Congratulations 2021 GRAMMY nominees! Union musicians of AFM Local 47 in Los Angeles can be heard on countless recordings from the hottest hits of the year.
Listen to our #AFM47 2021 Grammys Playlist while you review our list of #unionstrong 63rd annual Grammy nominees below, and be sure to check out the live broadcast of winners airing Sunday, Jan. 31 on CBS.
Record Of The Year Continue reading
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the 72nd Emmy Awards! This list celebrates all of this year’s Emmy-winning and nominated projects scored union with AFM 47 musicians here in Los Angeles: Continue reading
by Max Weinstein
To say that stories about serial killers enjoy a permanent residency in popular imagination would be to state the obvious. The challenge, now, isn’t for stories about psychopaths to draw an audience, but to offer a fresh take on a subject done to death.
Composer Nathaniel Blume says that “Prodigal Son” — the Fox crime drama he recently scored—meets that challenge by putting family first. The series follows Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne), an ex-FBI profiler whose relationship with his father, serial killer Dr. Martin Whitly (Michael Sheen), gives him unique insight into murderers’ motives. Blume, whose credits include “Arrow” and “The Flash,” approached “Prodigal Son” by focusing more on its characters’ blood ties than on the blood itself. Continue reading
Sound clips below. To hear the full playlist, click here to listen on Spotify.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought our industry to a complete halt, and even as we are socially isolated from one another, we are suffering together both economically and artistically.
But we are a diverse union. Our members include musicians who compose, prepare and perform music in an incredibly wide variety of fields, from theater and club work, symphonic, opera and ballet, film, television, sound recordings and other recording work — if it involves music, at least some of us are doing it as part of our livelihoods Continue reading
March is Women’s History Month, and to celebrate we’re highlighting just a few of our wonderfully talented female members with our “Women Who Rock” #AFM47 playlist.
Listen below to hear music made by women members of the American Federation of Musicians Local 47, recorded union in Los Angeles.
Congratulations to all of the fantastic AFM Local 47 members who worked on this year’s Emmy®-nominated television shows!
The 71st Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony will be held over two nights on September 14 & 15, 2019.
Best of luck to all!
Jeff Beal
House Of Cards – “Chapter 73”
Netflix
Siddhartha Khosla
This Is Us – “Songbird Road: Part One”
NBC
Adam Taylor
The Handmaid’s Tale – “The Word”
Hulu Continue reading
This week’s member spotlight: FINNEAS O’CONNELL. Singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and actor, he has released several singles and has written and produced music for other artists, including his sister, singer Billie Eilish. As an actor, O’Connell is also known for his roles in the TV series Glee, Modern Family and Aquarius, and in the film Bad Teacher.
Making one of the hottest selling records of all time doesn’t always require a fancy, expensive recording studio. Case in point: the March 2019 release by Billie Eilish, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? In this second episode of AWAL’s SPACES series, we follow O’Connell at the humble family abode where he and Billie have written and produced all of their creations currently redefining pop music:
Michael Giacchino returns once again to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” The acclaimed composer wrote the music to 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and scored both it and this year’s sequel on the Newman Scoring Stage at Fox with a large AFM Local 47 orchestra conducted by Marshall Bowen III. Continue reading
June is Pride Month, and we’re celebrating with our #ListenLA Pride Playlist!
Featuring a mix of prominent artists who belong to the LGBTQ+ community, along with those who are outspoken allies, this playlist features songs featuring empowered lyrics and danceable rhythms that inspire pride and equality for all. And of course, all of these anthems were recorded union in Los Angeles with AFM Local 47 musicians.