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Songwriter Marc Shaiman vs. the ‘Unfair’ Oscars
Buckle in: The legendary composer & lyricist’s unfiltered take on Hollywood, and the Academy’s ‘nasty’ original-song move
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Sara Bareilles Is Back: ‘Grief Is This Miraculous Teacher’
The singer-songwriter on writing her Oscar-shortlisted track for ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ after a few challenging years
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Spike Lee and the Star Born in His DMs
The director and Aiyana-Lee tell me how they connected, then created the Oscar-contending song for ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
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Voices, Chants, Pain: Amanda Seyfried & Daniel Blumberg on ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’
‘I made sounds I’d never heard in a film,’ says the actress of her collab with the Oscar-winning composer. ‘Everything was very out-of-the-box’
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Cousin Collab: Rian & Nathan Johnson Balance ‘Ugliness and Beauty’ in ‘Wake Up Dead Man’
The filmmaker and his composer let me in on the process they’ve developed over decades: ‘We really like imperfection.’ Plus: Listen to an exclusive track from the score
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More Oz? ‘Wicked: For Good’ Team Explore New Project — ‘Not a Sequel, an Adjunct’
SCOOP: Stephen Schwartz reveals he and Winnie Holzman are developing ‘another idea’ — and takes me inside the making of the film’s new soundtrack
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When ‘Materialists’ Met ‘H Mart’: How Celine Song & Michelle Zauner Made a Perfect Match
The Oscar nominee and Japanese Breakfast musician tell me how they made a moving, modern-day love song. Plus: exclusive video of an unplugged performance
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Everybody Wants This: Gen Z is Watching for the Songs as the Sexy TV Soundtrack Returns
From Taylor Swift to the Beatles to Selena Gomez: ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ to ‘Nobody Wants This’ are turning curated playlists into chart-toppers
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Meet the Brains Behind ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Hit Songs
Executive music producer Ian Eisendrath reveals how he built Netflix’s big film also into a chart-topping soundtrack
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Billy Joel’s ‘in Great Spirits’: Inside a 50-Year Bond Through Sickness & Health
Few know the Piano Man better than collaborator Steve Cohen: ‘Knowing the way he’s built, all arrows point to him making full recovery’
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‘Top Gun’ to ‘F1’: Jerry Bruckheimer on the Art of the Blockbuster Banger
The producer has long matched megahits with smash soundtracks. Now the mastermind tells me how he does it
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Billy Idol: Snarls, Scars & a Wild Chat with the Rollicking Rock Icon
‘I should be dead with everything that I did to myself,’ the punk legend tells me in advance of his documentary debut at Tribeca
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‘Last of Us’ Brought Apocalypse. Gustavo Santaolalla Brought the Humanity
A two-time Oscar winner who doesn’t read or write music, he describes how he conjured a haunting score that ‘plays the role of a character’
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Benito Skinner & Charli XCX DM’d. An A24 Show & Wild Soundtrack Followed
I talk to the smash creator-turned-TV comedy star about the music in ‘Overcompensating’ and how it happened
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‘White Lotus’ Composer: My Mike White Feud is ‘a Very Dark Thing’
I talk to Cristobal Tapia de Veer about the hit score he believes was ‘truly a gift’ to the show’s creator, his early ‘Hawaiian Hitchcock’ inspo and sharp words for HBO
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‘Wicked’ Wiz Teases Ariana Grande-Cynthia Erivo Oscar Spot, Part Two’s New Songs
My interview with composer Stephen Schwartz, who just can’t believe Jon M. Chu’s snub and a movie 30 years in the making
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‘The Brutalist’ Score: An ‘Extreme Piece of Work’ for an Extreme Film
Composer Daniel Blumberg on his close friendship with director Brady Corbet and their painstaking collaboration on the epic drama
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