Atmospheric Anxiety Bobby Krlic brings his dark ambient talents to work in Midsommar. Krlic alternates between slow, meditative interludes and discordant eruptions, setting loose a madness upon the listener while simultaneously following the main character’s tumult of grief. Rob’s score […]
A Chorus of Jazz Scores Lead the Month For The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Emile Mosseri has composed one of the best scores of the year. It is a heartfelt and longing grandiose composition driven by the softer […]
Western European Music Invades On The Hustle, Anne Dudley opts for a vibrant and energetic French and Mediterranean style. While the score is built largely off of variations on a handful of themes and motifs, the short runtime keeps this […]
Although ‘Avengers: Endgame’ may have captured the April box office, it’s the smaller independent movie scene that provides the month’s best scores. Two Composers with Two Scores Each Brian McOmber shows impressive variety with his scores for Hail Satan? and […]
Over the past decade Marvel has released 22 movies to create the “Infinity Saga” – the most ambitious overarching film story experiment. While it is impossible to analyze every score in a single article, ranking and briefly discussing the scores […]
In 2018 I listened to around 80 film scores and ranked my favorites (as well as a few honorable mentions that straddled the top-10 but didn’t quite make the cut). Many of these have appeared on other year-end lists, but […]
Danny Elfman’s score for Dumbo continues his trademark ominous yet whimsical style. Elfman manages to expertly create a dark score while keeping it kid appropriate and positive, all without the overabundance of memorable melodies more common in his earlier works. […]
Once again, another traditional “dumping ground” month dredges up some solid scores from largely under the radar films. Joseph Trapanese continues building his resume with the impressive Arctic. The score, like the film, is oppressively bleak. To accomplish this, Trapanese […]
January has become known as a “dumping ground,” when the box office slumps and studios release films they’ve written off, lower budget films, and counter-programming. Nonetheless, the month produces many quality scores. Not surprisingly, January only has one major release: […]