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Looking at the first striking collaboration of CARTER BURWELL and the Coens for a new BLOOD SIMPLE 4K!
Blu-ray.com gives a rave to StudioCanal Classics’ all-region 4K of BLOOD SIMPLE, featuring my look at Carter Burwell’s darkly ironic and audaciously inventive first collaboration with the Coen Brothers “The Sound of Blood Simple” for Ballyhoo Motion Pictures. “This release offers a terrific native presentation of the gorgeous 4K restoration of Blood Simple, which Joel…
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JOSEPH TRAPANESE finds himself in the belly of a WHALEFALL
Inside a 20-year career encompassing over 120 scores, Joseph Trapanese has travelled to many strange worlds and put uncountable characters in no small end of inconceivable fates they must struggle out of – be it gang-ridden apartment buildings (“The Raid”), neon game grids (“Tron: Uprising”), an alien AI post apocalypse (“Oblivion”) or bizarre psychological experiments…
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REBEKKA KARIJORD summits TENZING
When old-school men set out to conquer a cinematic mountain, one has always expected epic orchestras, hard-driving percussive adventure and wind-blasting electronic rhythm. While there’s nothing wrong at score summiting because it’s expectedly there, what makes the collaboration between Australian documentarian-turned-narrative director Jennifer Peedom (“Sherpa,” “River,” “Solor”) and Norwegian composer Rebekka Karijord so enthrallingly majestic…
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LAURA KARPMAN finds new range with EAST OF EDEN while solving the romcom equation of THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS on a new Film Music Live videocast!
Watch a new Film Music Live videocast as Emmy winning and Oscar nominated composer LAURA KARPMAN (Captain America: Brave New World, Lovecraft County, American Fiction) talks about styles that span the Americana of Netflix’s #1 hit EAST OF EDEN to Amazon Prime’s playfully smart romcom THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS, her directorial debut with the musical remembrance…
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JARED MICHAEL FRY finds the musical bond between man and the HEART OF THE BEAST
Dogs have been Hollywood’s best friend since the days of the silents, but few have echoed as soulfully as Odin in “Heart of the Beast.” As portrayed by the real life rescue German shepherd Uber (with stunt work from his three sons), it’s a performance for the ages – faithful, heartbreaking, savage when needed…
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RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS enchants with his unique scoring potion for PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 on a new Film Music Live!
Watch a new Film Music Live videocast as RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Hacksaw Ridge) talks about the potion that went into creating his unique scoring enchantment for the bewitching Owens’ sisters in PRACTICAL MAGIC 2! Now in theaters, with Rupert’s soundtrack on WaterTower Music HERE!
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