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 […]
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 […]
The upcoming Academy Awards mark the end of the year’s award season. But before we dig into the nominations, let’s address the elephant in the room. The Academy, under threats from ABC, has demoted eight awards categories, including best original […]
The 2022 awards season draws to a close with the EE BAFTAs, the second-to-last major ceremony of the year, airing later tonight. This year’s best original score nominees are largely familiar faces at this point in the season, with Hans […]
We’re already well into 2022, which means I’m very late! But as they say, better late than never. It’s time for the annual tradition of covering the “best” film scores of 2021. If you don’t want to read through the […]
I often see people complain that there have been few, if any, good scores released in 2021. While there may have been a few slower months, October continues the trend of nearly endless good scores. There were almost too many […]
2021’s Dune has birthed three Hans Zimmer music releases: The Dune Sketchbook, Dune, and The Art and Soul of Dune. The Sketchbook consisted of a series of concepts, experimentations, and ideas that Zimmer and his team created for the film, […]
While August may have slowed down in terms of film scores, September picks up the pace (and, as of this writing, each subsequent month keeps or exceeds that pace). As always, if you think I’ve missed any scores from this […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This month Hans Zimmer released something I’ve never really seen – a B-side to Dark Phoenix. Xperiments from Dark Phoenix is a compilation of select cuts from the over sixteen hours of material Zimmer and his team (a dozen other […]