The Oscars are tonight (March 10), marking the end of awards season. At this point, the winner of the best original score seems certain, but nothing ever is. At the very least, we can celebrate that score (Ludwig Göransson’s Oppenheimer), […]
As with October, November saw the release of one widely award-nominated score (John Williams’ score for The Fabelmans), some of my favorite scores of the year (Nathan Johnson’s score for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Reznor and Ross’s […]
As far as I can tell, the upcoming Academy Awards have avoided last year’s widely reviled gaffe of putting certain “technical” awards in a secondary class. It’s hard to call this progress, as we’re just returning to the status quo, […]
Welcome to the first volume of “Short and Sweet,” the new series focused solely on short film music. I’ve always viewed short film as integral to the filmmaking experience and hugely important for those just starting out (as well as […]
I’ve decided to start visiting years past, from before I actively listened to film music, and come up with retrospective best-of lists. Not only is it a good way to revisit missed classics and get a feel for the year […]
The Oscars are upon us, the keynote event of the 2020 film award season. However, at this point the best original score category feels like a retread of this season’s prior awards competitions. Of this year’s five nominees, three have […]
What is there to say about John Williams’ score for The Rise of Skywalker? It marks a true end of an era, not only the end of the Skywalker trilogy of trilogies but also, by all accounts, the conclusion of […]