This was an outstanding year for video game music. Professional musicians from various genres all contributed pieces to very unusual places, and many up-and-coming indie composers stole our hearts ...

Curtis Mayfield and Aretha Franklin’s union for the soundtrack of the 1976 musical drama “Sparkle” made for an instant soul classic, so the 2012 remake already has a lot to live up to. The burden for ...

There was plenty of great music in 2012, and there was more chaff than ever to sort through to find it. While the floodgates of free content that opened last decade began to dry up as labels regained ...