The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Locals 7 (Orange County, CA), 47 (Los Angeles), and 581 (Ventura, CA) unions on behalf of seven nonmember musicians. The lawsuit alleges the careers of these musicians were seriously damaged by union actions.

Audio Impressions’ has announced Version 2.0 of DVZ Strings, their new high-resolution virtual-instrument strings library

ProSonus has shipped the Studio Channel, a new device that features a tube-based, Class A mic/instrument preamplifier, VCA-based compressor; and a three-band parametric equalizer

Mac software developer Audiofile Engineering is now shipping Wave Editor 1.4, the latest update to their audio editing application

VSL advances the ball with their new Vienna Effects Suite and a major problem/solution update to their Vienna Ensemble 3 that have most composers singing, “c’mon get happy.”

Scott Glasgow, who is best known for his dark orchestral scores for films such as Chasing Ghosts, Hack! and Bone Dry, is currently writing the music for a comedy entitled Patriotville. Film stars Justin Long, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Rob Corddry and is directed by Talmage Cooley, an award-winning director who is making his first feature [...]

Veteran director Chris Columbus’ new film, comedy I Love You, Beth Cooper, gets an original score by Christophe Beck. Starring Hayden Panettiere, Samm Levine and Lauren London, the film tells the not so unique story about a nerdy guy who is in love with the hottest and most popular girl in school. This one is [...]

Prolific composer Aaron Zigman continues his working relationship with director Tyler Perry. Madea Goes to Jail will be their fourth film together, following Why Did I Get Married, Meet The Browns and this year’s The Family That Preys. Starring Tyler Perry, Keshia Knight, Vanessa Ferlito and Sofía Vergara, Madea Goes to Jail is a comedy [...]

Drew Barrymore’s first feature film as a director, Whip It!, gets an original score composed by Mark Mothersbaugh. Based on Shauna Cross’ novel “Derby Girl,” the film is a roller derby comedy taking place in Texas, starring Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis, Zoe Bell, Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore. Vincent Pictures produces for [...]

Cadillac Records, the upcoming drama about Chess Records, gets an original score by Terence Blanchard, the jazz composer who is best known for his extensive contributions to the films of Spike Lee, including the recent Miracle at St. Anna. Featuring a huge selection of songs from the Chess Records catalogue, the music producer on the [...]