John Williams

Deerhoof weave together covers of songs by The B-52's, Voivod, Velvet Underground, John Williams, Eddie Grant, Sun Ra and much more on this crazy, amazing covers medley album.

Thom Yorke, Beyonce, and Pharrell Williams all made the shortlist for Best Song but weren't nominated.

On the snubbedlist: Taylor Swift's "Beautiful Ghosts" from Cats.

Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.

”I really wanted to put this out, it’s really something to see John [Williams'] music play with the movie, like a silent film” -- Star Wars director Rian Johnson.

The 20th anniversary of the US publication of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone is this year, and with it comes lots of Potter-themed stuff, from a vinyl box set of the film soundtracks, to mobile games, to Harry Potter brunch in NYC.

Nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were just announced, with Golden Globe winner The Revenant leading the pack with 12 nominations, and Mad Max: Fury Road following closely behind with 10 nominations...

You may not have seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens yet (it only opened yesterday) and you probably haven't seen Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight (it opens on Christmas Day) but you can listen to those two films' scores right now...

In case you needed more stuff to stoke your anticipation for the imminent Star Wars: The Force Awakens explosion (the movie opens December 18), producers Richie Branson and Solar Slim (aka Otaku Gang) have got something for you...