There’s a genre of 80s sci-fi/action movies that doesn’t really exist anymore: low budget, big ideas, shot on location (the dregs of our present filling in for the nightmare of the future), schlocky yet completely sincere. Think the films of […]
Last month I said that the year had gotten off to a relatively slow start with respect to film music (at least when talking about bigger-budget films). February is a different story. This month sees the release of one of […]
For as big as techno is as a music genre, and for as long as it’s been in the mainstream, it’s been fairly underutilized in film scoring. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s 90s techno throwback score for Challengers may finally […]
We’re kicking off 2024 with several very under the radar scores – the year got off to a relatively quiet start, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a number of interesting worthwhile scores released; you just have to look close […]
Summer Horror A-Side / B-Side Split – Side B: Longlegs As summer winds down, Sam is here with a double-feature of 2024 horror scores, ending with Zilgi’s score for Longlegs. In a few days, Autumn will be here, kicking off […]
Just because the podcast is between seasons and on a brief hiatus doesn’t mean that the work stops. To keep me busy, I chatted with Brooke Blair and Will Blair (Blue Ruin, Green Room), the very rare sibling composer duo, […]
As summer winds down, Sam is here with a double-feature of 2024 horror scores, beginning with Tyler Bates’s score for the finale of the X Trilogy: MaXXXine. Tune in next week to see what other horrors await…
We’ve reached the end . . . of season 4. To commemorate the occasion, Daniel Hart (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story) joins The Film Scorer! Daniel is fresh off of scoring season 2 of Interview with the Vampire, which […]
I’d start this review off with a pithy quip about the evils of wall-to-wall scoring, but there are plenty of examples that I really like, including recent ones such as Oppenheimer and Across the Spider-Verse (one could say that this […]
As season 4 draws to a close, I’m joined by someone all of you should know: Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings, The Road)! One thing you might not know about Viggo – it was certainly news to me […]
By not only telling the true life story of one of professional wrestling’s most legendary dynasties but also shining a heartbreaking light on the pressures of generational expectations, Sean Durkin’s The Iron Claw is a true marvel of cinematic achievement. […]
On the latest episode, I’m joined by Jason Graves! Jason is best known for a number of different video game scores, such as the Dead Space games, Tomb Raider, Far Cry Primal, and Moss 1 and 2, so it’s no […]