Musical Nasties is a series of articles exploring the music of cinema’s most salacious fare. From video nasties of the ‘80s, to classic Italian gialli and schlock, to contemporary cult cinema, we aim to celebrate our favorite genre movies, their […]
Howard Shore has cultivated two very distinct sides of his film scoring oeuvre. While the most well-known (and most beloved) belong to his brilliant orchestral works, such as his seminal score for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he also […]
April was a tough write-up for me, solely because there were simply so many good scores to look at (as you’ll see when you scroll to the bottom of this article). From orchestral works like Hans Zimmer’s The Survivor or […]
There’s something so profoundly heartbreaking about Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou, a film so authentically realistic and sad. The story, of a man trying to do right by his wife, stepdaughter, and son to-be, is one that stays within your soul […]
Normally the sentiment that “a good film score is one the viewer doesn’t notice” is completely wrong. But, in the case of Phil Tippett’s Mad God, it might have some merit. The film is effectively an 85-minute showcase of stop-motion […]