Composer Nainita Desai joins the show to talk about her new score to the feature documentary The Reason I Jump, as well as her composing process, the differences between scoring for film, tv, and documentaries, and the role of awards acclaim […]
After a prolonged absence, 2021’s award season is finally here, starting with the 78th Golden Globe Awards. Although the Golden Globes are renowned for making some surprising (or downright bizarre) nominations, this year’s nominations for Best Original Score were fairly […]
A new year has started, which means it’s time to run through the “best” film scores of 2020! If you don’t want to read through the process, scroll down to listen to the podcast or scroll even further to get […]
Experimental composer and musician Tom Hodge joins to talk about his latest film score: The Mauritanian. It is a Golden Globe nominated political and legal drama starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, and Benedict Cumberbatch. We also talk about various and historical […]
While November was a somewhat slower month than normal for film music releases, December proved to be the opposite. In fact, there were far too many scores to cover (and almost too many to even keep track of!) and four […]
Composer Reed Reimer joins The Film Scorer Podcast. They talk about Reed’s recent cyberpunk multimedia project Codeburst, juggling genres from orchestral to djent to trap, and collaborating with a co-composer. Reed also flips the script and takes over as interviewer […]
Sometimes the critical and commercial failure of a film can overshadow its strong points. Such is the case with Capone, whose score by legendary rapper and produce El-P is among the film’s saving graces. I was, admittedly, cautious of how […]
November proved to be a somewhat slower month than normal, the calm before December’s great deluge of excellent scores. This isn’t to say that November’s scores were bad, not at all – the month was still filled with plenty of […]
Fellow film music fan and writer J. Blake Fichera joins The Film Scorer Podcast to discuss his new book Scored to Death 2, in which Blake interviews some of modern horror’s greatest composers like Michael Abels (Interview), Richard Band, Bear […]
Recently I had a quick conversation with composer Ros Gilman, one which was unfortunately cut short by some technical issues and an already tight window. Nonetheless, we had a chance to go over his latest film The Last Cloudweaver, how he […]
Composer duo Mondo Boys celebrate their meteoric rise in 2020 by joining The Film Scorer to discuss their recent scores to the films Fatman, She Dies Tomorrow, and Mortuary Collection. Mondo Boys also talk about how they collaborate with directors, […]
Legendary producer Steve Albini, Tim Midyett, and Alison Chesley have come together to score Girl on the Third Floor, possibly the most metal film score since Mandy. The film follows Don Koch (played by former WWE wrestler Phil “CM Punk” […]