Another year, another list of the ten “best” film scores, this time I’m running through 2023. These scores aren’t presented in any particular order – I intended to go alphabetically, but instead ended up going by vibes instead, wherever the […]
A few days ago, Variety published an opinion piece titled “Why ‘May December’s’ Use of ‘The Go-Between’ Score During Viral Hot Dog Scene Is Problematic”. Given the specific use of “problematic” in media criticism, this immediately piqued my interest. Knowing […]
Despite my promises, my catch-up on this column is nonexistent; but at least I’m not falling behind too much now. Will that last? Will the winter holidays give me a chance to catch up? Or will they further inspire my […]
I can only laugh and chastise myself that I’m writing this column – about the best film scores of January 2023 – in November. Let’s just say that this series has somewhat fallen by the wayside… With that out of […]
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 […]
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 […]
As with October, November saw the release of one widely award-nominated score (John Williams’ score for The Fabelmans), some of my favorite scores of the year (Nathan Johnson’s score for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Reznor and Ross’s […]
Another year, another best-of list! Though, as you might be well aware by now, I don’t pretend to actually know what the “best” scores of 2022 were. Instead, this list is really of my favorite scores from last year, presented […]
October saw the release of two Oscar and BAFTA nominated scores, The Banshees of Inisherin and All Quiet on the Western Front, with fairy tale melancholy and the blaring fear of war, respectively, as well as a number of other […]
I know, it’s already mid-January and yet this series is only up to September. It’s painful to be trapped in the past… The upside is that September saw some great scores, including the fantastic intimate-medieval score to Medieval from Philip […]
We’re getting surprisingly close to the end of the year already, with months and months of great score releases so far. But, this article hasn’t quite caught up – we’re only 2/3rds of the way through! August certainly has a […]
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 […]