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That Which Crawls Out of Speakers and Inches Along Your Nerves: Notable Film Scores of Early 2014
From Biblical epics to run-of-the-mill rom-coms, Notes on Celluloid takes a look at (and listen to) some of the strongest film music of 2014 thus far.
08 May 2014
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A Melancholy Never Far Away: An Interview with Jóhann Jóhannsson
PopMatters speaks with Jóhann Jóhannsson about his latest venture into music for cinema, his moody and melancholy score for the police thriller, McCanick.
04 Mar 2014
Film
The Best Film Scores of 2013
This year saw no shortage of innovative, exciting film scores. Notes on Celluloid counts down the ten soundtracks that lingered the longest in our minds.
Brice Ezell and Robert Rubsam
10 Dec 2013
Film
The Great Scores: 'The Fountain' and a Sonic Road to Awe
Clint Mansell’s score for Darren Aronofsky’s metaphysical science fiction film, The Fountain, is a masterpiece of both film music and contemporary art music.
04 Dec 2013
Film
The Silence of Distortion: An Interview with Nicolas Winding Refn and Peter Peter
PopMatters speaks with director Nicolas Winding Refn and composer Peter Peter about the long overdue release of Peter's score to Refn's 2010 Middle Ages brooder, Valhalla Rising, and its undulating dark ambient music.
20 Oct 2013
Film
Getting Good at Getting Dark: An Interview with Cliff Martinez
PopMatters speaks with Only God Forgives composer Cliff Martinez about working with Nicolas Winding Refn, writing music for bloody movies, and finding success in film music.
04 Sep 2013
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Scores of Summer 2013: Pulse-Heightening Horror, Twee Indie, Thunderous Action and Old-School Blues
No matter how classically trained (John Williams) or pop-minded (Hans Zimmer) a composer might be, the skill set required for making great movie music is unlike any other form of composition.
08 Aug 2013
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