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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…

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…

The ASA is excited to be joined by composer and orchestrator David Krystal to take a look at Aaron Copland's Rodeo and how he utilized techniques from it in a cue from his brand new album! "Tunes in the Key of Hollywood" is an EP release of classic Hollywood-style film tunes recorded with a 70-piece orchestra…

Join us as we talk to Nicolas Snyder about his music for the rapidly emerging cult hit Scavenger’s Reign, a breathtaking animated sci-fi series now streaming on Max. Board member Josh Lucan contacted Nicolas only a few minutes into watching the first episode because he found the music so unique and inspiring. Snyder describes himself…

Join us on Sunday, April 14th at Laemmle North Hollywood as we welcome back Kevin Kiner to discuss his score to the recent hit show “Ahsoka” on Disney+! This is Kevin’s first foray into live action Star Wars, but hardly the beginning of his involvement in the Star Wars Universe, having previously scored over 200…

Blake Neely will be joining us in person at First Baptist Church in Glendale on May 18th to talk about his majestic score to Masters of the Air, the latest epic WWII mini-series produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg following the legendary Band of Brothers and The Pacific. The show focuses on the US…

The ASA is excited to head over to Bandrika Studio to host a discussion featuring composer Jeff Toyne and his music for Apple TV+’s Palm Royale! Jeff created a unique musical style for Palm Royale that fuses Henry Mancini and Bernard Herrmann with a Latin twist. The use of specific instruments like Chromatic Harmonica and…

It's the annual Academy of Scoring Arts Hollywood Bowl Night! Join us on July 30th to see the Los Angeles Philharmonic perform Stravinsky's Firebird and Khachaturian's Violin Concerto and Spartacus Suite No. 2. We reserved a block of seats in section F2 and are happy to offer our members tickets at the group discount price! Meet…