Score wins IPA Satellite Award

Yesterday the International Press Academy in Hollywood awarded UP IN THE AIR best film score of 2009. The other nominated scores were PUBLIC ENEMIES, UP, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, THE INFORMANT, and AMELIA.

UP IN THE AIR snags 5 GLOBES nominations

Great news today - the film got best pic and Jason got best director nominations. Nothing for the music, but the scores that did all look substantial- I haven't heard them all yet.

UITA: the whirl of publicity

In the past I have felt uncomfortable at all the press gatherings around a new film, but for some reason I am enjoying the launch of UP IN THE AIR. Mr Clooney here was very gracious.

nice Variety mention for UP IN THE AIR SCORE

http://bit.ly/NvdFK  Kent's movie music fills in the blanks Composer provides back story for 'Air,' 'Goats' By LAWRENCE CHRISTON Rolfe Kent's jazzy score for "Sideways" provided the perfect accompaniment to a story about two guys on a semi-improvisational trip. His motif for George Clooney's corporate hatchet-man in "Up in the Air" is a drum rhythm with a soft-shoe bass tread, describing a man whose life has pace but no melody, a life that doesn't harmonize much with anyone else's. Film music is the "meanwhile" and "suddenly" of narrative; it steps in for the back story, all while remaining discreet. In fact, Kent says, "When I'm spotting a film with a director, looking for places where the music goes, I'll often ask, ‘What would be missing if we didn't put anything there?' Music should do something. We've developed this videogame mentality that says there should be a constant sound under the action. But you shouldn't be afraid of silence. There's a lot that can go on in empty space."

Itay Talgam on conducting

I found this TED to be inspirational, and a real eductaion too. Always
interested in improving my conducting, but only getting real practise
a couple of times a year (I learned from a BMI summer nightschool),
this opened my eyes to some more of the possibilities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9g3Q-qvtss

The N&D tribe...

When individuals come together and find something that unites them that is greater than their individual competence then something very important happens; the group gels, and it changes from a group of highly motivated but fairly individually centric people into something larger, into a tribe that becomes aware of its own existance. Stage 4 tribes can do remarkable things.
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership.html

Rolfe Kent to score action thriller ‘Killers’

http://moviescoremagazine.com/2009/10/rolfe-kent-to-score-action-thriller-killers/