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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…

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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…

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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.

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Listen Up: Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences Shortlist 141 Original Score Contenders

Wow. So the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences shortlisted their qualifiers for the Best Original Score award. I say shortlist, his is actually…

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