with “Henry V.” The film’s song ‘Non Nobis Domine’ was awarded the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme. In 1991, they re-teamed for “Dead Again,” which earned Doyle a Golden Globe-nomination. Subsequent collaborations include “Frankenstein,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” “As You Like It,” “Hamlet” (for which Doyle received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score), “Sleuth,” and “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.”
Patrick Doyle at the World Premiere of Cinderella.
- 3/2/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
[Press Release] Burbank, Calif., Feb. 25, 2015 -- Walt Disney Records will release the original motion picture soundtrack for Cinderella on March 10, 2015. The album features original music by Patrick Doyle ("Brave," "Thor") marking the eleventh time Doyle has teamed with director Kenneth Branagh. The score was recorded at Air Lyndhurst Studio in London, and was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Shearman and produced by Maggie Rodford. The film arrives in theaters on March 13, 2015. Patrick Doyle's long-time creative collaboration with Branagh began in 1989 with "Henry V." The film's song 'Non Nobis Domine' was awarded the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme. In 1991, they re-teamed for "Dead Again," which earned Doyle a Golden Globe®-nomination....
- 2/26/2015
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Air-Edel Associates, co-founded by legendary Beatles producer George Martin, has parted ways with its parent company, the Cutting Edge Group, in a buyout led by Air-Edel managing director Maggie Rodford and backed by an investor group led by Robert Cope.
Founded by Martin and Herman Edel in 1969, Air-Edel began by managing and representing composers for film, TV and commercials. In 1991, it bought its own studios, Air-Edel Recording Studios, growing into a music supervision, management and publishing company. It was bought in 2007 by Ceg, one of leading international music financier and services providers, working directly with film and TV studios, independent producers, and global brands.
Air-Edel provided music services to such recent films as Birdman, The Boxtrolls and the upcoming Paddington and represents film composers including Dario Marianelli (The Boxtrolls) and Patrick Doyle (Cinderella). Projects engineered or mixed at Air-Edel Recording Studios include Mr. Turner and Jack Ryan.
“This deal is a friendly divestment,...
Founded by Martin and Herman Edel in 1969, Air-Edel began by managing and representing composers for film, TV and commercials. In 1991, it bought its own studios, Air-Edel Recording Studios, growing into a music supervision, management and publishing company. It was bought in 2007 by Ceg, one of leading international music financier and services providers, working directly with film and TV studios, independent producers, and global brands.
Air-Edel provided music services to such recent films as Birdman, The Boxtrolls and the upcoming Paddington and represents film composers including Dario Marianelli (The Boxtrolls) and Patrick Doyle (Cinderella). Projects engineered or mixed at Air-Edel Recording Studios include Mr. Turner and Jack Ryan.
“This deal is a friendly divestment,...
- 1/15/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Cutting Edge Group (Ceg) subsidiary Air-Edel Associates Ltd has completed negotiations to split away via a management buyout.
Ceg, one of the leading international film music financier and services providers, bought composer and music supervision company Air-Edel in 2007.
Longstanding Air-Edel managing director Maggie Rodford (pictured, at left), backed by an investor group led by Robert Cope, will now return the company to its independent roots as it was when it was founded by Sir George Martin and Herman Edel.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Air-Edel was founded in 1969 with an initial focus on managing and representing composers writing music for commercials.
In the early 1980s, the company expanded its operations to film and TV and then into games and theatre. The company bought its own recording studios in 1991 and today represents composers on a worldwide basis as well as managing a strong publishing catalogue.
“This deal is a friendly divestment, one that’s...
Ceg, one of the leading international film music financier and services providers, bought composer and music supervision company Air-Edel in 2007.
Longstanding Air-Edel managing director Maggie Rodford (pictured, at left), backed by an investor group led by Robert Cope, will now return the company to its independent roots as it was when it was founded by Sir George Martin and Herman Edel.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Air-Edel was founded in 1969 with an initial focus on managing and representing composers writing music for commercials.
In the early 1980s, the company expanded its operations to film and TV and then into games and theatre. The company bought its own recording studios in 1991 and today represents composers on a worldwide basis as well as managing a strong publishing catalogue.
“This deal is a friendly divestment, one that’s...
- 1/15/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Open castings are being held for The Christmas Star, Northern Ireland’s first ever Christmas feature film, made by Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People.
A host of film and television professionals are supporting the ground-breaking film production that will engage with hundreds of young people, marking the beginning of a year of Cinemagic’s 25th Anniversary celebrations.
Cinemagic patrons, Ros and John Hubbard, of Hubbard Casting, are launching the search for young talent for the film from 6th- 8th June in Ballymena, Belfast and Newry and invite young people with all levels of experience to audition.
The open castings for young females aged 9-12 and young males aged 9-15 will take place on:
Friday 6th June from 3.30pm – 7.00pm in The Braid: Ballymena Town Hall, Museum & Arts Centre, Ballymena
Saturday 7th June from 10.00am – 4.00pm in The Europa Hotel, Belfast
Sunday 8th June from 12pm – 6pm in the Canal Court Hotel,...
A host of film and television professionals are supporting the ground-breaking film production that will engage with hundreds of young people, marking the beginning of a year of Cinemagic’s 25th Anniversary celebrations.
Cinemagic patrons, Ros and John Hubbard, of Hubbard Casting, are launching the search for young talent for the film from 6th- 8th June in Ballymena, Belfast and Newry and invite young people with all levels of experience to audition.
The open castings for young females aged 9-12 and young males aged 9-15 will take place on:
Friday 6th June from 3.30pm – 7.00pm in The Braid: Ballymena Town Hall, Museum & Arts Centre, Ballymena
Saturday 7th June from 10.00am – 4.00pm in The Europa Hotel, Belfast
Sunday 8th June from 12pm – 6pm in the Canal Court Hotel,...
- 5/23/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli and music supervisor, agent and producer Maggie Rodford (Air-Edel) are among the guests that will participate in the Irish Film & Television Academy (Ifta) Music Forum in Dublin, Ireland, on September 4. Marianelli, who recently worked with Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar on his new film Agora, said in a comment: “It is a real delight to be invited to this event hosted by Ifta, and ...
- 8/28/2009
- by moviescore
- MovieScore Magazine
The Irish Film & Television Academy (Ifta) has announced details for their inaugural Ifta Music Forum, focusing on Music for the Moving Image, which will take place in Dublin on 4 September 2009. Guests include Oscar winning composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement); Maggie Rodford, MD of the Air Edel Group, one of the world's leading music publishing and production companies; music supervisor/score co-ordinator and director of Hot House Music Becky Bentham, whose credits include 'Mamma Mia!', 'Hotel Rwanda', 'Blood Diamond' and Neil Jordan's latest 'Ondine'; and acclaimed Irish director Kirsten Sheridan, whose feature August Rush received a Grammy and Oscar nomination for its original soundtrack; along with representatives of Oscar winning, ultra low budget feature film 'Once', David Collins (tbc). Other participants and guests include a range of Irish composers from the Music chapter of the Academy and invited experts such as: Ifta...
- 8/27/2009
- IFTN
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