An Interview with Charlie Clouser
Season 4 is here! Charlie Clouser (the Saw series, Nine Inch Nails) joins the show to kick-off the latest season. Charlie and I talk about not just his score for the latest Saw film – Saw X – but his […]
Musical Nasties: Underappreciated or Obscure Soundtracks for Summer (Part 2)
The end is nigh…of summer, I mean. If you tuned in to part one of this series, you will have been introduced to a handful of scores picked by yours truly as the excitement of summer was just on the […]
An Interview with Sherri Chung
Even though Season 3 is over and Season 4 has yet to begin, The Film Scorer podcast returns with a new interview. This time, I’m joined by composer Sherri Chung! Sherri (Riverdale, Kung Fu) and I intended to chat about […]
Tár (2022) – Hildur Guðnadóttir and Lydia Tár – Score Review
Any discussion of the music of Tár must first start with the idea that the film has no score. I saw this constantly repeated, particularly when the film’s score was up for a number of awards and critics’ recognitions in […]
A Brief Overview of Composer Unionization
Although Season 3 is over, and Season 4 is far beyond the horizon, there’s still plenty to talk about. Given the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in the US, covering writers and actors in film and tv, I routinely see questions […]
An Interview with Steph Economou
To celebrate the season 3 finale, I’m joined by Grammy winning composer Steph Economou! Steph’s latest score is for the Dreamworks animated film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. As such, we primarily talk about Steph’s score, including her choice to approach […]
Exclusive Premiere – An Enveloping, Emotive Cue From Tom Hodge’s ‘Name Me Lawand’
All it took was watching the trailer for Name Me Lawand to sell me on the film. It promises an intriguing, emotive journey (that The Guardian calls “emphatic and inspiring”) sure to make you cry and smile. How could I […]
Blonde – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Score Review
Sometimes a great score’s attachment to a commercial bomb means the score itself will quickly disappear into the void. Blonde presents a slight variant. Instead of box office poison, the film’s graphic portrayals of violence and abuse drew widespread repulsion. […]
An Interview with Mark Jenkin
In one of the last interviews of Season 3, composer and director Mark Jenkin joins The Film Scorer podcast! Mark recently released his experimental folk horror film Enys Men (Cornish for Stone Island) earlier this year, as well as his […]
The Best Film Scores of December 2022
December sees the end of 2022, and one of the biggest, most anticipated scores of the year – Avatar: The Way of Water, with longtime James Horner collaborator Simon Franglen stepping in to take over. Does Franglen succeed? Read on […]
Musical Nasties: Underappreciated or Obscure Soundtracks for Summer (Part 1)
After an extended hiatus, I’m back! And what better time to return than when the weather’s getting warmer, days are getting longer, and adult refreshments are flowing freer. If you’re anything like me—which, if you’re spending time on a website […]
An Interview with Daniel Pemberton
Fresh off the back of scoring the smash hit Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, composer Daniel Pemberton (Enola Holmes 1 & 2, Steve Jobs) joins The Film Scorer Podcast! Not surprisingly, Daniel and I spend the majority of our interview talking […]