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Zimmer And Rodrigo Y Gabriela Score One For Johnny Depp

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Last week, Disney released the fourth installment of the wildly-successful Pirates of the Caribbean film series, On Stranger Tides. The film stars Johnny Depp as the inimitable Captain Jack Sparrow, Penelope Cruz as pirate Angelica Maron, Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa, and Ian McShane as Blackbeard.

In addition to an energized cast lineup, Disney envisioned a score for their fourth outing at sea to take a fresh and inventive approach.

Enter Hans Zimmer, one of the film industry’s most sought-after composers. His impressive career has encompassed more than 100 film and TV scores, winning an Academy Award for his work onThe Lion King along with Oscar nods for Inception, Gladiator, and Sherlock Holmes.  He’s also won two Golden Globes and three Grammys.

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Towncraft: Documenting A Music Scene In Little Rock, Arkansas

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In 1986 there wasn’t much to do in the town of Little Rock, Arkansas. Out of boredom with their scene and armed with an intense interest in what was happening musically in the rest of the country, a group of local kids got together to create music. The result sounded like nothing they’d ever heard before, and created a spark that ignited a powerful underground scene in the unlikely conservative southern town. The scene rapidly grew over the next two decades and reverberated through the country, contributing to genres like punk, rockabilly, indie rock, and beyond.

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