Sunday Movie Score Video Charts Nov 2 2008

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Pride and Prejudice
2005
Dario Marianelli

Available From: USD 8.35

2.

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
Danny Elfman

Available From: USD 8.49

3.

The Fifth Element
1997
Eric Serra

Available From: USD 3.00 [...]


Soundtrack Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

This is a review of the motion picture score for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl by Klaus Badelt.
“Those willing to cast overboard their orchestral elitist beliefs can find a seaworthy listen, and casual listeners won’t even ask why all the rum of originality is gone.”
Do you find yourself struggling, matey?  [...]


Soundtrack Review: Iron Man by Ramin Djawadi (2008)

This is a review of the motion picture score for Iron Man by Ramin Djawadi.

It’s finally here and I have been waiting for some time for this. I’ve been buzzing about this movie and also very excited about the prospect of having Ramin Djawadi compose the score. For those who doesn’t know Ramin Djawadi, here’s [...]


The Sunday Soundtrack MP3 Charts April 20 2008

Every Sunday I round up the most selling MP3 scores and soundtracks on Amazon. Here’s this week’s charts.

Transformers (Steve Jablonsky)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Klaus Badelt)
King Arthur (Hans Zimmer)
Kingdom of Heaven (Harry Gregson-Williams)
Pride & Prejudice (Dario Marianelli)
There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)
Munich (John Williams)
The Incredibles (Michael Giacchino)
Conan The Barbarian (Basil [...]


James Newton Howard is Composer of the Year!

James Newton Howard has won the award of  Outstanding Composer at the CUE Awards. I was surprised when I saw that, but I was happy that he finally got some recognition. He produced excellent scores like Charlie Wilson’s War, The Lookout and Michael Clayton and the people have voted. In fairness, when you see the [...]