At this point we’re well over halfway through the year (although my writeups haven’t kept up), and it’s been difficult to figure out my absolute favorites of the year so far. As the last few months have shown, there have […]
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 […]
Howard Shore has cultivated two very distinct sides of his film scoring oeuvre. While the most well-known (and most beloved) belong to his brilliant orchestral works, such as his seminal score for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he also […]
April was a tough write-up for me, solely because there were simply so many good scores to look at (as you’ll see when you scroll to the bottom of this article). From orchestral works like Hans Zimmer’s The Survivor or […]
There’s something so profoundly heartbreaking about Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou, a film so authentically realistic and sad. The story, of a man trying to do right by his wife, stepdaughter, and son to-be, is one that stays within your soul […]
Normally the sentiment that “a good film score is one the viewer doesn’t notice” is completely wrong. But, in the case of Phil Tippett’s Mad God, it might have some merit. The film is effectively an 85-minute showcase of stop-motion […]
It’s difficult, if not impossible, to put ourselves into the minds of killers, of terrorists. But in Ted K, that’s exactly what experimental electronic artist Blanck Mass does. The film, unsurprisingly, covers several decades of the life of American domestic […]
In the season two finale of The Film Scorer Podcast, acclaimed Northern Irish composer Hannah Peel joins the show! We primarily talk about her score for the new series adaptation of John Wyndham’s novel The Midwich Cuckoos (which you may […]
March builds off of February’s momentum with another massive slate of great scores. Here, I’ve (by accident) primarily focused on the more experimental/less conventional scores that have released, but I assure you, if you explore the list at the bottom […]
Experimental musician turned film and TV composer Lucrecia Dalt joins me on The Film Scorer Podcast! Despite a lifelong interest in film and film music, as well as a decade-long career in composing and sound design, Dalt has just broken […]
Not all films can live up to their premise. But at least in the case of Cryptozoo, John Carroll Kirby’s score does. The animated film follows Lauren Grey, a veterinarian cryptozoologist, as she journeys across the world to try and […]
Although January may have gotten off to a slow start (spurred on largely by 2021 film scores that for some reason had delayed releases), February brings 2022 into high gear! Chief among these are Michael Giacchino’s The Batman, which will […]