Join The Fans Of Film Music Society and the Academy Of Scoring Arts for an insightful look into the career of award-winning composer Bear McCreary.  We will talk at length with Bear about his career, his process and his recent credits including 2019's GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS, CHILD'S PLAY, HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U and…

Join us for a scary good time as we dive into a modern day classic for the season, Danny Elfman's The Nightmare Before Christmas.  Tim Davies (Frozen II, Ant Man & The Wasp, Trollhunters) has been conducting the film in concert and joins us to pick apart the bones of this fantastical score.  Jack Skellington would…

Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, Star Trek: Discovery & Picard)  joins us to discuss his transition to scoring, the timeless importance of themes, and the process of revitalizing and renewing a legendary property.

Join us on Saturday, December 14 for an unforgettable look at one of this year’s most talked-about movies and scores, Jordan Peele’s thriller US. We’ll be joined by composer Michael Abels, who previously collaborated with Peele on his 2017 blockbuster GET OUT. With an extensive background in concert music, Michael has a unique musical and…

Ellington Study Groups are back! Our next class on February 1st will be jam-packed with a detailed of some of the basic harmony of jazz music. I’ll start with a deep dive into early jazz harmony, focusing on how improvising players manipulated and exploited the “classical” chromaticism of popular music and the evolved late 19th…

Join us on February 8 as the Scoring Arts team is joined by composer and orchestrator David Russell (Star Wars Rebels, Clone Wars, and hundreds of others) to help us take a deep dive into the tumultuous "Asteroid Field" cue from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Thanks to our dedicated team of score prep…

Composer Alex North brought a fresh perspective to film scoring. His mastery of capturing the psychological underpinnings of any narrative, coupled with his unique brand of modernism, made him one the most revered figures in film music history. On March 7, join us as we examine North's ingenious use of themes, motifs, and even the…

In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of the Fans Of Film Music Society, we are proud to host Oscar-nominated composer John Powell as our guest of honor for this special co-hosted event with the Academy of Scoring Arts. For over twenty years, John has delivered one extraordinary score after the next, and his work in…