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Final Fantasy legend Nobuo Uematsu says video game music is getting more boring, and Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead agrees: "Nothing is made for anyone in particular anymore. (Except shareholders)"

"Frankly speaking, there's less 'weird things,'" says Uematsu

GamesRadar

Final Fantasy composer shares concern about 'stagnation' in game music: 'Frankly speaking, there’s less weird things now'

"I believe directors and producers hold too much power in their hands even when it comes to the music."

PC Gamer

Steven Spielberg celebrates 'awesome' 50th anniversary 'Jaws' exhibition at Academy Museum

“Jaws” is the subject of the first ever large-scale exhibit devoted to a single film at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles

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Steven Spielberg ‘thought his career was over’ halfway through film’s production

Director says he was told he would ‘never get hired again’

The Independent UK

From Caught Stealing to CMAT: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Darren Aronofsky’s back with a new crime caper starring Austin Butler, and the festival-slaying singer-songwriter releases her long-awaited third album

The Guardian - UK

“I never liked film music very much”: World famous film composer John Williams makes startling admission

He says it was “just a job”

MusicRadar

Stocks Muted Before the Open as Investors Digest Nvidia’s Stumble, U.S. GDP Data in Focus

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are up +0.03%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU25) are down -0.06% this morning, pointing to a muted open on Wall Street as investors digest Nvidia’s underwhelming earnings report.

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John Williams, the legendary composer behind Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and the original Superman theme admits he "never liked film music very much"

The five-time Oscar winner chalks it all up to nostalgia

Total Film

The Lord Of The Rings voted best classical film music for third year running

The soundtrack was voted the best movie music in a poll of Classic FM listeners and Radio Times readers.

Evening Standard

Composer John Williams says he ‘never liked film music very much’

Exclusive: The creator of some of cinema’s most memorable music says it pales in comparison to the great works

The Guardian - UK

“The oddest thing was the audience trying to enjoy themselves when the sound system was barely audible”: Sky covered Bach’s Tocatta on Top Of The Pops… is it the least likely musical moment ever?

What happened when five serious musicians became pop stars of sorts for 11 weeks in 1980

Louder

The god of small things: celebrating Arvo Pärt at 90

The Estonian composer’s music of simplicity, spirituality – and silence – is universally appealing and enduringly rewarding. We pay tribute ahead of his milestone birthday

The Guardian - UK

Fed officials grow more outspoken—and split—over interest rate cuts

Some officials want a July cut to protect the labor market, while others want to wait because they anticipate more inflation coming.

Fortune

Spaggiari repeats Miles’ F3 Lotus win at Brands Hatch

Colin Chapman’s Lotus marque, immortalised as winner of Brands Hatch’s first British Grand Prix in 1964 with Jim Clark and subsequent world championship counters with Jo Siffert (1968), Jochen Rindt (1970) and Emerson Fittipaldi (1972), took centre stage anew at the Kentish venue last weekend.

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The Independent UK

Superman Returns was a super-flop – but it didn’t deserve the hate

FLASHBACKS: The forgotten son of the Man of Steel franchise is Bryan Singer’s divisive 2006 reboot, which starred Brandon Routh as Superman and Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. As yet another attempt is made to resurrect one of the world’s most famous superheroes, Tom Fordy looks back on why Singer’s…

Latin Times

'I Buy Crack Houses': Property Investor Forced to Take Down 'Demeaning' Billboards Across Cleveland

A series of billboards that read "Yes! I buy crack houses" have been removed from Cleveland neighborhoods after backlash from local residents and officials.

The Independent UK

Jurassic World Rebirth actor reveals bizarre story of how they ended up playing clarinet on film’s score

‘The nerd in me erupted like Vesuvius,’ says Bridgerton star

The Independent UK

Lalo Schifrin, composer of the 'Mission: Impossible' theme, dies at 93

The composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, Lalo Schifrin has died

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The Guardian - US

‘It put the fear of God in the audience’: the incredible story of how Jaws changed Hollywood

As the industry-shifting blockbuster turns 50, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary and Wendy Benchley look back on the highs and lows

The Conversation

Jaws at 50: the Jewish sensibility that shaped Spielberg’s blockbuster and transformed cinema

It’s hard to believe Steven Spielberg was just 27 when he directed Jaws. Before that he’d mostly worked in television, helming episodes of detective show Columbo and the acclaimed TV movie Duel. He’d made just one theatrical feature, The Sugarland Express.

The Independent UK

Think you know 'Jaws'? Test your knowledge with this trivia ahead of the movie's 50th anniversary

Friday marks the 50th anniversary of “Jaws.”

The Independent UK

'Jaws' changed movies forever, but Hollywood could still learn from it

Fifty years after “Jaws” sunk its teeth into us, we’re still admiring the bite mark

The Conversation

‘Jaws’ and the two musical notes that changed Hollywood forever

“Da, duh.”

The Conversation

Jaws at 50: how two musical notes terrified an entire generation

Our experience of the world often involves hearing our environment before seeing it. Whether it’s the sound of something moving through nearby water, or the rustling of vegetation, our fear of the unseen is rooted in our survival instincts as a species.

Evening Standard

National Restaurant Awards: The Ritz named the best place to eat in the UK

The Ritz is the last public dining room in the country where men are required to wear a jacket and tie

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