The Best Scores of the 2020s (So Far)
It’s a bit worrying to realize that we’re now over halfway through the 2020s – where has the time gone? Well, I suppose we all know one collective reason why it feels like a blur… But rather than lament the […]
An Interview with Meg Remy (U.S. Girls) & Grace Glowicki
In an absolute coincidence, during International Women’s Month Meg Remy (U.S. Girls) and Grace Glowicki join me on The Film Scorer Podcast! Our primary focus is the film Dead Lover, for which Grace is director, co-writer, and lead actress and […]
An Interview with Rihards Zalupe
Rihards Zalupe joins The Film Scorer Podcast! Rihards’ latest score is for the Oscar and BAFTA nominated animated film Flow, which he co-composed with the film’s writer and director Gints Zilbalodis. As such, Rihards and I spend much of our […]
The Best Film Scores of April 2024
Although the calendar says January 2025, our monthly score countdown is stuck in April 2024. Lucky for us, this happens to be home for some of the best scores of the year, including Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’s Back to […]
An Interview with Bryce Dessner
In a quick 1-2 punch after talking with Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist), Bryce Dessner (The National, The Revenant, The Two Popes) joins The Film Scorer podcast! Bryce released two scores last year, for the films Sing Sing and We Live […]
An Interview with Daniel Blumberg
Much to my dismay, The Brutalist is not an industrial grindcore band. Nonetheless, I feel compelled to talk about it. As such, composer Daniel Blumberg joins the show! It should be no surprise, then, that we spend much of our […]
The Best Film Scores of March 2024
Here we are, right at the end of 2024 and for some reason I’m only getting to the scores released in March. Will I ever catch up? Does it matter? Who knows, and while only time will tell, I have […]
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) – Kenjirô Hirose – Film Score Review
There must be a thousand Yakuza films floating around, largely forgotten and unseen (especially here in the US). Luckily, places like Tubi give you the chance to stumble upon these with pretty decent regularity (the same, I’ve realized, with jidaigeki/samurai […]
An Interview with Donna McKevitt
Composer Donna McKevitt joins The Film Scorer Podcast! Donna is someone that I’ve chatted to here and there over the last few years, so it was a treat having her on the show and finally getting the chance to “meet” […]
An Interview with The Angel
The Angel (Boiler Room, Kidulthood) joins The Film Scorer! Angel’s latest score is for the crime thriller Heist 88, which came out last year but her score only released last month. As such, we spend much of our conversation talking […]
An Interview with Wilbert Roget, II
In the latest episode of The Film Scorer podcast I’m joined by Wilbert Roget, II (Star Wars: Outlaws, Helldivers 2, Mortal Kombat). While Wilbert is best known for his work scoring video games, including recently receiving a Grammy nomination for […]
Brainscan (1994) – George S. Clinton – Film Score Review
I’ve started to become concerned, or perhaps a little worried, that there is a world of older film scores filled with great melodies and sounds that have never been formally released, leaving them almost hidden. While some smaller record labels […]