November proved to be a somewhat slower month than normal, the calm before December’s great deluge of excellent scores. This isn’t to say that November’s scores were bad, not at all – the month was still filled with plenty of […]
October’s release schedule has created the mirage that things are somewhat back to normal – almost eighty new scores released that month! That many new scores means a lot of good music. Unfortunately, there are far, far too many scores […]
Welcome to September! As the film industry gradually opens up we’ve seen an uptick in film scores releases (including a few major ones!) and hopefully the trend continues! This month sees a broad array of great scores, from the experimental […]
An extended wait for the next entry of a series can raise anticipation, but also skepticism. I fell into the latter category upon hearing that, after nearly thirty years, a new Bill and Ted film was coming. But composer Mark […]
Welcome to the second volume of “Short and Sweet,” my new semi-regular series on short films and their music. This volume sees another wide range of films and composers, from Vin Diesel’s breakout short film ‘Multi Facial’ (for which he […]
Steven Price continues his streak of impressive yet unheralded scores with Archive. Not surprisingly, Price creates a largely electronic score for this film set in 2038. But this is not the stereotypical glossy neon synthwave future; it is droning, bleak, […]
I was initially skeptical about Girl on the Third Floor – how good could the music to a CM Punk-starring horror film be? But my interest grew when I saw that legendary punk musician and producer Steve Albini was involved. […]
Jay Wadley’s score for Driveways is one of the most beautiful scores I’ve heard in quite a while. Led by a purposefully meandering piano, Wadley builds up a deeply intimate and introspective atmosphere striking at the core of love, family, […]
Welcome to the first volume of “Short and Sweet,” the new series focused solely on short film music. I’ve always viewed short film as integral to the filmmaking experience and hugely important for those just starting out (as well as […]
Perhaps the most surprising score of the month was Aska Matsumiya’s Selah and the Spades. Matsumiya begins with an ethereal, dreamy ambience that is eventually consumed by minimalist darkness. Even in the moments of seeming positivity there is an endless […]
I’ve decided to start visiting years past, from before I actively listened to film music, and come up with retrospective best-of lists. Not only is it a good way to revisit missed classics and get a feel for the year […]
Despite the current pandemic largely shutting down theaters and film releases, quite a few excellent scores released in March. While I cover several in-depth, score to the bottom of the page for a list of a whole lot more! Drone, […]