David Gordon Green’s 2018 Halloween was a return to form to many, bringing the franchise back to what made it terrifying in John Carpenter’s 1978 original film. Doing away with the troubled sister twist (and many other interesting choices the […]
Paying tribute to the master can be a daunting task. The question of whether to stay as close to the source material as possible or do something that is both a spiritual companion to the original and yet uniquely its […]
Focusing on a woman taking control of her own narrative, the Travis Stevens-helmed Jakob’s Wife is, like its score, an experience of dread and wonder. The film, led by a career best performance by Barbara Crampton (You’re Next, Re-Animator), focuses […]
While John Carpenter is most often known for using synth, many of his earliest film scores were remarkably piano-driven, such as The Fog. To be clear, The Fog does have plenty of synth, but it isn’t the driving force behind […]
Independent film is one of the great breeding grounds for new film composers. Consider Hans Zimmer, for example, who started his career scoring direct-to-video films before eventually securing eleven Academy Award nominations. While these films don’t offer the same monetary […]