{
  "id": 14891152,
  "title": "‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Composer and More Speak Out About AI at Ghent’s WSA Film Music Days: ‘We Must Continue to Defend Our Art’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/avatar-fire-and-ash-composer-and-more-speak-out-about-ai-at-ghents",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-16T06:28:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/artisans/festivals/avatar-ai-ghent-wsa-film-music-days-1236910224/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "At a recent World Soundtrack Awards industry panel, composer Simon Franglen struck a common chord when talking about his work on “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” “We had hundreds of musicians in a room, pouring their emotion out in that precise second,” he recalled. “How can that ever be replicated by AI?” This year’s WSA Film […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}