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 […]
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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 […]
Pleased to have Joe Kraemer join the podcast! Though known for films like Jack Reacher and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Joe’s latest is the children’s fantasy film Emily and the Magical Journey. We discuss that score near the end […]
The Mortal Kombat games (and especially the 1995 film) have largely managed to strike a balance between being brutal and campy. Characters can be ripped apart in any number of creatively horrific ways and pixelated cutouts of sound designer Dan […]
Composer Frank Ilfman joins The Film Scorer podcast to do a deep dive into his score for the hit Netflix action film Gunpowder Milkshake. During the dive, we touch on the score’s spaghetti western, noir, and broader 60s and 70s […]
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by John Carpenter & Dave Davies (Limited Record Store Day Exclusive LP) While this writer will forever bow at the altar of John Carpenter’s solo work, there’s something very appealing about when the “Master of Horror” […]
Another month of 2021 rolls by filled with excellent scores from a variety of genres. One of the highlights is Buckley’s Chance by the excellent Christopher Gordon (which I’ve seen more than one person call the score of the year […]
Overjoyed to have composer and singer/songwriter Jessica Rose Weiss join The Film Scorer Podcast! Jess’s latest film score (co-composed with Mychael Danna) is for the new Amazon Prime retelling of Cinderella. Jess and I talk about crafting their magical, romantic […]
Purportedly inspired by films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rollerball director Norman Jewison decided to largely eschew an original score in favor of using classical music. The supposed reasoning was to prevent the sci-fi movie from feeling dated, thereby undermining […]
Prolific composer and musician Roger Mason joins The Film Scorer Podcast! They talk broadly about Roger’s media compositions and approach, as well as: the differences between Australian and American productions; figuring out how to play what’s in your head; and […]