Category: Soundtrack
Let Us Now Sing the Praises of Jonny Greenwood
This awards season seems to bring an embarrassment of riches in just how abundant the potential candidates for nominations are. Perhaps one of the toughest…
Cinema Sevens: Legendary Film Composer Ennio Morricone Returns to the Heavens
In this world, there’s no way of accounting for the daily rate of births, and what life has in store for them. With loss, we…
Thomas Newman: A Rough Guide to Those Zero Oscars (and 15 Scores That Were Not Even Nominated)
When the brand new film by Sam Mendes, 1917, was screened for the first time, the critics went bananas. As they lauded pretty much everything…
Max Richter's Score Drops for Mary Queen of Scots – One of the Year's Best
Following the premiere of the historical drama Mary Queen of Scots, on 15th November at the AFI Fest, the film now hits U.S. theaters. Mary…
Video: (some of) the Music from the Coen Brothers Films
Oh how I wish the Coen brothers chapter of Filmotomy could go on a little longer. Same time next year? Let’s salute the brothers grim…
An Essenial Soundtrack for the Cinema of 1999
As part of the “Rewind: 1999 in Film” series at Filmotomy I pulled together a 10 minute video of some of the finest film scores…
For Your Consideration: Hans Zimmer, Best Original Score, Dunkirk
If Nolan’s objective was to create an immersive experience, Zimmer’s score does much of the heavy lifting to achieve this. I can’t think of a score since John Williams’ Jaws soundtrack that has been as instrumental in achieving the director’s goals.
The Place Where Dreams Come True – RIP James Horner
With the sad, sad news of his untimely death, James Horner has brought tears to our eyes yet again. If you have heard the music…
Best Film Score B-Sides
Oh how I would love to shove Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ Gone Girl score down your throat. Or rather bursting through your ear drums….
Best Song Compilation B-Sides
Let me first start by saying the omission in the piece of Begin Again, which would be right up there, is purely due to Lost…
Sometimes Screenwriting Means Being A DJ
Listening to music can be more difficult than just listening to music. You’re chilling out on a Sunday afternoon and really fancy some classical. Or…
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Wrote A Movie Scene For Me, Pretty Much
Okay, so you are just walking to work, listening to music. Pretty standard. Leading into this let me just say that walking to (or from)…
