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THE BLAIR BROTHERS on their relentless climb up REBEL RIDGE
When one thinks of the iconically intense, frequent kill ‘em all collaboration between director and composer, that merciless musical body count award likely goes to Sam Peckinpah and Jerry Fielding. Both were notorious for challenging, often melodically disturbing tones they brought to the vengeful wipeouts of banditos, rapists and gangsters in the uncompromising likes of…
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KRIS BOWERS unleashes THE WILD ROBOT on Film Music Live!
Unleash a world of musical wonder with a new Film Music Live videocast as Oscar and Emmy Winner KRIS BOWERS (The Last Repair Shop, Green Book, Bridgerton, Haunted Mansion) talks about the exuberant scoring for the acclaimed animated box office hit THE WILD ROBOT! Soundtrack available on Back Lot Music HERE
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Revealing Jerry Goldsmith’s Mars conspiracy on a new special edition blu of CAPRICORN ONE
Officially breaking out on sale from Down Under to an Arizona soundtage on its fake trip to Mars is Imprint’s deluxe all-region release of CAPRICORN ONE! Producer Daniel Kremer has loaded the extended edition trip with great new extras, including interviews with Elliot Gould, Brenda Vaccaro and producer Paul Lazarus, all while giving me the…
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Composer MARCO BELTRAMI and editor ZACH STAENBERG talk about doing a KILLER dance of death for filmmaker John Woo on Film Music Live!
Tango with balletic bulletplay on a new Film Music Live videocast as Oscar-nominated composer MARCO BELTRAMI (3:10 to Yuma, Fear Street, The Wolverine) and Academy Award winning editor ZACH STAENBERG (The Matrix, Ender’s Game, Lord of War) talk about going from the explosive rhythmic expressionism of action maestro John Woo’s Silent Night to putting an…
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Frédéric Talgorn gorgeously slashes with Jekyll and Hyde for EDGE OF SANITY!
At long last, Frédéric Talgorn’s EDGE OF SANITY now slashes away in its ravishing glory for one of horror scoring’s most striking contrasts between ravishingly gorgeous melody and wonderfully profane visuals for director Gérard Kikoïne’s blazingly colorful twist of Victorian England with Alphabet City heroin chic, as populated with Madonna-esque strumpets. I’m happy to follow…
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Fully revealing the diabolically beautiful schemes of GABRIEL YARED’s Oscar-nominated THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
I’m thrilled to follow up my liner notes to Music Box Records’ release of the Oscar-nominated collaboration between filmmaker Anthony Minghella, composer Gabriel Yared and editor Walter Murch on Cold Mountain with the label’s astounding two-cd release of their Academy Award nominated collaboration of the piece of beautifully diabolical work that is THE TALENTED MR.…
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FATIMA AL QADIRI creates the image conscious scores of SKINCARE and SEEKING MAVIS BEACON
Fatima Al Qadiri (Photo by James Kelly) One of the most unique composers on the world soundtrack stage who’s bringing an eclectic, indie electronic sound to the film medium is Fatima Al Qadiri. Born in Senegal, raised in Kuwait and infused with creativity by diplomat-writer father and artist mother, Al Qadiri went to college in…
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STEFFEN THUM on the triple threat of SLINGSHOT, STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH and BETRAYAL
Three times is the striking charm for composer Steffen Thum, even when it’s men running amuck in past and future worlds, with the present Scottish woods conjured by Thum’s oft-composing partner Max Aruj. Yet all three scores are impressive in just how vastly different they sound. While it’s dangerous enough to use Jupiter’s gravity as…
