London -- Paul McCartney was named songwriter of the year at the 29th annual Ascap Awards in London on Wednesday night, with Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" winning song of the year and Universal Music collecting the publisher of the year prize.
Scottish recording artist Calvin Harris received the Vanguard Award for his gold-selling debut album "I Created Disco" and indie pop duo the Ting Tings picked up the College Award for their multiplatinum first album, "We Started Nothing."
Film awards went to Craig Armstrong for "The Incredible Hulk," Patrick Doyle for "Igor" and "Nim's Island," Joby Talbot for "Penelope" and "Son of Rambow," Adrian Johnston for "Brideshead Revisited," Jocelyn Pook for "Brick Lane" and Paul Englishby for "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day."
TV theme awards went to "American Idol," written by Cathy Dennis, Julian Gingell and Barry Stone and published by Emi Music and Imagem London, and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,...
Scottish recording artist Calvin Harris received the Vanguard Award for his gold-selling debut album "I Created Disco" and indie pop duo the Ting Tings picked up the College Award for their multiplatinum first album, "We Started Nothing."
Film awards went to Craig Armstrong for "The Incredible Hulk," Patrick Doyle for "Igor" and "Nim's Island," Joby Talbot for "Penelope" and "Son of Rambow," Adrian Johnston for "Brideshead Revisited," Jocelyn Pook for "Brick Lane" and Paul Englishby for "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day."
TV theme awards went to "American Idol," written by Cathy Dennis, Julian Gingell and Barry Stone and published by Emi Music and Imagem London, and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,...
- 10/14/2009
- by By Ray Bennett
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For a good while, the term "game show music" was epitomized by the clicking sound of "Jeopardy" or the goofy opening of "The Price is Right". That is, until "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" came along, becoming one of the first game shows with wall-to-wall music where the tunes played in the background can have a huge affect on the players sitting in that high chair... Below you will find an interview with Matthew Strachan, the younger member of the father/son team who composed the music for "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", which is used in all the internationally syndicated versions of the show. This for instance is the new British theme, which (as you'll learn from the interview) is a remix of the classic theme:
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is perhaps one of the most popular game series running in the world. How were...
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is perhaps one of the most popular game series running in the world. How were...
- 1/23/2009
- Daily Film Music Blog
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