Welcome to the second volume of “Short and Sweet,” my new semi-regular series on short films and their music. This volume sees another wide range of films and composers, from Vin Diesel’s breakout short film ‘Multi Facial’ (for which he […]
The Addams Family are known for being creepy, kooky, and altogether ooky. Fortunately, while composer Marc Shaiman embraces the Family’s iconic traits, his score shows just enough restraint to prevent the film from being too over the top. It would […]
Steven Price continues his streak of impressive yet unheralded scores with Archive. Not surprisingly, Price creates a largely electronic score for this film set in 2038. But this is not the stereotypical glossy neon synthwave future; it is droning, bleak, […]
I hadn’t watched The NeverEnding Story in well over a decade and expected the music to have aged terribly: 80s’ synth in fantasy films rarely holds up (not to mention a title song sung by Kajagoogoo’s lead vocalist). But, while […]