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 […]
Fans of Film Music is back for its 14th annual event! The Fans of Film Music Society has partnered with the Academy of Scoring Arts to host this year's event on November 4th at the Mayflower Club in North Hollywood! Join us for another lively panel discussion led by Daniel Schweiger of Film Music Live, followed by an audience […]
Come celebrate the holidays with food, drinks and original music by our members! Our orchestration challenge is back by popular demand, just in time for the holidays! This unique event offers our Los Angeles members the opportunity to have their orchestrations played by live musicians. On December 2nd, we are hosting a holiday party and […]
Join us for the first ASA event of 2024, as we open the pages of Michael Kamen’s masterful 1999 score for The Iron Giant. This animated sci-fi film was based on a novel from 1968 and was brilliantly brought to life by Brad Bird (in his directorial debut) and Michael Kamen (in his first score […]
You may have seen Tim Davies’s recent blog post "Error Code 7,” which featured a deep dive into a plethora of orchestration and notation techniques. Well, here is your opportunity to hear Tim talk about it in person and ask questions. Topics covered will include string writing and bow techniques, orchestration ideas for adding interest […]