“Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz says he will not appear at the Kennedy Center after its board voted to attach President Donald Trump’s name to the venue — becoming the latest artist to push back ...

The three-time Oscar winner was at one point scheduled to host the Washington National Opera Gala at the center on May 16, but said he feels it no longer stands for free artistic expression. By Gil ...

On the first day of recording the score to “Zootopia 2,” Disney’s long-awaited follow-up to their Oscar-winning, animal-filled original (released way back in 2016), composer Michael Giacchino asked ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor devotees are working to revive his music and legacy coinciding with the 150th anniversary of his birth. By Eleanor Stanford ...

YouTube has introduced new custom like button animations that change based on the genre of content. These animations appear in videos with themes such as music, film, animals, sports, and more.

From weak theatrical intent to cultural controversy, Disney animation faces major challenges even as it experiments with fresh formats and new IP. Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register ...

The animation industry has always been labor-intensive, blending artistry, innovation, and technology to bring stories to life. Now, a new technological shift, generative AI (genAI), is sparking ...

The most celebrated composer of film music in history has some surprising thoughts about the art form. John Williams, the Oscar-winning composer behind the themes for "Star Wars," "E.T. the ...

Nearly 70 years after making his Hollywood debut, the legendary composer and conductor John Williams has a new musical composition to his name. At age 93, the five-time Oscar winner—best-known for ...

Mark Snow, best known as the game-changing composer for "The X-Files," has died. Variety reports the composer died at his home Friday in Connecticut. He was 78. Snow was a 15-time Emmy nominee, and ...

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93. Schifrin’s son Ryan ...

Lalo Schifrin, the six-time Oscar nominee and prolific composer best known for his Grammy-winning “Mission: Impossible” theme, has died. He was 93. Schifrin died Thursday morning at a hospital in Los ...