SoundtrackNet

SoundtrackNet

SoundtrackNet is a website dedicated to film and television music.

History

Created in 1997 by and Dan Goldwasser at Carnegie Mellon University, the site has grown over the past decade to become one of the leading websites covering the film music industry in Hollywood.

In 1998, SoundtrackNet merged with FilmMusic.com (founded in 1996) to create a large database, which includes the largest publicly accessible trailer music database online today. In November 2005, Time Magazine listed SoundtrackNet as one of the "Top 20 Music Websites of 2005". [ [http://www.time.com/time/2005/onlinemusic/3.html TIME Online Music Guide 2005] ]

Currently SoundtrackNet has been providing exclusive photos and news items from scoring sessions going on in Hollywood. They also provide a podcast that is updated on a semi-regular basis.

As of January 1 2008, the scoring session news items have all been moved to ScoringSessions.com [http://www.scoringsessions.com] .

Breaking News

On July 22, 2000, SoundtrackNet broke the news about Howard Shore being assigned to score the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. [ [http://www.soundtrack.net/news/article/?id=127 Lord of the Rings Composer Picked?] ] [ [http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/034/034258p1.html Lord of the Rings Composer Chosen?] ]

On October 14, 2005, SoundtrackNet revealed that Howard Shore was replaced on Peter Jackson's King Kong by composer James Newton Howard. [ [http://www.soundtrack.net/news/article/?id=670 James Newton Howard replaces Howard Shore on "King Kong"] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.soundtrack.net/ SoundtrackNet]
* [http://www.soundtrack.net/podcast/ SoundtrackNet's Podcast]


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