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Christopher Willis groovily takes on PC with the “Old Dads”
When one thinks of composer Christopher Willis, brash “Hangover”-ish rock scoring might not come to mind. More like the spot-on symphonic (and very ironic) lock-step salute to the Russian masters in “The Death of Stalin” or the mock patriotism of HBO’s “Veep,” as done for the foul-mouthed master satirist Armando Iannuci – who also…
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CHARLIE CLOUSER plays a videocast game for SAW X
Choose to play a game at a new Film Music Live videocast as composer CHARLIE CLOUSER (Resident Evil Extinction, Death Sentence, Childhood’s End) looks into two decades of moral puzzle solving mayhem with Jigsaw that now hits X times with his most unusually emotional franchise score yet, all while demonstrating his demented instruments and reviewing…
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BLOOD SIMPLE unearths more cult Carter Burwell Coen Brothers goodness!
Unearthed and remastered with more music today from Varese Sarabande Records is Carter Burwell’s first ironically inventive score for The Coen Brothers with BLOOD SIMPLE! It certainly wasn’t the same old song when it came to composing modern noir, with my liner notes featuring a new interview with Burwell on his killer scoring debut for…
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INON ZUR travels STARFIELD’s video game universe on a new Film Music Live videocast!
Watch a new Film Music Live videocast as composer INON ZUR (Fallout, Baldur’s Gate, Prince of Persia) explores the STARFIELD of an epic adventure that pushes video game scoring to new worlds of atmospheric music like never before, all while reflecting on a universe of titles that’s made him one of the genre’s boldest captains.…
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Guillaume Roussel is the new score demolitionist for “The Expend4bles”
For a franchise that’s all about old school attitude, nothing sings for the aging merc body electric like being pumped up with trip-hop beats, gnarly guitar and raging synths, all backed with strong orchestral muscle. The tune might be different as the Expendables bring on board a new member from France named Guillaume Roussel, but…
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Will Bates plays the stock market with “Dumb Money”
As a hip composer who’s often been musically taking down The Man, you could easily imagine composer Will Bates screaming “HOLD!” from his synth keyboard as he joins the social network legions of a cat-loving market upstart not determined to cash in on his GameStop stock just yet. Pulsing with a fun, in-your-face cutting-edge attitude…
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Bill Conti’s BOYS ON THE RUN finally break free on Music Box Records
The best BILL CONTI score you’ve never heard from a great movie you’re never seen, the music from BOYS ON THE RUN finally breaks loose after two decades to thrill fans with one of the Oscar winning composer’s most emotionally lyrical and adventurously rustic scores. It’s an odyssey for director Pol Cruchten’s deserving spin on…
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Nainita Desai goes to the hauntingly beautiful extremes of “The Deepest Breath”
Starting to come near to two hundred musical dives in all manner of musical genres from drama (“Crossfire”) to video games (“Immortality”) and television series (“The Man Who Brought Cricket”), Nainita Desai is no better than when musically documenting people pushing themselves to extremes to touch the heavens or recesses of the earth. Segueing through…
