Overjoyed to have composer and singer/songwriter Jessica Rose Weiss join The Film Scorer Podcast! Jess’s latest film score (co-composed with Mychael Danna) is for the new Amazon Prime retelling of Cinderella. Jess and I talk about crafting their magical, romantic […]
Purportedly inspired by films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rollerball director Norman Jewison decided to largely eschew an original score in favor of using classical music. The supposed reasoning was to prevent the sci-fi movie from feeling dated, thereby undermining […]
Prolific composer and musician Roger Mason joins The Film Scorer Podcast! They talk broadly about Roger’s media compositions and approach, as well as: the differences between Australian and American productions; figuring out how to play what’s in your head; and […]
Film and video game composer Nima Fakhrara (Detroit: Become Human; Becky) joins the show to talk about, among other things: diversity in film music, the necessity of being genuine in everything you create, and a few of his latest projects. I […]
It came as quite a surprise when John Murphy was announced as the composer for The Suicide Squad. After all, he hadn’t scored a feature film since 2010’s Kick-Ass. But maybe an unexpected choice would be at home in the […]
Film composer and singer-songwriter Steph Copeland joins the show to talk about, among other things: her recent scores for Vicious Fun, The Retreat, and The Oak Room, as well as her trend of scoring for horror and balancing her dual identities of a […]
Ludwig Göransson’s score for Tenet proved to be the most divisive of 2020. Some hailed its creativity and ingenuity, calling it among the best of the year; others labeled it generic action music and a pastiche of Hans Zimmer, Tenet […]
Sofia degli Alessandri-Hultquist (aka Drum & Lace) joins The Film Scorer for the season 2 premiere! She talks about scoring hit tv shows Dickinson and Good Girls, facing positive reception for those shows (and the negative public response to the […]
Every year there are a few movies like Ad Astra whose somewhat misleading marketing leads to audience repulsion and a quick fading from public memory. This is particularly unfortunate in Ad Astra’s case. Not only is the film beautiful and […]
2021 just keeps chugging along, as May continues the streak of excellent scores, with far too many great releases to cover (as well as countless other solid releases). There’s a mixture of the mainstream, such as Junkie XL’s score to […]
2021 just keeps chugging along, as April brings another dozen great scores (as well as countless other solid releases). Despite the time of year, many of these are horror scores or are otherwise anxious, unsettling works, from Ariel Marx’s discomforting […]
After a quick start to the year in January and particularly February, film score releases slowed down a bit in March. However, that doesn’t mean there still weren’t some great scores. Whether you prefer classical orchestral scores, ambient, synth, or […]