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After carrying the Olympic flame on February 12, Vancouver’s native singer Sarah McLachlan and her co-performers including Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado, mesmerized audiences worldwide with their opening performances at the Winter Olympics 2010.
At the ceremony, Sarah McLachlan performed the heart-melting song ‘Ordinary Miracle’ which was written by Glen Ballard and David A. Stewart for [...]
Award-winning composer John Debney reunites with director Garry Marshall for the sixth time to score the romantic-comedy Valentine’s Day, starring Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Biel, Patrick Dempsey, Taylor Swift, Jamie Foxx, Taylor Lautner, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez and many more. The all-star romantic-comedy centers around intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles that break-up and make-up [...]
In 1995, “You Oughta Know” introduced the world to a then-unknown Canadian singer named Alanis Morissette, and last night during the Grammy Awards, Beyonce worked the song into her performance of “If I Were A Boy.”
Co-written by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, featuring guitar and bass from Dave Navarro and Flea (both of whom were [...]
A friend of The High Window, Greg Ladanyi, will be recognized during the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, January 31st. Greg’s iconic, influential 40 year career as a producer, engineer, mixer, music entrepreneur, and Grammy winner will be recognized, ensuring that his legacy lives on.
The awards will be broadcasted on CBS at 8PM EST/PST.
Universal Music Publishing Group is launching its own channel on music video portal Vevo, called Behind The Hit Songs.
Chairman and CEO David Renzer announced the news at MIDEM today, saying it’ll be a songwriters channel. “It’s not going to be just Universal writers, we’re going to open it up to the industry,” he said.
Renzer cited [...]
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel has been confirmed to appear in a one-night only concert with the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall, on Friday, July 9 at 8PM. The complete program for the evening has not yet been announced, but we hope she will be singing favorites from her three solo albums as well [...]
The following article, written by Jon Burlingame and published by Variety, discusses the songwriting process for “God Bless Us Everyone,” co-written by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard:
Composer Alan Silvestri faced a monumental challenge when director Robert Zemeckis asked for “a classic Christmas song” at the end of his 3D re-imagining of “A Christmas Carol.”
“He wanted [...]
Ringo Starr’s latest solo effort, “Y Not,” will have Ringo in a new hands-on role besides wielding drumsticks. It will mark a first for the former Beatle – he will produce the album himself. How did he decide to produce his own album for the first time? “Well, I looked in the mirror,” Ringo says [...]
We loved this review of both Alan Silvestri’s score and “God Bless Us Everyone,” co-written by Alan and Glen:
“There are plenty of moments of bliss for Alan Silvestri fans in A Christmas Carol. For a film that never seems to stop zooming over the skyline of Victorian England, Silvestri whips his orchestra over the snowy [...]
The Robert Zemeckis-directed A Christmas Carol (in the widest 3D release to date) came in #1 at the North American box office this weekend and #2 Internationally!
The film grossed an estimated $31 million from 3,683 runs domestically and $12 million from 2,750 playdates in 18 territories, led by the U.K. with $2.9 million.
Disney President of [...]
