The Evolution of Creating: Writing Songs for Sync

WITH PAMELA SHEYNE RICHARD HARRIS MODERATED BY TRACEY & VANCE MARINO SCL SongArts LA Committee Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A: Wednesday, August 11, 5:00-6:30pm PT Writing hit songs for artists is a craft in itself, but writing songs for sync and music placements can require a slightly different approach. This process…

Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir

Composer KATHRYN BOSTIC Author & Subject of Documentary AMY TAN MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A: Thursday, August 12, 2:00PM PT Writer Amy Tan’s hit debut novel, The Joy Luck Club (1989), catapulted her to commercial and critical success, spending over 40 weeks on The New York…

Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre

Composer BRANFORD MARSALIS MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A: Friday, August 13, 5:00PM PT Executive produced by NBA superstar Russell Westbrook and directed by Emmy-Award winner Stanley Nelson and duPont-Award winner Marco Williams, The History® Channel’s Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre takes an in-depth, sobering look at the events of a century…

Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry

Music Director ARON FORBES MODERATED BY JASON BENTLEY Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A: Tuesday, August 17, 5:00PM PT Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry tells the true coming-of-age story of the singer-songwriter and her rise to global superstardom. From award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler, the documentary offers a deeply intimate look…

Striking A Chord with Music Creatives

Composers JEFF RUSSO SIDDHARTHA KHOSLA Music Director RICKEY MINOR Music Supervisor SARAH BRIDGE MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A: Wednesday, August 18, 11:30 AM PT Fargo: In 1950 Kansas City, two crime syndicates jockey to control an alternate economy of exploitation, graft, and drugs while fighting for a…

Lakeshore Records Presents: 2021 Emmy-Nominated Composers

Composers MICHAEL ABELS (Allen v. Farrow) KATHRYN BOSTIC (Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir) KRIS BOWERS (Bridgerton) MARK CRAWFORD (The Social Dilemma) MODERATED BY TIM GREIVING (Film Music Journalist) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A: Thursday, August 19, 6:30 PM PT Lakeshore Records is a four-time Grammy Nominated record label and the soundtrack arm…

Cinderella

Composers JESSICA WEISS MYCHAEL DANNA MODERATED BY BYRON BURTON (The Hollywood Reporter) Screening Links available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A: Thursday, September 9, 6:30 PM PT From Kay Cannon, Cinderella is a modern musical with a bold take on the story you grew up with. Our ambitious heroine (Camilla Cabello) has big dreams and…

Mental Health Part 1

MENTAL HEALTH Part 1:The Pandemic & The Pulse of Our Members(where we are, and where we wish to be, going forward) WITH Psychologist LISA CHESTER SCHYMAN DR. HOWARD LEIFMAN Ph.D. Composer CATHERINE JOY (AWFC President) Coversation Led by JOEL DOUEK (SCL Vice President) JACK D. ELLIOT (SCL Seminar Chair) RUSSELL BROWER (SCL Game Music Chair)…

Early Career Lunch Hour

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 12:00-1:00pm PT // 3:00-4:00pm ET PRIVATE ZOOM MEETING FOR SCL MEMBERS (LINK WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REGISTRATION) Are you a composer for visual media in the early stages of your career? Are you trying to secure your first feature film, video game, or lead composer credit? Are you working mostly as an…

The Future of Music: Artificial Intelligence

COMPOSER & SCL-BOARD MEMBER FLETCHER BEASLEY MODERATED BY SCL SEMINAR CHAIR JACK D. ELLIOT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 6:00-7:30pm PT // 9:00-10:30pm ET YouTube Live Stream REGISTRATION REQUIRED - CLICK 'ATTEND EVENT' BELOW Artificial Intelligence has arrived and is being used in ways that used to be reserved for science fiction movies. From fears of a…

Women Warriors: The Voices of Change

Composers NATHALIE BONIN MIRIAM CUTLER SHARON FARBER PENKA KOUNEVA STARR PARODI LOLITA RITMANIS Conductor AMY ANDERSSON MODERATED BY CATHERINE JOY (President of The Alliance for Women Film Composers) Screening Links available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A: Monday, October 18, 6:30 PM PT Women Warriors: The Voices of Change is a ground-breaking concert creation that…

Come From Away

Writers & Executive Producers IRENE SANKOFF DAVID HEIN MODERATED BY ANTHONY D'ALESSANDRO (Deadline) Screening Links available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A: Tuesday, October 19, 5:00 PM PT Come From Away is the filmed version of the award-winning Broadway musical which tells the story of 7,000 people stranded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland after…