Every year the World Soundtracks Awards are being held in Ghent, Belgium during “Film Fest Gent”. These awards are considered very important in the film music industry. The award ceremony […]
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The East – Gino Taihuttu
Many countries have their own movie awards, with the famous Oscars being the best example. In the Netherlands The Golden Calf Awards are probably the most prestigious ones, and I […]
Read moreDune – Hans Zimmer
Traditionally, I listen to a soundtrack album before watching a movie in the theater. This has also been the case for a recent blockbuster, and for which the music was […]
Read moreAlexandre Desplat conducts The Wiener Symphoniker
The multiple award-winning Hollywood composer Alexandre Desplat will return to Vienna on January 29, 2022, to conduct a selection of his award-winning screen compositions in the Great Hall of the […]
Read moreMy Best Friend Anne Frank – Merlijn Snitker
As is true for so many countries, the Second World War was horrendous for people in the Netherlands, and terrible stories can be told about that period. One of the […]
Read moreGino Taihuttu wins Golden Calf for best music
The Golden Calf (Gouden Kalf in Dutch) is the award of the Dutch Film Festival. Like most of these awards, there are many categories. But for this site, we are […]
Read more‘Game Music’ – 2021-09-24, Groningen
It makes me very happy to see concerts starting to appear again as the pandemic seems to be coming to an end. This is not only true for me, to […]
Read moreStar Wars: The Bad Batch – Kevin Kiner
If you ask a random person who composed the most Star Wars music, the answer will probably be John Williams. To be honest, that would be the first name that […]
Read moreFilm Music Festival Gala 2021 – 2021-08-28, Krakow
I organize all my concert and festival reports in folders on a drive, one for each year. This report is the first one I am writing in 2021 and that […]
Read moreThe Suicide Squad – John Murphy
The choice for a movie title is sometimes a bit confusing, as is the case with the latest movie in the DC Universe: The Suicide Squad. This movie takes place […]
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