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A woman searches, scared, through a staircase as a specter stands nearby

In Crimson Peak, composer Fernando Velasquez is tasked with scoring both a ghost-filled horror and an elegant gothic romance. Unfortunately, these two occasionally disparate palettes lead to an uneven experience. The film follows Edith Cushing, an American heiress haunted by the […]

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2000s Reviews

Pan’s Labyrinth – Javier Navarrete (2006)

May 18, 2020October 10, 2021

Pan’s Labyrinth takes place across two slowly converging worlds: one of reality and one of fantasy. Composer Javier Navarrete’s score gives a unique identity to each, while simultaneously tying them together with a shared theme. The film’s “reality” – Francoist […]