French composer Alexandre Desplat is very sought-after in Hollywood, especially after winning two Oscars for The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water. I own a handful of his […]
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Author: Anton Smit
Anton is the editor-in-chief and founder of Soundtrack World. After writing about film music occasionally, he thought it was time to create his own site to celebrate music from film but also other media. Next to working on this website, Anton is a member of the International Film Music Critics Association, has a job in IT and plays the tuba in a local orchestra.
Favorites of and reflection on 2020
It has become a tradition for me to write down my thoughts about the previous year at the start of a new year, and what a year it has been. […]
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Wonder Woman 1984 – Hans Zimmer
The year 2020 has been very weird for everyone in the world, and as one of the minor results I had not heard any new music by Hans Zimmer until […]
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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – John Paesano
The year 2018 was magnificent for video game soundtracks, especially if you like orchestral scores. Bear McCreary’s God of War was one of my favorites and it made it onto […]
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Soundtrack World Unscripted #6
Don Davis, Alan Silvestri, Austin Wintory, Lorne Balfe and More ‘Soundtrack Word Unscripted’ is a series where editor-in-chief of Soundtrack World Anton Smit talks about his passion for film music. […]
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The Witches – Alan Silvestri
At the time of writing this review, movie releases are very weird because of COVID-19. In some countries, people can watch the movie The Witches in movie theaters, while in […]
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A conversation with Don Davis
On Soundtrack World we try to spread out the interviews a bit, and for some reason the interview we conducted with none other than Don Davis, has not been published […]
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His Dark Materials Series 2 – Lorne Balfe
“The Musical Anthology of His Dark Materials Series 2” A year ago, I reviewed Lorne Balfe’s The Musical Anthology of His Dark Materials, which is not really a soundtrack but […]
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The Pathless – Austin Wintory
After ABZÛ, The Pathless is the second video game from game studio Giant Squid. Creative director and founder Matt Nava has already built quite a reputation at Thatgamecompany as art […]
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Soundtrack World Unscripted #5
John Powell, Elliot Goldenthal, Hannes De Maeyer, Karl Heortweard & More ‘Soundtrack Word Unscripted’ is a series where editor-in-chief of Soundtrack World Anton Smit talks about his passion for film […]
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