Danny Elfman News

Clarinetist David Krakauer will join the Kronos Quartet on Friday, May 3, 2013 at 9pm, at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall (57th & 7th Avenue), as part of Late Nights at Zankel Hall. Krakauer will be featured on the New York premiere of Aleksandra Vrebalov's Babylon, Our Own. Also included on the program will be the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli's You Know Me From Here, Laurie Anderson's Flow (arr. Jacob Garchik), and the New York premiere of Valentin Silvestrov's String Quartet No. 3.

In celebration of World Water Day on March 22, ONE DROP, the non-profit organization established by Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberte, will present One Night for ONE DROP, sponsored by Lamborghini and MGM Resorts International. This original, full-scale production, specifically created for a one-night-only performance at the 'O' Theatre at Bellagio in Las Vegas, will feature more than 230 Cirque du Soleil artists and guest performers.

In celebration of World Water Day on March 22, ONE DROP, the non-profit organization established by Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberte, will present One Night for ONE DROP, sponsored by Lamborghini and MGM Resorts International. This original, full-scale production, specifically created for a one-night-only performance at the "O" Theatre at Bellagio in Las Vegas, will feature more than 230 Cirque du Soleil artists and guest performers.

In celebration of World Water Day on March 22, ONE DROP, the non-profit organization established by Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberte, will present One Night for ONE DROP, sponsored by Lamborghini and MGM Resorts International.

Walt Disney Records will release the digital original motion picture soundtrack for OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL today, March 5, 2012.Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman reunites with director Sam Raimi for 'Oz The Great and Powerful' after composing original scores for the filmmaker's blockbuster hits 'Spider-Man,' 'Spider-Man 2,' 'Darkman' and 'A Simple Plan.'

Walt Disney Records will release the digital original motion picture soundtrack for OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL on March 5, 2012.Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman reunites with director Sam Raimi for 'Oz The Great and Powerful' after composing original scores for the filmmaker's blockbuster hits 'Spider-Man,' 'Spider-Man 2,' 'Darkman' and 'A Simple Plan.'

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's (LACO) enlightening five-concert "Baroque Conversations" series showcasing exceptional Baroque music, which this season explores the legacy of JS Bach and his sons, launches its seventh year with a program of four Bach sonatas on Thursday, January 17, 2013, 7 pm, at Zipper Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.

Lakeshore Records will release FOCUS FEATURES 10TH ANNIVERSARY: A COLLECTION OF FILM SCORES digitally today, December 18th and in stores on January 29th, 2013. The collection celebrates the 10th anniversary of the worldwide studio that makes original and daring films.

One hundred four scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 85th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

Lakeshore Records will release FOCUS FEATURES 10TH ANNIVERSARY: A COLLECTION OF FILM SCORES digitally on December 18th and in stores on January 29th, 2013. The collection celebrates the 10th anniversary of the worldwide studio that makes original and daring films.

ARTINFO's Patrick Pacheco and NY1 theater reporter Frank DiLella sat down with architect and producer David Rockwell to talk about his most recent set designs for the Broadway musicals Kinky Boots and the upcoming Houdini. Watch the interview below! Rockwell has also designed sets for Broadway's Dead Accounts, Elf, The Normal Heart, Catch Me If You Can, A Free Man Of Color, Legally Blonde, Hairspray, All Shook Up, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Rocky Horror Show.

Sony Music is proud to announce the release of Danny Elfman's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack recording of HITCHCOCK on December 4, 2012. The film is a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville. It takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie PSYCHO, widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made and the subject of Stephen Rebello's highly praised book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, on which the film HITCHCOCK is based. HITCHCOCK opens in select theatres November 23.

Composer James Newton Howard has confirmed in an interview with Film Music Site that he will be back to score CATCHING FIRE, the second installment of THE HUNGER GAMES.

Singer-songwriter and visual artist Mark Cote's new album, Fun House Of Your Mind, came in at #1 on the Internet Radio Airplay Charts for Roots Rock on the Roots Music Report the week ofOctober 5th, and has been in the top five multiple times since its release on May 8th, 2012.

Showcasing its dedication to presenting and supporting the work of International Artists, Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) invites Sunhwa Chung/Ko-Ryo Dance Theater to join the DNA PRESENTS family, tonight, October 17 through the 20th.

Clive Davis , Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds, Jimmy Jam, Trevor Rabin (composer and vocalist of Grammy Award-winning group Yes) and music and entertainment industry giants committed to fighting cancer, HIV/AIDS, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases will take part in Songs of Hope VIII, a special event and silent auction that supports lifesaving research at City of Hope. Held at Rolling Stone's exclusive House of Rock in, Santa Monica, Calif. , the Oct. 18 event will be emceed by Jimmy Jam and feature an intimate performance by Edmonds.

Clarinetist David Krakauer, praised internationally for his astounding ability to play in a myriad of music genres, will give his only New York City concert this fall, featured with the Phoenix Chamber Ensemble (Kathe Jarka, cello; Vassa Shevel, piano; and Inessa Zaretsky, piano) in From Brahms to Klezmer tonight, October 11, 2012 at 7:30pm in the Concert Hall at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th Street, NYC), presented by CJH and the Leo Baeck Institute.

Masterfully performed by the London Music Works and City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra this unique compilation brings together the best score cues from Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.

Masterfully performed by the London Music Works and City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra this unique compilation brings together the best score cues from Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.