Join us on June 10 as special guest Christopher Willis joins us to discuss his Emmy-winning score to Netflix's interactive cartoon Cat Burglar (2022). The show was the brainchild of Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker, who wanted to expand on the technology behind the choose-your-own-adventure Black Mirror episode "Bandersnatch", while also creating a loving homage to the work of MGM animation pioneer […]
Father’s Day with the ASA! Join us this Sunday morning, June 18th, at the Autry Museum Theater, as we welcome back acclaimed composer Garry Schyman to talk about his score to the VR game Torn. Torn explores the abandoned mansion of the famed Dr. Lawrence Talbot, who went missing decades earlier. It begins as a […]
On Saturday, July 29, we’ll be continuing our journey into one of the 20th century’s greatest works, Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Written for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes company in 1910, it was the first of several momentous collaborations between the two men, and interestingly, was before Stravinsky rose to fame. In May, we started our […]
Join us as we take a close look at Joe Hisaishi's remarkable score for "Howl's Moving Castle.” As the iconic musical voice behind almost every film to come out of Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli, Hisaishi's collaboration with legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki has birthed some of the most evocative soundtracks in animated film history. We will […]
It's the annual Academy of Scoring Arts Hollywood Bowl Night! Join us on August 24th to see Joe Hisaishi conduct selections from his Studio Ghibli scores and Debussy's La Mer. We reserved a block of seats in section K3 and are happy to offer our members tickets at the group discount price! Meet us at 6pm at […]
Join us for a detailed exploration of John Williams' action music with film music scholar and educator, Mark Richards. Through several decades of study and published research Dr. Richards has uncovered an array of harmonic techniques Williams utilizes for his action writing, including the employment of more exotic scales such octatonic, hexatonic, an Hungarian minor […]
We’re proud to partner with Thomas Goss of Orchestration Online on our 2023 Orchestration Challenge! This unique event offers our Los Angeles members the opportunity to have their orchestrations played by live musicians and critiqued by Thomas himself. Composers that wish to enter the challenge will be given a melody that they will orchestrate for […]
We had a blast at our event on September 23rd at Laemmle Theater in North Hollywood! A huge thank you to Thomas Goss for his valuable insight, the musicians for playing beautifully, and all of the composers for completing the challenge. We had several composers who submitted pieces and the quality of work was incredibly […]
The ASA is thrilled to welcome back acclaimed composer Inon Zur, to discuss his recent score to the Bethesda Softworks game “Starfield”. Having worked with Bethesda for over two decades, Inon spent seven years developing this sci-fi score, which can be experienced as an hour-long live orchestral suite performed by the London Symphony Orchestra here. He […]
Join us as we take a close look at Joe Hisaishi's remarkable score for "Howl's Moving Castle.” As the iconic musical voice behind almost every film to come out of Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli, Hisaishi's collaboration with legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki has birthed some of the most evocative soundtracks in animated film history. We will […]