Hey, I’m Sam. I like violent movies with synth scores and listening to library music on the beach. My perfect idea for a date is taking a trip to 1970s Italy where I can stumble into a stylish murder mystery involving a black-gloved killer featuring music by Ennio Morricone. I live in Vancouver, B.C. and think too hard about what I write on my Letterboxd. Twitter: @mondosammi
Summer Horror A-Side / B-Side Split – Side B: Longlegs As summer winds down, Sam is here with a double-feature of 2024 horror scores, ending with Zilgi’s score for Longlegs. In a few days, Autumn will be here, kicking off […]
As summer winds down, Sam is here with a double-feature of 2024 horror scores, beginning with Tyler Bates’s score for the finale of the X Trilogy: MaXXXine. Tune in next week to see what other horrors await…
Author’s Note: I received this record as a promotional copy from Microids Records for the purpose of review. The opinions and thoughts shared are completely my own, with no expectations from the distributor. I also want to acknowledge the recent […]
Tough-talking dirty cops, back-channel deals, bursts of bloody violence, and a wonky Mediterranean interpolation of Eric Satie’s “Gnossienne No. 1,” played on what might be a bouzouki. Nope, that combination doesn’t sound any less strange written out. It’s as impressive […]
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 […]
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 […]
Here we are at the end of another fantastic year for film music. Of course, there were many scores that earned my affection in 2022—Michael Giacchino’s best-in-blockbuster-class The Batman, the jazz wizardry of Justin Hurwitz’s Babylon, Arnoud Rebotini’s pulse-pounding Dark […]
Editor’s Note: This article isn’t intended to collate the most obscure horror scores around. Instead, it’s meant to offer a mix of ones you may have heard of (or probably have) with ones you likely haven’t. After all, we don’t […]
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 […]
Author’s note: For the purposes of this write up, I will be focusing on the film’s original score by Michael Abels and not the additional songs on the soundtrack (although they are great). This review is spoiler-free. After shocking audiences […]
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 […]