Sofia degli Alessandri-Hultquist. Photo by Q.   Drum & Lace has been busy at work on a new record titled ONDA, the artist’s second solo album, which came out June 21 on Fabrique Records.  While Drum & Lace’s music is hard to categorize, the genre the artist has been inhabiting is ambient techno, and IDM and minimal dance are both inspirational to this new album. Sofia degli Alessandri-Hultquist is the composer, sound artist, and performer known as Drum & Lace, and last summer she challenged herself to make the most of the industry shutdown and write the original music t ..read more

Pierre Charles. Photo by Alon Levitan.   Pierre Charles is new to scuba diving. He was certified in May. Very recently, he received his advanced certification. We were 75-feet underwater off the coast of Catalina, and I started to feel a bit of anxiety… We had been kicking a lot against a current and I was kind of feeling a little air-starved. My heart rate started picking up and I was like, “I’m getting a little nervous and I shouldn’t be, but I’m feeling anxious right now.” What brought me out of that anxiety was the fact that A) I can’t just shoot up to the surface, and B) I’ve done ..read more

Craig Wedren. Photo by Peter Barreras.   The words of the day at the Wedren house were “storytelling,” “porousness,” and “cannibalism.” “Unnecessary cannibalism” to be precise. Craig Wedren is one of the composers of Yellowjackets, so he knows when the consumption of human flesh is necessary to the story. His first artistic encounter with cannibalism, however, was unintentional. Or so he claims. The cauldron has meat in it. You know, we went to the meat-packing district and got some giant rack of ribs. And the lyrics, there’s references to meat and bones and things. Much Music banned t ..read more

Photo by Emily Sandifer   Most of Ariel Marx’s proficiency is on the violin. She plays on some of the scores she composes, and her solo album, Luthier, is a love letter to string quartets. She can also play guitar, piano, flute, and she grew up singing. Ariel is known as a multi-instrumentalist, but throughout her life, she’s practically been a multidisciplinary artist, from her childhood beads to the shadowboxes she constructed as a teen to pottery. After a day spent composing in her music studio, she loves using her hands to do something else, something a little simpler than writing o ..read more

Ian Hultquist. Photo by Q.   Ian Hultquist’s career in music involves everything from alt-pop to zombies. As a composer, Ian most recently scored The Walking Dead spinoff Dead City (AMC+) and the series One Of Us Is Lying (Peacock). He’s worked on dozens of films, including Assassination Nation, Die in a Gunfight, and Yes God Yes.  He’s also co-composed shows and movies with Drum & Lace, aka Sofia degli Alessandri-Hultquist. As husband-wife collaborators, Ian and Sofia co-scored the TV series Dickinson, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Good Girls, and movies such as Night T ..read more

Continue to fall in love with In Pieces: A New Musical with the upcoming new single, “Bloom,” taken from the forthcoming deluxe edition of the hit album In Pieces: A New Musical (Highlights)!  The album features music by Joey Contreras and includes eight new tracks not included on the 2021 soundtrack.  Prior to the album’s release, Broadway Records will release several singles.  “Bloom” follows “Ohio” performed by cast member Anson Bagley as Charlie, and “Bloom” showcases main characters performed by Antonio Cipriano and Stephanie Torns.  Pre-save “Bloom”: [https ..read more

Ready for another singing challenge?  Warm up those vocal cords singing along to “The Rock Goes On” from Season 2 of Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock! The classic song, known to long-time fans as”Song of Songs,” is a real toe-tapper for all Fraggles, Doozers and silly creatures (humans) alike!  If you haven’t already joined the fun, Fraggle fans have been recording singing duets on TikTok to some songs from the soundtrack.  Want to give it a shot?  Get practicing with the help of the lyric video below.  The song lyrics are also provided separately for your handy referen ..read more

We have a first listen to the score from The Silent Service by Yoshihiro Ike!  Based on a popular Manga series of the same name, the live action Japanese action film starring Takao Osawa is now streaming as a film and TV series on Prime Video. The tension-filled orchestral score mixes eerie, mournful strings with heavy percussion to create a forbidding backdrop to the naval thriller.  Listen to “The Silent Service Main Theme” below. The Silent Service (Prime Video Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) releasees globally on Friday, May 17 on all major digital music services! Pre-save t ..read more

Fans of the Bill Skarsgård action-comedy Boy Kills World can now level up their game–in song!   Featuring songs you may already be humming by El Michels Affair and the film’s composer Ludvig Forssell, we would not be surprised to find “The Culling Show” arise as the new epic fail anthem.   Check out the lyric videos below accompanied by the song lyrics.  If you’ve seen the film trailer, then these lyric videos are fairly spoiler-free (note the “Frosty Puffs” video). From the producers of “Evil Dead” and starring Bill Skarsgård, Boy Kills World is now playing only in theaters (g ..read more

Get to know Steve Jablonsky, the composer known for his work on the blockbuster Transformers movie franchise and recently, The Tiger’s Apprentice, now streaming on Paramount+.  Steve joins the Lakeshore Records Podcast to discuss his journey as a composer and composing techniques such as dramatic weight, the importance of silence, how his Japanese heritage helped him relate to the characters in The Tiger’s Apprentice film; parenthood, working under Hans Zimmer, which piece of music caught Steven Spielberg’s attention, and more. The Tiger’s Apprentice (Music from the Paramount+ Original M ..read more