What I love about soundtracks is that music is not always written for movies. Recently, television shows have become more popular. Instead of going to theaters to watch movies, people […]
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Year: 2019
‘BankGiro Loterij’ Summer concerts – Amsterdam
Each year during July and August, concerts are being held almost daily in ‘Het Concertgebouw’ in Amsterdam, which, as I have mentioned many times, is one of the best concert […]
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Spider-Man: Far from Home – Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino is no stranger to writing music for successful sequels, where his music for the first movie has been praised. Examples include Incredibles, the latest three Star Trek movies […]
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A Plague Tale: Innocence – Olivier Deriviere
Sometimes I have a hard time reviewing a score of a movie that I have seen in the theater. Especially with some blockbusters it is hard for me to say […]
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Interview with Christopher Young
During the 2018 edition of the film music festival Fimucité I had the privilege to interview Christopher Young: a very interesting composer with decades of experience in writing music for […]
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X-Men: Dark Phoenix – Hans Zimmer
The X-Men are a fictional superhero group that has played an important role in my life. I really loved their cartoons on television when I was a kid, and when […]
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Michael Giacchino – 2019-06-21, Dublin
“A Celebration of the Music of Michael Giacchino” To my big surprise two concerts with composer Michael Giacchino were announced in Dublin. Hearing his music live in a concert, with […]
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters – Bear McCreary
If you look at the musical output of American composer Bear McCreary in 2019, it is hard to believe he is only one person. At the moment of writing this […]
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‘Musical Movie Stars’ – 2019-05-24 Drachten
Every time The North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (NNO), a local professional orchestra, announces a concert with film music, I try to attend the concert in my hometown of Groningen. When […]
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Krakow Film Music Festival 2019
The Film Music Festival (FMF) in the Polish city of Krakow is a festival which I have attended since 2011, and have written reports about since 2017. It is still […]
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