Press & Articles
SCL supports Teamsters in effort
by Jon Burlingame
From Variety
OCTOBER 29, 2010
The Society of Composers and Lyricists, which counts among its 1,200 members many of the composers and songwriters who write for films and TV, has thrown its support behind the Teamsters' efforts to organize composers and lyricists into a full-fledged union. [More...]
The Association of Music Composers and Lyricists
score points with the Teamsters.
by Julio Martinez
From Written By, the Magazine of the Writers Guild of America (WGA),
West
SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2010
I believe the composers are the last creative group
in Hollywood to have no benefits at all," laments
film and television composer Bruce
Broughton, when asked to chronicle events that
brought more than 350 composers and lyricists
to the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills on
April 19, 2010. [More...]
Key issues are health insurance, pension plan
by Jon Burlingame
From Variety
May 1, 2010
Music has long had a role in social activism, so it only seems fair that social activism is entering the dialogue among musicians.
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Guild backs efforts to unionize
by Jon Burlingame
From Variety
APRIL 9, 2010
Film and TV composers and lyricists seeking to unionize have gotten the backing of the Writers Guild of America, as well as a handful of Hollywood heavyweights.
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They play second fiddle to filmmakers, budget concerns
by Jon Burlingame
From Variety
December 7, 2009
Fifty or 60 years ago, it was not unusual to see the name of the composer right up next to that of the producer or director in a movie's opening credits -- Max Steiner on "Casablanca," for example, or Erich Wolfgang Korngold on "Kings Row."
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