Category: Movies

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. who died recently was an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received many accolades including 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards and four Golden Globe […]

“Blue Moon” is a popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934 that has become a standard ballad. Hart wrote lyrics for the tune, as the title song for the 1934 film Manhattan Melodrama. The studio then asked for a nightclub number for the film. Rodgers still liked the melody, so Hart […]

Schmigadoon! is an American musical comedy television series created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, with all songs written by Paul, who also serves as showrunner. The Apple TV+ series premiered in July 2021, starring an ensemble cast led by Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key. The story centres around a couple from New York, both […]

“Labour” is an alternative folk song by British singer-songwriter Paris Paloma released in March 2023. The track is described as an anthem that addresses issues of gender inequality within societal structures. The song was written by Paris Paloma, a British artist born in Derbyshire. Paloma decided to combine two separate songs she had been writing […]

John Addison was a British composer best known for his film scores. Addison was born in Chobham to a father who was a colonel in the Royal Field Artillery, and this influenced the decision to send him to school at Wellington College. His grandfather was Lieut-Colonel George Addison, who played for the Royal Engineers in […]

Paolo Conte is an Italian singer, pianist, songwriter and lawyer, known for his distinctly grainy, resonant voice. His compositions fuse Italian and Mediterranean sounds with jazz, boogie, elements of the French chanson and Latin-American rhythms.Conte was born in Asti, Piedmont. His parents were avid jazz fans and Conte and his younger brother Giorgio spent their […]

“Train Kept A-Rollin’” (or “The Train Kept A-Rollin’“) is a song first recorded by American jazz and rhythm and blues musician Tiny Bradshaw in 1951. Originally performed in the style of a jump blues (which uses a boogie-woogie bass line and a shuffle rhythm), Bradshaw borrowed lyrics from an earlier song and set them to […]

“Là ci darem la mano” (Italian for “There we will give each other our hands”) is a duet for the characters Don Giovanni (baritone) and Zerlina(soprano) in Mozart’s 1787 opera Don Giovanni (act 1, scene 9). The duet, with words by Lorenzo Da Ponte, is sung during the first act of the opera. Don Giovanni […]

Funiculì, Funiculà is a Neapolitan song composed in 1880 by Luigi Denza to lyrics by Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. It was presented by Turco and Denza at the Piedigrotta festival the same year. The sheet music was published by Rocordi and sold […]

Hannes De Maeyer is one of Belgium’s most versatile composers, best known for his collaboration with director duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah His work ranges from contemporary electronic scores with pop and hip hop influences, to rich, orchestral and symphonic works. After meeting the talented Belgian directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall […]