The Best Film Scores of June 2022
As far as this column is concerned, we’re now halfway through the year! At this point, it’s hard to say whether any clear standouts have shown themselves as the “best of the year,” but there have been a lot that […]
The Black Phone by Mark Korven (2022) – Film Score Review
The very first notes of The Black Phone let us know that this won’t quite be your typical Mark Korven score. An ugly, noisy synth melody plays, backed by grating roars and shrieking noise, all while we watch a montage […]
Dominic Lewis Rides the ‘Bullet Train’
With the season 3 premiere right around the corner, we’ve decided to drop an interview to tease your appetite. Dominic Lewis (Violent Night, The King’s Man) joins The Film Scorer to talk about his new score to the hit action film […]
Nope by Michael Abels – Film Score Review
Author’s note: For the purposes of this write up, I will be focusing on the film’s original score by Michael Abels and not the additional songs on the soundtrack (although they are great). This review is spoiler-free. After shocking audiences […]
The Best Film Scores of May 2022
At this point we’re well over halfway through the year (although my writeups haven’t kept up), and it’s been difficult to figure out my absolute favorites of the year so far. As the last few months have shown, there have […]
Musical Nasties: House on the Edge of the Park by Riz Ortolani (1980)
Musical Nasties is a series of articles exploring the music of cinema’s most salacious fare. From video nasties of the ‘80s, to classic Italian gialli and schlock, to contemporary cult cinema, we aim to celebrate our favorite genre movies, their […]
Crimes of the Future by Howard Shore – Film Score Review (2022)
Howard Shore has cultivated two very distinct sides of his film scoring oeuvre. While the most well-known (and most beloved) belong to his brilliant orchestral works, such as his seminal score for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he also […]
The Best Film Scores of April 2022
April was a tough write-up for me, solely because there were simply so many good scores to look at (as you’ll see when you scroll to the bottom of this article). From orchestral works like Hans Zimmer’s The Survivor or […]
Blue Bayou by Roger Suen (2021) – Film Score Review
There’s something so profoundly heartbreaking about Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou, a film so authentically realistic and sad. The story, of a man trying to do right by his wife, stepdaughter, and son to-be, is one that stays within your soul […]
Dan Wool’s Mad Score for ‘Phil Tippett’s Mad God’ (2022) – Film Score Review
Normally the sentiment that “a good film score is one the viewer doesn’t notice” is completely wrong. But, in the case of Phil Tippett’s Mad God, it might have some merit. The film is effectively an 85-minute showcase of stop-motion […]
Into the Mind of Terror – Blanck Mass Scores Ted K
It’s difficult, if not impossible, to put ourselves into the minds of killers, of terrorists. But in Ted K, that’s exactly what experimental electronic artist Blanck Mass does. The film, unsurprisingly, covers several decades of the life of American domestic […]
An Interview with Hannah Peel
In the season two finale of The Film Scorer Podcast, acclaimed Northern Irish composer Hannah Peel joins the show! We primarily talk about her score for the new series adaptation of John Wyndham’s novel The Midwich Cuckoos (which you may […]