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• The HBO series The White Lotus faced stiff competition when it was launched in summer 2021.
• When the show’s trailer was released in June 2021, its strikingly novel soundtrack stood out.
• This could be heard in full on YouTube and Spotify before HBO aired the first episode that July.

Canadian composers in film and TV

• Tapia de Veer joins Emmy-winning Canadian composers Christophe Beck and Mychael Danna, demonstrating the important role Canada has occupied in producing music for film and television.
• In the early 2000s, he had a Canadian hit with the song “Supersex World,” but then turned to working on music for film and television, creating scores for series like Hunters, Humans and Utopia.

‘Haunting’ sounds

• In doing so, Tapia de Veer presents the themes and sounds that dominate the six Season 1 episodes.
• The “Aloha” theme combines vocal and percussive sounds the composer calls “tribal” and “primal,” with bird calls “for an island feel with a spooky tropical depth.”

Menacing undertone

• It provides a menacing undertone to a surface layer of popular music that tourists to Hawaii may recognize, whether it’s Louis Armstrong singing “On a Coconut Island” or the Rose Ensemble performing “Aloha ‘Oe,” a traditional Hawaiian song composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani.
• For example, when Tapia de Veer uses the human voice in the underscore, it is never with words but rather in bizarre vocalizations.

‘Renaissance’ set in Italy

• Season 2’s main theme, “Renaissance,” features flowing piano, harp and (wordless) operatic voice.
• In later episodes, this setting is localized by the use of the mandolin, an Italian folk instrument.

Disconcerting background tones

• Stories of treachery and infidelity play out in the disconcerting background tones created by Tapia de Veer and longtime collaborator Kim Neundorf, who in Season 2 has contributed to or composed over 10 tracks.
• Neundorf also worked with Tapia de Veer on the TV series Humans and The Third Day, as well as the horror film Smile.

Next season: 36 Thai gongs

It will be interesting to hear what White and Tapia de Veer decide to serve up as the music for the next ‘White Lotus’ season in Thailand. Already, the composer has teased his inclination for including the sounds of Buddhist temples and for using his collection of 36 Thai gongs “to go deep with it [and] make it take a journey.”

• TORONTO, May 11, 2023 /CNW/ - Canadian country music fans are one step closer to learning who will be the next big country music star as SiriusXM Canada and the Canadian Country Music Association® (CCMA) reveal the three finalists in the 2023 SiriusXM Top of the Country competition.
• With a grand prize of $25,000 and the coveted title of SiriusXM Top of the Country Champion on the line, the competition is about to get even more fierce.
• The competition culminates in a thrilling finale at Country Music Week in September, broadcast live on SiriusXM's Top of the Country Radio (Ch.
• "The incredible talent of this year's finalists is a testament to the strength and vibrancy of the Canadian country music scene," says Amy Jeninga, President, CCMA.

• For the first time in 19 years, The JUNO Awards will return to the province's capital city for the 52nd iteration of the annual ceremony.
• The show, produced by Insight Productions, will broadcast and stream live across Canada at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos and CBC Music's Facebook , YouTube and Twitter pages.
• Fan favourite JUNO Week events including JUNO Fan Fare, JUNO Cup Presented by CBC Sports and JUNO Songwriters' Circle Presented by SOCAN, in association with Music Publishers Canada, will also be making a return in 2023.
• Tickets to The 2023 JUNO Awards go on sale to the general public on November 18.

• Calgary, AB, Sept. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tonight the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) celebrated wins in 29 categories at the CCMA Music Industry Gala Dinner & Awards and also honoured recipients of the Gary Slaight Music Humanitarian Award and the Hank Smith Award of Excellence.
• Rounding out the evening with special moments surrounding the 2022 Hall of Fame inductions, this evenings gala kicked off the first of two awards ceremonies being held this weekend in Calgary.
• In addition, Matt McKay became the next member of the Musicians Hall of Honour, earning his fifth Guitar Player of the Year win.
• MEDIA NOTE: The most up-to-date list of 2022 CCMA Award presented by TD winners can be found at ccma.org throughout Country Music Week 2022.