The Present and Future of Sync: Part 1

WITH Songwriters TRACEY & VANCE MARINO BETH WERNICK MODERATED BY ELIZABETH ROSE & CHRIS WIRSIG SCL SongArts Chairs YouTube Live Stream Q&A  THURSDAY, JULY 28 5:00pm PT // 8:00pm ET The current state of the sync world is evolving. This panel will touch on the latest trends in how music is written and pitched for…

Game Changers: What’s the Difference?

WITH Composers NAINITA DESAI NIMA FAKHRARA RICH VREELAND MODERATED BY KATE REMINGTON (Music Respawn - NPR) YouTube Live Stream Q&A  TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 12:00-2:00pm PT // 3:00-5:00pm ET Ever wonder what the major differences and similarities are between scoring for video games versus film and television, how score works in interactive environments, and the technical…

Nope

Composer MICHAEL ABELS MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Monday, August 8, 7:00PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. Oscar® winner Jordan Peele reimagines the summer movie with Nope, an expansive pop epic of uncanny science fiction and complex social thriller that unpacks the seeds of violence, risk, and, opportunism that are…

A Very British Scandal

Composer NATHAN BARR MODERATED BY ANNE SEWITSKY (Director) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A  Tuesday, August 9, 12:00PM (PT) A Very British Scandal focuses on the divorce of the Duke (Paul Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Claire Foy), one of the most notorious, extraordinary, and brutal legal cases of the 20th Century. Famed…

Only Murders in the Building / This is Us

Composer SIDDHARTHA KHOSLA MODERATED BY MICHAEL CYRIL CREIGHTON (Actor, "Howard" on Only Murders In The Building) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Wednesday, August 10, 1:00PM (PT) Only Murders in the Building The series follows three strangers (played by Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez) who share an obsession with true…

They Call Me Magic

Composer TERENCE BLANCHARD MODERATED BY TIM GREIVING (Film Music Journalist) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A  Wednesday, August 10, 6:30PM (PT) For global sports icon Earvin Johnson, “Magic” has many meanings. It’s the sparkle of his megawatt smile and dazzling style of play that forever changed the game of basketball. It’s the…

Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show

Music Director ADAM BLACKSTONE MODERATED BY SETH DUDOWSKY (Head of Music at National Football League (NFL)) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Thursday, August 11, 6:30PM (PT) The NFL, Roc Nation, and Pepsi assembled a lineup of trailblazing musicals for the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem,…

SCL New York & AWFC Community Picnic

JOIN THE SCL NEW YORK & AWFC FOR OUR COMMUNITY PICNIC FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2022 5:00-9:00 PM ET Concert at 7:00 PM ET Bryant Park Stage Btwn. 40 - 42 St. and Fifth-Sixth Ave. Manhattan, NY 10018 The Society of Composers & Lyricists New York and the Alliance for Women Film Composers warmly invite New York-based…

43rd & 44th Kennedy Center Honors

Music Director RICKEY MINOR MODERATED BY CHRIS WILLMAN (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A  Friday, August 12, 5:00PM (PT) The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremony honored multi-disciplinary artist, choreographer, and actress Debbie Allen; singer-songwriter and activist Joan Baez; country singer-songwriter Garth Brooks; violinist Midori; and actor Dick Van Dyke. The 44th Annual Kennedy…

Lucy and Desi

Composer DAVID SCHWARTZ MODERATED BY TIM GREIVING (Film Music Journalist) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Monday, August 15, 1:00PM (PT) From director Amy Poehler, Lucy and Desi explores the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz risked…

FYC Composium

Composers NAINITA DESAI HESHAM NAZIH THEODORE SHAPIRO CHRISTOPHER WILLIS MODERATED BY KAYA SAVAS (Film.Music.Media) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Tuesday, August 16, 2:00PM (PT) 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible (Nainita Desai) 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible explores Nepal’s deep connection to high-altitude mountaineering through the eyes of Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja, a…

The Gray Man

Composer HENRY JACKMAN MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Wednesday, August 17, 6:30PM (PT) The Gray Man is CIA operative Court Gentry (Ryan Gosling), aka, Sierra Six. Plucked from a federal penitentiary and recruited by his handler, Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton), Gentry was once a highly-skilled,…