SoundtrackNet

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SoundtrackNet is a website dedicated to film and television music.

[edit] History

Created in 1997 by David Koran and Dan Goldwasser at Carnegie Mellon University, the site has grown over the past decade to become one of the leading websites covering the film music industry in Hollywood.

In 1998, SoundtrackNet merged with FilmMusic.com (founded in 1996) to create a large database, which includes the largest publicly accessible trailer music database online today. In November of 2005, Time Magazine listed SoundtrackNet as one of the "Top 20 Music Websites of 2005". [1]

Currently SoundtrackNet has been providing exclusive photos and news items from scoring sessions going on in Hollywood. They also provide a podcast that is updated on a semi-regular basis.

[edit] Breaking news

On July 22, 2000, SoundtrackNet was embarrassed by its claim that it had broken the news that Howard Shore was assigned to score the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. [2] In fact, the website Music from the Movies broke the news first.

On October 14, 2005, SoundtrackNet revealed that Howard Shore was replaced on Peter Jackson's King Kong by composer James Newton Howard. [3]