Hollywood’s tradition of making sequels to old movies with the same actors is still going strong. The most recent example of this trend is the third Bad Boys movie, Bad […]
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Star Wars – A Film Music Concert – 2020-02-23, Prague
Prague is a city that I love to visit. Not only is it one of my favorite cities in Europe, it is also a very important city for film music. […]
Read moreFilm Symphony Orchestra – 2020-01-18, Barcelona
“Le Mejor Musica de Cine – en Concierto” I have been following film music on social media for a while now, and one of the things that keeps appearing on […]
Read more2019 IFMCA Awards nominees and winners
Each year the International Film Music Critics Association have their own awards. These awards do not have the grandeur of an Oscar or a Golden Globe, but they are handed out by […]
Read moreKruimeltje en de Strijd om de Goudmijn – Joep Sporck
Children’s movies are quite popular in the Netherlands. They are arguably even more popular than most Dutch movies for grown ups, and when I learned that Joep Sporck had been […]
Read moreHoward Shore at the IFFR 2020
Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore recently visited the Netherlands during the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), in collaboration with BUMA in Motion, where I had the honor of interviewing him. The […]
Read more92nd Academy Awards nominees and winners
Last night the Academy Awards were awarded. These Oscars are seen as the most important award in the movie industry that can be won. There are a lot of categories, […]
Read moreSoundtrack World’s Top 20 of the last decade
Last July Indiewire published a report about their view on the best film music of the last decade. Since music, as an art form, is very difficult to rank in […]
Read more73rd BAFTA nominees and winner
The BAFTAs, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, were awarded for the 73rd time on February 2, 2020. They have only one music category for “Best […]
Read moreInterview with Howard Shore
The International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands, (IFFR) is one of the biggest film festivals in the world and since last year they, in collaboration with BUMA Cultuur, have been […]
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