It came as quite a surprise when John Murphy was announced as the composer for The Suicide Squad. After all, he hadn’t scored a feature film since 2010’s Kick-Ass. But maybe an unexpected choice would be at home in the […]
Composer, guitarist, and keyboardist Rob Lord talks about his “cosmic country” score for the Amazon Prime hit ‘Troop Zero.’ Along the way they discuss their favorite scores of 2019, David Bowie, and floating through the jazz world of New Orleans. […]
Bone Tomahawk quickly rose to notoriety due to the overwhelmingly graphic, brutal nature of one particular scene. But, despite the fame of this scene, it’s not representative of the movie. Violence is rare and ends quickly. Instead, the majority of […]
Paul Giovanni uses English folk music to reflect the neo-paganist worldview of the The Wicker Man’s isolated islanders. Many of these songs are upbeat drinking ballads or slower love songs. In any other context, they would be the soundtrack to […]
Most westerns contain many grandiose shots of great untamed landscapes – wide rivers, soaring mountains, sprawling valleys. These shots tend to be sweeping and slow-to-develop, allowing for an equally grandiose score to fill the void. This relationship puts the focus […]