composer
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In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, writer and composer Richard O'Brien, who co-wrote the musical and film, remembered the actor as "a wonderful man by nature who was also a wonderful performer".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Salonen was an unknown 26-year-old Finnish composer and conductor when he made his U.S. debut conducting the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Stephen Barton, the BAFTA-nominated British composer credited with “score preparation” on the album, noted that if classical fans think of the music as an actor’s vanity project, they should think again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was immortalized by the composer Johann Strauss II as “The Blue Danube,” but the views from today’s cruise-ship windows are heavy on the grey-brown hues of dried-up riverbeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Some parents chatting with Dad find out that not only is he a Chumley Prep music instructor, but he is also the composer of several show tunes that could become a musical.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
In that note, Mr. Batiste also connects Mozart with Monk, citing how the two composers combined “melodic simplicity with staggering complexity” to “challenge convention while achieving universal appeal.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“People have asked me what’s a piece of advice you could give to aspiring composers or musicians. It’s the proximity effect of being close to people working on things,” Burwell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
At one point, an exasperated Wataka pulled out his phone to prove that the composers had been dead for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Even odder is that many of the composers did not necessarily feel compelled to explore nationalist themes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
As we see time and again, cutting-edge innovators like those of Beethoven’s youth were composers whose names are now mosdy forgotten: Johann Dussek, Louis Spohr, Muzio Clementi, Etienne Mehul, Fran^ois-Joseph Gossec .
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Academy Awards, List 3
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