The Best Film Scores of 2021
We’re already well into 2022, which means I’m very late! But as they say, better late than never. It’s time for the annual tradition of covering the “best” film scores of 2021. If you don’t want to read through the […]
Colin Stetson on Scoring Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Colin Stetson (Hereditary, Red Dead Redemption II) joins The Film Scorer podcast to talk about his brutal, unconventional score to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Netflix’s new installment in the iconic horror series. Texas Chainsaw Massacre probably displays Colin at his most unrestrained, as […]
Colin Stetson’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Film Score Review
Colin Stetson’s score for 2022’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre begins with the rumblings of an ancient chainsaw awakening, followed by horrible metallic shrieks. Pain is coming, lots of it. Except, there is no chainsaw, there is no metal. Stetson primarily uses […]
Exclusive Premiere – An Intimate, Near-Future Love Song from Roman Molino Dunn’s ‘AI Love You’
I first met Roman Molino Dunn back in late 2020 as he finished up scoring the film Huracán for HBO Max (which we then discussed at length). Since then, he’s worked on films like The Card Counter and Red Rocket […]
An Interview with Derek Kirkup
Derek Kirkup joins The Film Scorer Podcast to talk about his gentle, bittersweet score to the new familial drama Sorority. Along the way we talk about Nic Cage’s acting career and how his boundary-pushing approach may have parallels to pushing film […]
Gretel & Hansel (2020) – Rob Coudert (aka Rob) – Film Score Review
The synths take on a mind of their own, the screen twists and morphs into a fantastical delusion, and we fall ever briefly into the rabbit hole.
An Interview with Matt Sullivan
Four-time Grammy nominated music producer and supervisor Matt Sullivan (Chicago, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast) joins The Film Scorer Podcast! We primarily discuss his work with Steven Spielberg on West Side Story, how he carved this role out for himself almost by accident […]
Unsolved Mysteries – Original Broadcast Soundtrack Review
“This is the scariest release I’ve ever heard”
The Strings – Adrian Ellis and Teagan Johnston (2020)
Directed by Ryan Glover, and written by Glover and Krista Dzialoszynski, The Strings is a work of pure atmosphere and mood. In the deep of winter, a lone musician heads off to a cabin to work on new material; while […]
An Interview with Marcelo Zarvos
To keep 2022 off to a strong start, the great composer Marcelo Zarvos joins me for a quick chat! Marcelo recently scored the newly released film A Journal for Jordan, directed by Denzel Washington and starring Michael B. Jordan. We […]
The Best Film Scores of October 2021
I often see people complain that there have been few, if any, good scores released in 2021. While there may have been a few slower months, October continues the trend of nearly endless good scores. There were almost too many […]
Freddy’s Nightmares: The Series – Original Broadcast Soundtrack Review
Growing up, very few things were constant for me. Mac & Cheese and Dr. Pepper would forever be the best, MTV played some great videos, and from October of 1988 through March of 1990, my Saturday evenings would be terrifying, […]