The Golden Calfs (Gouden Kalf in Dutch) are the awards of the Nederlands Film Festival (NFF). The Golden Calf is the most prestigious award in the Dutch film industry, and […]
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Year: 2025
Interview with Gustavo Santaolalla
Spoiler warning: In this interview, major plot points will be discussed from The Last of Us games and TV show. During the Krakow Film Music Festival, I had the privilege […]
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Agents Only Live Twice – 2025-08-16, Copenhagen
When you look on YouTube for live performances of film music, there is a reasonable chance you will find music performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Danish: DR Symfoniorkestret), […]
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Spotlights: Soundtracks of 2025 – Part 3
One of the changes I have been making over the years is that, in addition to writing a regular review about one particular soundtrack a week, I also want to […]
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps – Michael Giacchino
As I have written many reviews of soundtracks for superhero movies and TV shows, I will probably be repeating myself by saying that superhero media can result in outstanding and […]
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Superman (2025) – John Murphy, David Fleming
The heroes of the DC universe are at the beginning of a new phase. This change occurred in 2024 when James Gunn and Peter Safran took charge of this superhero […]
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The Magic of the Movies – 2025-07-04, Cologne
When I started Soundtrack World in 2017, I traveled to numerous locations in Europe to attend film music concerts. After a few years I stopped going for various reasons, including […]
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Jurassic World: Rebirth – Alexandre Desplat
The movie industry in Hollywood is still trying to make successful movies by relying on nostalgia. One of the latest examples is Jurassic World: Rebirth, continuing the story of the […]
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John Williams / James Newton Howard / Hans Zimmer – 2025-06-28, Ede
One of the film music concerts I always look forward to in the Netherlands are the ones by Het Nederlands Filmorkest (The Dutch Film Orchestra). As an orchestra fully dedicated […]
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How to Train Your Dragon (2025) – John Powell
Editor’s note: In this review, I will refer to the live-action film as How to Train Your Dragon (2025), and I will keep the original title How to Train Your […]
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