Released today in physical formats is this album of Henryk Górecki's Symphony No.3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs). The singer is none other than Lisa Gerrard who is best known for her work on film soundtracks. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

The Teddy Bears' Picnic is a well-known children's song which started life as an instrumental work composed by John Walter Bratton. On mfiles we are publishing 4 arrangements of the song, complete with sheet music scores & parts, videos and audio files: www.mfiles.co.uk

Howard Shore: Anthology, The Paris Concerts - this is a great release of mostly film music by Howard Shore, recorded during a series of concerts given in Paris in 2023. The collection displays the versatility of a master composer. More... bit.ly/4nFZQvD

A new film released this year is Köln 75, a biographical drama about Vera Brandes, who in 1975 at the age of 18, staged the famous Köln Concert by jazz musician Keith Jarrett. This amazing story is worth retelling in this its 50th anniversary year. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Nathan Klein's music for "Atomic" has a mix of atmospherics and beat driven action tracks. With recurring thematic elements, it makes good use of electro-acoustics and detuned sounds with some tracks reminiscent of "Requiem for a Dream". mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Ilan Eshkeri's music for "House of Guinness" starts with Irish folk at the centre, and around that folk core he incorporates a range of more modern instrumentation and scoring techniques. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Recognising the orchestral score for Jaws 50 years ago as a turning point in film music, John Caps looks at film music then and compares it to film music now. More... bit.ly/3Ilx5FQ

Releasing later this week is the book "Mark Kermode's Surround Sound" in collaboration with Jenny Nelson. The book is being presented by the authors at a number of other festivals and events across the country. More... mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Two soundtracks released this month are for reimagined films, and both pay homage to their previous scores. "The Naked Gun" keeps the original theme to the end, while the "Superman" score integrates the original John Williams theme throughout. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Spanish Ladies is a traditional sea shanty, evolving into several different versions. The song has featured in several movies, and was sung by the character Quint in the movie "Jaws", and John Williams incorporated it into his music score. More... bit.ly/4fEXBGE

Mike Batt has launched a crowd-funded project to record his Ukraine Symphony in support of Ukraine. He is still composing the Symphony and hopes to record it in Kyiv later this year. Check out the CrowdFunder link to support the project and receive merchandise. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

The Only Girl in the Orchestra won the Best Documentary Short Film at this year's Oscars. Directed by Molly O'Brien, the film is about her aunt Orin O'Brien, a double-bass player who in 1966 became the New York Philharmonic's first female player. More... mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Mark Snow has died at the age of 78. He is best known as the composer for The X-Files through all 11 seasons, with both movie and TV spinoffs. But he was prolific as a television composer with many other series to his name. More... mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025) - obituary of the distinguished composer: bit.ly/4l8LhA3

Alastair Penman's latest release "The Last Tree" is about Climate Change. It is a Suite of 8 movements for saxophone orchestra, each named after a quote about climate change. It's a fine album with superb music and an important message to convey. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

"Tom Daley: 1.6 Seconds" is a 90 minute documentary looking at the career of Olympic diving legend Tom Daley. The music by composer Ceiri Torjussen follows the ups and downs of Daley's personal struggles, as well as the ups and downs of his career. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Alf Clausen, long time composer for "The Simpsons" has died at the age of 84. Danny Elfman composed the theme music, but it was Alf Clausen who provided the show's incidental music and occasional songs. More... mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

"The Last of Us" Season 2 soundtrack has been released. Gustavo Sataolalla tends to do the moody atmospheric tracks, mostly with his signature guitar sound, while David Fleming does the narrative tracks with plenty of dystopian action. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

"Morricone Segreto" is an album of tracks from Morricone's film scores, not well-known tracks from his best loved films, but tracks seemingly selected for their weirdness. This is Morricone at his most outlandish, uncompromising and psychedelic. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Souvenance is the latest album by Canadian pianist Jennifer King, 11 tracks by 8 women composers, with an emphasis on "nocturnes" and "romances". Highly recommended. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

"Plaisir d'Amour" is a Love Song written in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini with words from a poem by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. We present 5 arrangements in total with videos, sheet music parts, midi & mp3 files. www.mfiles.co.uk

Live to Screen Concerts are becoming a lot more popular than they once were. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) have announced that they will be performing a series of 5 such concerts during their 2025-2026 Season in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

"Exotic Themes for the Silver Screen" features music from Michael Giacchino's Film, TV and Game scores but with a distinctive Hawaiian vibe. Volume 1 covers from "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" (1997) to "Super 8 Suite" (2011). More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

"Beyond The Godfather: The Concert Music of Nino Rota" is a concert being given in Washington DC and Baltimore this week. We know Nino Rota for his film music, but this event will focus on his concert music. Angel Gil-Ordόñez conducts the PostClassical Ensemble. More... bit.ly/4iyUZu3

Among Henry Purcell's keyboard music are a number of "Grounds". A Ground is a repeating bass line which serves as the basis for a set of variations. Here is his quirky Ground in C minor with its idiosyncratic syncopation - including sheet music, video, midi & mp3 files. More... bit.ly/429a93A

💧Whilst we welcome steps taken by Gov to clean up Lake Windermere—rivers & lakes across the country are in a desperate state. 🐝 @sioldridge.bsky.social outlines on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social why legislation is needed to protect the natural world—on which we depend. youtube.com/shorts/ekUeg...

