Posted in Awards Season 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…

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Ennio Morricone
Posted in Obituary Soundtrack

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…

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Thomas Newman
Posted in Oscars Soundtrack

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…

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Posted in Awards Season

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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Posted in Interview Review

Baby Driver Review & Edgar Wright Interview

Baby is not slow. He might seem slow, but he moves at speed to the beat of his own drum. Edgar Wright’s passion project is…

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Posted in Movies Website Writing

Want To Write About Film?

Okay, listen up. I just quickly wanted to update everyone with the upcoming events at the site in the coming months. The year in film…

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Posted in Listmania

Listmania: Al's Big 5 Soundtracks

With the Academy Awards only 2 weeks from today, I have the music of La La Land still on my mind, and I thought it…

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Posted in Film Honors

Preview: Film Honors 2016

Wherein I analyse my own choices ahead of Sunday’s big announcements. Check out the Film Honors 2016 Nominees in full, or go straight on ahead:…

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