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      <title>Ludwig Göransson&apos;s Oppenheimer Score Wins the Academy Award</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ludwig Göransson won the 2024 Original Score Academy Award for Oppenheimer — his second Oscar, and the first for a Christopher Nolan film. The score's documented construction and context.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:57:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Counter Story on Curtom: how Curtis Mayfield&apos;s Super Fly soundtrack argues with its own film</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:50:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Thirty-Five Percent Rule: how a film score earns its Oscar nomination</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:50:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Rocky at 50: Bill Conti&apos;s Score Returns to the Concert Stage</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rocky in Concert opens its 50th anniversary tour in Chicago on May 16, 2026, with Bill Conti's score performed live to the 1976 film. Dates and context.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Consoles in the Concert Hall: How Game Soundtracks Became a Release Story</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Vault Opens: why soundtrack box sets keep finding lost film music</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Archival box sets recover lost film scores: vault tapes, limited licenses, and labels like Varèse Sarabande and Intrada behind complete score editions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Film music concerts 2026: Proms film nights, Santa Barbara's Romantic Hollywood and Matilda in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Oscars 2026 results: Ludwig Göransson wins his third Best Original Score Oscar for Sinners and Golden becomes the first K-pop Best Original Song winner.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Before a Note Is Written: what a composer announcement actually tells an audience</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What a composer announcement really signals: director loyalties, franchise continuity and the craft behind film score assignment news.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Score Labels Pair Streaming Debuts With Collector Vinyl in Early 2026</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Out of the Vault: how classic scores get restored and reissued</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Pre-Order Economy: how soundtrack labels announce their releases</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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