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Top 10 Film Scores of 2011
Film Score Click Track readers have had their say, now it’s my turn. I wonder if I’ll look back ten years from now and see 2011 as a turning point in my film music
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Readers Poll: Top 10 Film Scores of 2011
2011…what a year in film music! Patrick Doyle took his music in “new” directions. Alexandre Desplat found his music subject to severe dissections. And two more John Williams scores were added to our collections.
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CD Review: The Tree of Life
I’ve held off posting a review of Alexandre Desplat‘s score for THE TREE OF LIFE until I had a chance to see how it fit within the film. Little did I know I could
Read More »Readers Poll – Top 10 Film Scores of 2010
Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote in this year’s readers survey. Over 200 people voted and over 1,600 votes were cast. While I expected certain scores to appear, it was interesting to
Read More »Top 10 Film Scores of 2010
Like many film music fans, I tend to lament the current state of film scoring. And then a year-end Top 10 list helps me refocus and appreciate the work that many composers are contributing
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CD Review: The King’s Speech
As a longtime Oscar junkie, I live for the end of the year and the glut of Oscar bait that floods the multiplexes. The bait is no indication of quality but it usually means
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CD Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
It’s no secret that I have no great affection for the Harry Potter films. From the very beginning, I’ve felt that the cinematic counterparts never matched the magic and wonder of J.K. Rowling’s prose.
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CD Review: The Ghost Writer
As a writer, I had an obvious interest in Roman Polanski’s latest, THE GHOST WRITER. The other main reason to see the film was Alexandre Desplat‘s score. From his early films with Krzysztof Komeda, Polanski has always taken
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CD Review: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Since I’m not a teenage girl or a middle-aged woman, I don’t really get the appeal of Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally popular Twilight series of vampire tales. (Yes, I realize how sexist that sounds, but from
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CD Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Most of my exposure to the works of Roald Dahl has been through the movies. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, and James and the Giant Peach have all hit the big screen with varying degrees
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