Composers are increasingly in demand for trailerization — reworking existing tracks by artists including Kate Bush, Nirvana and Kendrick Lamar to maximize their impact in film and TV previews. By Eric ...

When my cousins and I got hold of my parents' camera, one of the first things we did on our journey as filmmakers was to shoot and edit fake trailers for fake movies. I was like, 8 years old at the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Some of the biggest sounds in the box office are created in Caleb Swift's South Knoxville home. Born into a musical family, Swift learned to play the piano at 3 years old. It wasn't ...

Like everything connected with cinema, music for trailers has evolved. Years ago, familiar classical tunes like “O Fortuna” from Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” or various snippets from Tchaikovsky’s ...

How entrepreneur Jordan Passman created a thriving marketplace for screen musicians. By Lily Moayeri Fifteen years ago, Jordan Passman had a simple idea: Help musicians make money. With the birth of ...

Much like movies and TV, video games can deliver some great trailers to promote themselves. Still, some, more often than not, use songs from their soundtracks as it does show off many aspects of a ...