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The Voice of Dust and Ash
The Voice of Dust and Ash
The Voice of Dust and Ash is the untold story of monumental artist and humanitarian Maestro Mohammad Reza Shajarian, hailed by NPR as “one of the 50 greatest voices of all time” and by the Wall Street Journal as “the most important Iranian cultural figure of the last 3 decades.” When Iran’s ayatollah banned music…
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Five Days at Memorial
Five Days at Memorial
Composer TORIN BORROWDALE Director MODERATED BY BYRON BURTON (The Hollywood Reporter, Awards Focus) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Tuesday, November 29, 2:00PM (PT) Five Days at Memorial is based on actual events and adapted from the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sheri Fink, which chronicles the impact of Hurricane Katrina and…
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Raymond and Ray
Raymond and Ray
Raymond & Ray follows half-brothers Raymond and Ray who have lived in the shadow of a terrible father. Somehow, they still each have a sense of humor, and his funeral is a chance for them to reinvent themselves. There’s anger, there’s pain, there’s folly, there might be love, and there’s definitely gravedigging. Not Rated | 106mins Jeff…
A Friend of the Familiy
A Friend of the Familiy
Composer ARIEL MARX MODERATED BY CHRIS WILLMAN (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Wednesday, November 30, 6:30PM (PT) A Friend of the Family is based on the harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family…
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Bad Sisters
Bad Sisters
Composer TIM PHILLIPS MODERATED BY BYRON BURTON (The Hollywood Reporter, Awards Focus) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Thursday, December 1, 2:00PM (PT) A delicious blend of both dark comedy and thriller, Bad Sisters follows the lives of the Garvey sisters, who are bound together by the premature death of their parents…
White Noise
White Noise
Composer DANNY ELFMAN Writer & Director NOAH BAUMBACH MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Thursday, December 1, 7:00PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. At once hilarious and horrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and apocalyptic, White Noise dramatizes a contemporary American family's attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while…
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Shantaram
Shantaram
Composer ADAM PETERS MODERATED BY JIM HEMPHILL (Filmmaker & Film Historian) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Friday, December 2, 2:00PM (PT) Based on the internationally best-selling novel by Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram follows a fugitive named Lin Ford (Charlie Hunnam) who is looking to get lost in the vibrant and chaotic 1980s,…
Nope
Nope
SPECIAL 70mm NEW YORK PREMIER Composer MICHAEL ABELS MODERATED BY CHRIS O'FALT (IndieWire) Friday, December 2, 6:00PM ET Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. Nope, by Oscar® winner Jordan Peele, reimagines the summer movie. It's an expansive pop epic of uncanny science fiction and complex social thriller that unpacks the seeds of violence,…
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing
Composer MYCHAEL DANNA Director OLIVIA NEWMAN MODERATED BY ASHLEY IRWIN (SCL President) Friday, December 2, 7:00PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. A woman who raised herself in the marshes of the Deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man with whom she was once involved. PG-13 | 125mins…
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Matilda: The Musical
Matilda: The Musical
Composer TIM MINCHIN MODERATED BY JENELLE RILEY (Variety) Saturday, December 3, 11:00AM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. Matilda Wormwood is a little girl with big curiosity, a sharp mind, and a vivid imagination — and the worst parents in the world. While her parents content themselves with trashy TV and dodgy…
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A Tree of Life
A Tree of Life
Songwriter & Vocalist of the song "A Tree of Life" IDINA MENZEL Songwriter & Producer of the song, "A Tree of Life" KATE DIAZ Director, Writer, & Producer TRISH ADLESIC MODERATED BY JAZZ TANGCAY (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Monday, December 5, 1:00PM (PT) A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting…
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
Composer VOLKER BERTELMANN MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Monday, December 5, 7:00PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of…
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Game Changers: High Scores
Game Changers: High Scores
Composers STEPHANIE ECONOMOU RICHARD JACQUES BEAR MCCREARY CHRISTOPHER TIN AUSTIN WINTORY MODERATED BY LOUISE BLAIN (Journalist) YouTube Live Stream Q&A TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 1:00-2:30pm PT // 3:00-4:30pm CT // 4:00-5:30pm ET It’s a moment of celebration for the Game Changers seminar series as we meet the first class of Grammy nominees in the inaugural year…
New York Holiday Party
New York Holiday Party
The Society of Composers & Lyricists in New York cordially invites you to the annual SCL New York Holiday Party honoring SCL Ambassador Nicholas Britell. Tuesday, December 6, 2022 7:00 pm - Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres 8:15 pm - Presentation with live performances ~ Attire: Dressy Casual ~ Three-time Academy Award-nominated, Grammy-nominated and Emmy-winning composer,…
Babylon
Babylon
Composer JUSTIN HURWITZ MODERATED BY TIM GREIVING (Film Music Journalist) Tuesday, December 6, 6:30PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. Babylon, from writer and director Damien Chazelle, is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Diego Calva, with an ensemble cast including Jovan Adepo,…
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Brainwashed: Sex – Camera – Power
Brainwashed: Sex – Camera – Power
Composer SHARON FARBER Producer/Director NINA MENKES MODERATED BY ADRYAN RUSS (SCL Board Member) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Wednesday, December 7, 1:00PM (PT) Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power investigates the politics of cinematic shot design and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over…
Empire of Light
Empire of Light
Composers TRENT REZNOR & ATTICUS ROSS MODERATED BY JAZZ TANGCAY (Variety) Wednesday, December 7, 7:00PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. Empire of Light, a film from Academy Award®-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around…
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6th Early Career Lunch Hour
6th Early Career Lunch Hour
