Music is the soul of films. When the transition to sound transformed Hollywood in the late 1920s, a handful of composers demonstrated how effectively synchronized background music could accompany and ...

With nine Oscar wins, Alfred Newman remains the most honored composer in Academy history. From sweeping romance to epic adventure, his music brought depth and emotion to the silver screen in classics ...

Ask composer Thomas Newman to discuss the inspiration behind his Oscar-nominated score for Warner Bros. Pictures' retro melodrama "The Good German," and he avoids the obvious answer. Newman is, of ...