Japanese musician and film composer Ryuichi Sakamoto died during a battle with cancer on March 28, according to recording company Avex. Sakamoto was initially diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, and ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning composer famous for his scores for The Last Emperor and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, among others, died March 28 at the age of 71. Sakamoto's management company ...

Randy Edelman‘s fame largely rests on his impressive roster of film scores—everything from his Golden Globe-nominated “Last of the Mohicans” to such big-grossing comedies as “Beethoven” and “The Mask, ...

Catherine Christer Hennix combined drones and minimalism with mathematics, logic, and spirituality. Hennix died earlier this week in her home in Istanbul, Turkey, at age 75. Catherine Christer Hennix ...

Lebanese musician and composer Ziad Rahbani, son of the iconic singer Fairuz and a pioneer of fusion jazz, has died at the age of 69 of a heart attack. “On Saturday at 9:00am, the heart of the great ...

There was a time not long ago in the classical music world when melody was considered passé. Young composers making their way through academia were encouraged to leave hummable tunes behind in favor ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Sakamoto, a world-renowned Japanese musician and actor who composed for Hollywood hits such as "The Last Emperor" and "The Revenant," has died. He was 71. Japan's recording ...

Trailblazer Kathryn Bostic is the first African-American female score composer to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Music has the extraordinary power to transcend barriers, touch ...

Quincy Jones, who expanded the American songbook as a musician, composer and producer and shaped some of the biggest stars and most memorable songs in the second half of the 20th century, has died. He ...

Tom Kitt has an extensive career as a composer, musician, orchestrator, and more for stage and screen. His latest project is providing Orchestrations and Music Consulting for the new Broadway musical ...

The realization came as a shock to Héloïse Luzzati. How could she have spent the better part of three decades playing music without every studying a piece composed by a woman? As her gigs dried up at ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by At the Miller Theater at Columbia University, the composer Amy Williams joined the JACK Quartet in playing her chamber music. By Zachary Woolfe ...