Soundtrack Review: Salt (2010)

Movie Soundtrack Review: This is a review of the motion picture score Salt by James Newton Howard.

“Salt by James Newton Howard is a solid action score, but…”

Salt is an complicated spy thriller directed by Phillip Noyce starring Angelina Jolie. Complicated because it is about double-agents, triple-agents, quadruple… well you get the point. Very exciting movie I have to say and it has a few surprises in store as well. James Newton Howard is the composer and was presented with a few challenges along the way. Will it be a substandard thriller score or something special? Let’s find out.

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Game Music Review: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Just published Andres Vargas review of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Check it out in the game music section: Game Music Review: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.

New Reviewer: Andres Vargas

Yet another reviewer for Soundtrack Geek. Here’s a a short bio:

Hello, My name is Andres Vargas and I live In Florida, United States. As of right now, I’m in College studying Electrical Engineering and working part-time.
I think my love of film scores started when I was very young. Watching classics like Star Wars, Star Trek, and many others. I remember at times I would just watch certain movies just to listen to the soundtrack. I would even rewind and watch certain scenes over and over again just to hear certain cues. I’m glad to say I don’t have to do that anymore. I have many favorite composers such as the likes of Brian Tyler, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, etc. Score allow me to escape my daily life and just enjoy good music.

His first review will be up later tonight on this very site so be back to check that out.

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Listen To Soundtrack Radio Episode 1

Soundtrack Radio was a great success and a very fun experience. Thank you to everyone who listened to it live and had a nice chat with us in the hot97xfm.com chatroom.

Did you miss the live show? No problem! You can now listen to it right here on Soundtrack Geek.

Highlights include my top 10 scores of the first half of 2010, my very first audio soundtrack reviews and more! Listen to it below and let me know what you think was good/bad and give me some ideas for the next show!

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Soundtrack Review: The Year Of The Wolf (2007)

Movie Soundtrack Review: This is a review of the motion picture score The Year Of The Wolf by Tuomas Kantelinen.

“The Year of the Wolf could easily be forgotten. However, it includes some of the composer’s most intimately beautiful pieces”

The Year of the Wolf a.k.a. Suden vuosi is a Finnish drama film from 2007. Usually these films contain only songs performed by popular Finnish artists and no score. The Year of the Wolf is an exception, however. Instead of hearing a radio mix of hottest hits, we get a thematic orchestral score composed by who else than Tuomas Kantelinen, the most well-known Finnish film composer.

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