Classical Music

We asked musicians to name their best and worst pieces to play. And one composer comes up A LOT

Which works do orchestral players love to play? Or dread? We asked some of Europe’s finest ensembles for musicians favourite ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Look, it’s a lawsuit!’ Lion King composer sues comedian for $27 million over song translation

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Grammy-winning composer Lebo M is suing comedian Learnmore Jonasi for $27 million, claiming he falsely translated ...
Forbes

Akai Professional’s MPC Sample Is A New Way To Make Beats Almost Anywhere

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. You shall have music wherever you go. The new MPC Sample is a fully portable devices for ...
American Songwriter

Ted Nichols, Beloved Composer of ‘The Flintstones’ and ‘Scooby-Doo’, Dead at 97

Throughout his career in the music industry, Ted Nichols gained numerous titles like composer, arranger, educator, and minister of music. Unlike other artists, who fashion a career that includes hit ...
MusicRadar

"The closest thing Akai has released to a vintage MPC in decades": Akai MPC Sample review

Despite its slightly toy-like looks, the MPC Sample is a fast and fun machine that channels the spirit of its early-'90s predecessors. Fun, fast workflow reminiscent of classic MPCs. Chopping and ...
VentureBeat

Cursor's Composer 2 was secretly built on a Chinese AI model — and it exposes a deeper problem with Western open-source AI

The $29.3 billion AI coding tool just got caught with its provenance showing. When Cursor launched Composer 2 last week — calling it "frontier-level coding intelligence" — it presented the model as ...
TechCrunch

Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi

AI coding company Cursor launched a new model this week called Composer 2, which it promoted as offering “frontier-level coding intelligence.” However, an X user posting under the name Fynn soon ...
VentureBeat

Cursor’s new coding model Composer 2 is here: It beats Claude Opus 4.6 but still trails GPT-5.4

Cursor, a San Francisco AI coding platform from startup Anysphere valued at $29.3 billion, has launched Composer 2, a new fine-tuned variant of Chinese open source model Kimi K2.5 now available inside ...
Comic Book Movie

SUPERGIRL Is Now On Its THIRD Composer Just Three Months Before It's Released

We have yet another Supergirl surprise for you today, as the movie has just lost its second composer. In February, a press release confirmed that Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi had quietly ...
Scientific American

This musician built an AI clone of her voice so anyone can sing as her

Holly Herndon hears the future of music in data. Herndon came to electronic music after singing in church and choirs in East Tennessee. She earned a master’s degree at Mills College and a doctorate at ...
CBS News

Broadway and Hollywood composer Marc Shaiman on his new memoir, and being a "sore winner"

Correspondent. "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours," who joined CBS News in 2000. Smith has covered a ...