Archive for January, 2008

Soundtrack Review: The Spiderwick Chronicles by James Horner

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James Horner is back with The Spiderwick Chronicles, an adventure movie, set in a fantasy world. The [...]

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Best Original Score – Documentary Feature

 
The International Film Music Critics Award nominees for Best Original Score – Documentary Feature are:

Darfur Now by Graeme Revell
Earth by George Fenton
In The Shadow of the Moon by Philip Sheppard
La Planete Blanche by Bruno Coulais
La Premier Cri by Armand Amar

I love documentary scores, there’s such a wide array of topics [...]

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Best Original Score – Animated Feature

The International Film Music Critics Award nominees for Best Original Score – Animated Feature are:

Bee Movie by Rupert Gregson-Williams
Beowulf by Alan Silvestri
Gedo Senki – Tales From Earthsea by Tamiya Terajima
Meet the Robinsons by Danny Elfman
Ratatouille by Michael Giacchino

This is probably the category with the highest quality nominees. It is so [...]

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Movie Composers Preview 2008 – Part III

 
Lalo Schifrin

This guy is incredible. He’s been composing since the 50’s. The Enter the Dragon score is such a great score and who can forget the Mission: Impossible theme? Ah, memories… but let’s focus on the future shall we? In 2008 he is scoring for Love and Virtue, a drama described as a magical, [...]

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Soundtrack Review: The Bucket List by Marc Shaiman (2008)

Jack Nicholson and Marc Shaiman are back together again for the first time since A Few Good Men in 1992. Will The Bucket List be just as good as that one?
The Bucket List is a nice family movie and the soundtrack reflects that in many ways. It’s very jazzy and uses the saxophone and piano [...]

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