Soundtrack Review: Leap Year (2010)

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Movie Soundtrack Review: This is a review of the motion picture score Leap Year by Randy Edelman.

“The Irish tones are unmistakable, but there’s a lot more to Leap Year.”

Leap Year: A year containing an extra day in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. That means February has 29 days instead of 28 this year. It only happens once every 4 years. The movie is set in Ireland as the main character, played by Amy Adams, is set to propose to her man on February 29. Of course things don’t go as planned and she is hurdled across Ireland in a funny and romantic comedy. Randy Edelman is the composer and with the Irish roots we should expect something great.
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Soundtrack Review: Between The Folds (2009)

Movie Soundtrack Review: This is a review of the documentary score Between The Folds by Gil Talmi.

“It is really growing on me and the captivating main theme is truly a force to be reckoned with.”

Between The Folds is about the world of paper, but that’s only scratching the surface. It’s about advanced mathematics and it’s about origami. Origami is an ancient Japanese artform in that you fold paper and make it look beautiful. These days Origami is a lot more. It is used in various scientific appliances and this documentary directed and written by Vanessa Gould takes the scientific aspect of this very seriously. We follow a few scientists from MIT and NASA who seemingly spend all their day folding paper. It’s a fascinating story about science and humanity itself. The score is by Gil Talmi who you might recognize from my review of Forgotten Ellis Island.
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Soundtrack Review: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2010)

Movie Soundtrack Review: This is a review of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus by Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna.

“It’s a challenging score made for your brain cells to consider and analyze.”

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is an amazing tale about a man, Dr. Parnassus, who made a bet with the devil himself and won immortality. Only that’s not enough, so he trades immortality for youth against his first born’s soul when he or she becomes 16. 16 years later and Dr. Parnassus meets the devil again who is willing to make another bet. The first man/devil to consume 5 souls will get the possession of Dr. Parnassus’ 16-year-old daughter Valentina. Intriguing indeed and with Terry Gilliam as director anything can happen. A star-studded cast with Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell and John Waitts joins as well. Mychael & Jeff Danna are composing the score.

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SoundCast Episode 12: Oscore Noms!

Hey everyone, it’s been a while since I’ve done a podcast session with Christopher Coleman of TrackSounds.com, but we decided to get together with Tom Hoover of ScoreNotes.com and composer and TrackSounds.com reviewer  Marius Masalar to discuss the Oscar nominations this year for best score. So I hope you enjoy it and feel free to comment in the comments section below:

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