"Chaos: The Manson Murders" is a Netflix documentary looking at a web of conspiracy surrounding the 1960s Manson Murders. Scored by Paul Leonard-Morgan, the music uses electronics to augment string layers. But it also has spooky connections to Manson himself. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Elliot Goldenthal is the latest composer in the "Music for Film" series. Batman, Vampires, Shakespeare, Alien, Final Fantasy - this is a superb album of orchestral music demonstrating the power and versatility of this classically trained composer. More... bit.ly/4byncyB

Ludwig is a TV detective series where David Mitchell adopts his twin brother's identity to investigate his disappearance. Series composers Nathan Klein and Finn Keane have borrowed various themes from "Ludwig" van Beethoven. The resulting score is a fun listen. More... mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

"Scoring Action Movies" is a 2025 International Competition inviting students from all over the world to compose music for scenes taken from well-known action movies. The final award ceremony will take place in Narni (in Umbria in Italy) in July. More... bit.ly/3EUQ3Rs

John Caps, Film Music expert and regular contributor to mfiles, has published a new book Overhearing Film Music subtitled Conversations with Screen Composers, based on extensive research and many such conversations. More... mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

It's here! Civilization VII has just been released, and I was honored to once again write the main theme for the game. This new piece is called 'Live Gloriously' and it's a setting of quotes from four different ancient epics...

Today's latest release on the Music Files label: ffm.to/k2xr0dn

Winifred Phillips won a Grammy for her Game Score "Wizardry...". Her latest game soundtrack release is "Flint: Treasure of Oblivion", which is for a swashbuckling pirate game, mixing a range of traditional and modern elements into a delicious piratey blend. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Laurence Rosenthal receives the Eastman Artist Award. In October this year the Eastman School of Music will host a new Film Music festival with a concert series to be called SoundTrax. Full report by John Caps. bit.ly/42IkGDQ

The album "Night After Night" consists of "Music from the movies of M. Night Shyamalan". Composer James Newton Howard reworks his scores for the writer/director's films to fashion this piano-centric album. Featured artists include Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Hilary Hahn, Maya Beiser. More... bit.ly/42xF36G

Stream or download our latest album here: ffm.to/poy60w9

The London Soundtrack Festival launches this year with a series of events during the week 19th-26th March 2025. An award called the LSF Gunning Inspiration Award (named after composer Chrisopher Gunning) will be presented to the composer Howard Shore. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

"A Symphonic Celebration" is a collection of music from the scores of Joe Hisaishi for the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki. The collaboration spawned some memorable film animations, and equally memorable music. More... bit.ly/4fRye2z

#FavouriteDiscs For lovers of movie scores and of British music, your combined prayers are answered with this awesome disc. The Suite from Things to Come is tremendous, both in terms of performance and inspiration from the composer. This is big, bold, exciting music.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ticks all the right boxes from the original movie. The music pulls off this trick with more success, Danny Elfman giving us Beetlejuice on steroids and the album has a nice version of Harry Belafonte's Day-O. More... mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

The guitarist Vic Flick passed away last month at the age of 87. He was a session musician with an extraordinary array of credits starting in the 1950s. He is best known as the sound of Bond after performing the famous guitar riff in "Dr. No". www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Music is central to "Mufasa: The Lion King" as it was with the original. The unmistakeable voice of Lebo M. again provides the foundation, but there is largely a new team of composers and songwriters, headed up by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dave Metzger. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

Honored to have scored such a dazzling animation for Studio Drydock's upcoming game! ✨ The performances from the musicians truly blew me away; please hire these folks for your recording needs! (Credits below) ⤵️

A bunch of Baroque arrangements published today on mfiles - Bach's Badinerie and Vivaldi's Largo from Winter. More details here... www.mfiles.co.uk

End credits (and a bit of the preceding scene) music for an unannounced upcoming short film 🌸🎶

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Edinburgh has a new orchestra called Capella Edina #CapellaEdina. They have announced a season of 4 concerts for 2025. Unusually all 4 concerts will feature both classical music and film music. That gives them an obvious synergy with the ethos of mfiles. More... www.mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm

I made a starter pack of game composers you should absolutely be following! Both indie and AAA! I’ll be continuing to update it as time goes on! go.bsky.app/6AY9A6u #gameaudio #gamemusic #videogames #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

youtu.be/baeq4TXYUpo Lovely lyrical section of "Six Robots" cue by John Barry for THE BLACK HOLE (1979). Midi by Jason Kruppa. #johnbarry #blackhole #robots #midi