While August may have slowed down in terms of film scores, September picks up the pace (and, as of this writing, each subsequent month keeps or exceeds that pace). As always, if you think I’ve missed any scores from this […]
Back in 2020, Tom Schraeder made some waves (and certainly caught my attention) when he scored the horror film The Dark and the Wicked. Now, one of the film’s producers (writer-director Sonny Mallhi) has brought Tom back, as well as […]
The one and only Mark Korven joins me on The Film Scorer Podcast! Mark is probably best known for scoring films like The Witch and The Lighthouse, but his latest score is for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. We […]
The relationship between film and score can be an interesting one. Some pair together like two ingredients, destined for the same proverbial stew, while others can feel as if two entities crashed together: two disparate, unique experiences that sometimes still […]
Fan of the show and prolific film composer and solo artist Andy Fosberry joins The Film Scorer Podcast! We spend a significant time locking into Andy’s composing and recording process, which has allowed him to write and record several scores […]
In his second collaboration with French phenom director Julia Ducournau, composer Jim Williams’ score for Titane is surprisingly restrained. In Titane, serial killer Alexia’s emotional and physical love of cars leads to a very unexpected pregnancy, forcing her to engage […]
Acclaimed cellist and composer Peter Gregson joins The Film Scorer Podcast! Peter and I talk about his Recomposed Bach Cello Suites (in which Peter re-examined some of Bach’s great cello works), taking me far out of my musical knowledge depth […]
It’s fair to question how a found footage film could even have a score. After all, doing so could threaten to break the typically tenuous suspension of disbelief they require. The most common workaround is using music diegetically (no matter […]
Composer (and fan of the show!) Michael Yezerski joins The Film Scorer podcast to give an in-depth look at his score for the new Starz series Blindspotting! Michael actually co-composed the score with avantgarde and renowned jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, […]
August slowed down slightly in terms of excellent film scores, but this doesn’t mean much: it’s still filled with some great music across a variety of genres (though this write-up, incidentally, seems to focus almost exclusively on the strange and […]
David Gordon Green’s 2018 Halloween was a return to form to many, bringing the franchise back to what made it terrifying in John Carpenter’s 1978 original film. Doing away with the troubled sister twist (and many other interesting choices the […]
Excited to have composer Ariel Marx join the show! Ariel has been on a major upswing in 2021, scoring Shiva Baby (which I loved), Rebel Hearts, and the third episode of American Horror Stories. We talk about a few of these projects (as well […]