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 […]
Paying tribute to the master can be a daunting task. The question of whether to stay as close to the source material as possible or do something that is both a spiritual companion to the original and yet uniquely its […]
2021 keeps on giving with great film scores, including one of my favorites of the year: Daniel Hart’s medieval-filled The Green Knight. As always, if you think I’ve missed any scores from this month (or any past months), leave a […]
Blockbuster Chinese composer Elliot Leung joins The Film Scorer Podcast! Elliot’s latest score is for the major Korean War film The Battle at Lake Changjin, which released this weekend and has already smashed numerous box office records (as well as being […]
Focusing on a woman taking control of her own narrative, the Travis Stevens-helmed Jakob’s Wife is, like its score, an experience of dread and wonder. The film, led by a career best performance by Barbara Crampton (You’re Next, Re-Animator), focuses […]