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when i go to the club, i wanna hear those club classics

Yo, guys. The original winner of the 2025 International Film Music Competition was disqualified after it was discovered that the submission was entirely plagiarized, mostly from John Williams music. The jury, led by Hildur Guðnadóttir, did not notice. filmmusiccompetition.ch/en/

I can’t believe I’ve been alive long enough to see Harry Potter’s soul get sold to Remote Control…

Absolutely disgusting! This man can’t even read music! I would love to be proven wrong, but more than half the time, Zimmer doesn’t know what he’s doing anymore. There are dozens of composers who deserve this more than him. Shame on the Warner Bros. executives.

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MuseScore is definitely the spiritual successor to Finale. It’s the only notation software that feels even remotely like Finale. It lets you put notes on the page with chords. 😮 I haven’t bought Notion 6 yet though. That one looks more similar to Finale than Dorico or Sibelius.

@TiagoNugent That’s the only right answer hahaha

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Who should score Star Wars: Starfighter?

Question for composers: Do you compose in notation software or directly in a DAW? I have always composed in notation software. Lately I have been having a lot of trouble having inspiration from not having access to my samples in notation. The MuseScore playback engine is meh.

The entire world needs to know which companies are responsible for killing NotePerformer’s innovative technology that allowed users’ legally-purchased sample libraries to be used on notation software without needing a supercomputer.

John Williams' son Joseph shares recent JW photo on Instagram instagram.com/p/DLye6CrRrYa/ (From left to right: Joseph Williams, The Maestro, his daughter Jennifer and his son Mark)

Michael Giacchino: "If I don't make a whimsical pun every three minutes, I'm gonna die!" Alexandre Desplat: "𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕖."

@DougAdamsMusic I find it fascinating how different people respond differently to certain Desplat scores. I think his Potter scores are fabulous and epic. I have every note of them memorized by heart.

Desplat’s Jurassic score is a fun, colorful, and—yes!—musically literate listen. Sure that one motif sounds like Éowyn and E.T. had a baby, but I think it’s really just a throwback to the Lydian-tinged salad days of Amblin. (I haven’t seen the film, so if it does indeed feature an Éowyn/E.T. offspring, I apologize.) I’m hit-or-miss with Desplat in action mode. Loved Godzilla, snoozed through the Potter scores. Jurassic falls into the former camp. It’s a winner.

@dgoldwas I would personally love to see Indiana Jones rebranded as “James Bond without all the gadgets” and have endless adventures.

No. worldofreel.com/blog/2025/6/30…

This is one of the greatest things I have ever seen!

This paragraph goes hard.

Yo, when’s the last time you could genuinely look forward to a new film and its score? This should be fun!

Alf Clausen should have been allowed to work on The Simpsons until he had no more bleeding fingers. RIP. variety.com/2025/artisans/…

Mixing matters!