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 12:00-1:00pm PT // 2:00pm-3:00pm CT // 3:00-4:00pm ET PRIVATE ZOOM MEETING FOR SCL MEMBERS (LINK WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REGISTRATION) To access FREE SCL Member Ticket, Enter First & Last Name (no space) and APPLY Are you a composer for visual media in the early stages of your career? Are you trying…
The Batman
The Batman
Composer MICHAEL GIACCHINO MODERATED BY LAURA KARPMAN (Composer) Thursday, December 8, 7:00PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. Two years of stalking the crime-riddled streets as The Batman, striking fear into the hearts of criminals, have turned Bruce Wayne into a nocturnal animal, driving him deep into the shadows of Gotham.…
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Spirited
Spirited
Songwriters BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL KHIYON HURSEY Featuring the song "Good Afternoon" MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Friday, December 9, 1:00PM PT * WITH RECEPTION * Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. Spirited, from Director Sean Anders (Daddy’s Home, Instant Family), tells the story of the Ghost of Christmas Present (Will…
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Composer & Songwriter RYAN LOTT (OF SON LUX) MODERATED BY CHRISTINA OH (Producer) Friday, December 9, 7:00PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. Eveything Everywhere All At Once, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as Daniels, is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese-American…
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Composer NATHAN JOHNSON MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Saturday, December 10, 3:00PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. Benoit Blanc returns to peel back the layers in a new Rian Johnson whodunit. This fresh adventure finds the intrepid detective at a lavish private estate on a Greek island, but how and…
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Tell It Like A Woman
Tell It Like A Woman
Songwriter DIANE WARREN Vocalist SOFIA CARSON MODERATED BY CHIARA TILESI Sunday, December 11, 4:00PM ET Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. Tell It Like A Women is a feature film comprised of 7 short stories whose common denominator is the representation of female protagonists. Each of these extremely different women faces a particular…
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Slumberland
Slumberland
Composer PINAR TOPRAK MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Monday, December 12, 12:00PM (PT) Slumberland takes audiences to a magical new place, a dreamworld where precocious Nemo (Marlow Barkley) and her eccentric companion Flip (Jason Momoa) embark on the adventure of a lifetime. After her father Peter…
RRR
RRR
Composer/Songwriter M. M. Keeravani "Naatu Naatu" MODERATED BY TIM GREIVING (Film Music Journalist) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Monday, December 12, 7:00PM (PT) EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND! Back on the big screen where it belongs for an #encoRRRe, RRR is an exhilarating, action-packed spectacular mythologizing two real-life freedom fighters who helped lead India’s…
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Los Angeles Holiday Dinner
Los Angeles Holiday Dinner
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2022 JOIN US FOR OUR 33RD ANNUAL LA HOLIDAY DINNER 6:00pm - Cocktails (cash bar) 7:30pm - Dinner ~ Cocktail Attire ~ (no jeans) Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. Ticket purchase required by SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2022, 11:59 PM PT REGULAR TICKET: Unreserved Seating - does not include…
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Composer LUDWIG GÖRANSSON MODERATED BY TIM GREIVING (Film Music Journalist) Wednesday, December 14, 7:00PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. In the wake of King T’Challa’s death, the technologically advanced kingdom of Wakanda and the powerful women that rule it find themselves at the center of the world stage, fighting to…
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Aurora’s Sunrise
Aurora’s Sunrise
Composer CHRISTINE AUFDERHAAR MODERATED BY BYRON BURTON (The Hollywood Reporter, Awards Focus) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Thursday, December 15, 12:00PM (PT) A genocide survivor becomes a silent movie star: Aurora Mardiganian's odyssey is close to unreal. After losing her family, escaping slavery, and enduring Hollywood greed. She journeys far to tell…
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Composers LEO BIRENBERG ZACH ROBINSON MODERATED BY CHRIS WILLMAN (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Thursday, December 15, 3:30PM (PT) Daniel Radcliffe is “Weird” Al Yankovic in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, Al rebelled…
The Reef: Stalked
The Reef: Stalked
Composer MARK SMYTHE MODERATED BY CHRIS WIRSIG (SCL Board Member, SongArts Chair) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Thursday, December 15, 6:30PM (PT) The Reef: Stalked is a 2022 thriller written and directed by Andrew Traucki and is an ancillary sequel to his 2010 cult classic The Reef. The film follows Nic, her younger…
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Silent River
Silent River
Composer BRIAN RALSTON Director/Producer/Writer/Editor CHRIS CHAN LEE Music Soundtrack Mixer LISA K. FOWLE MODERATED BY DAX PHELAN (Screenwriter) Friday, December 16, 6:00PM PT **Attending guests will receive a QR code for a free download of the Silent River Soundtrack** Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. On the road in a desperate attempt…
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The Whale
The Whale
Composer ROB SIMONSEN MODERATED BY BYRON BURTON (The Hollywood Reporter, Awards Focus) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Monday, December 19, 2:00PM (PT) An obese and reclusive English teacher tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. R | 117 minutes Rob Simonsen is a singular composer,…
Lou
Lou
Composer NIMA FAKHRARA MODERATED BY CLINT WORTHINGTON (Music Journalist) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Monday, December 19, 6:30PM (PT) Thinking she'd put her dangerous past behind her, Lou (Allison Janney) finds her quiet life interrupted when a desperate mother (Jurnee Smollett) begs her to save her kidnapped daughter. As a massive storm…
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Emancipation
Emancipation
Composer MARCELO ZARVOS MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Tuesday, December 20, 1:00PM (PT) Emancipation tells the triumphant story of Peter (Will Smith), a man who escapes from slavery, relying on his wits, unwavering faith, and deep love for his family to evade cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving…