As a Dutch film music critic, I have always kept my eye on Tom Holkenborg, since he is the most successful Dutch film music composer in Hollywood at the moment. […]
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Author: Anton Smit
Anton is the 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.
Krakow Film Music Festival 2020 (Online)
As with every other major event in 2020, the film music festival in Krakow had to be postponed because of the coronavirus. I have been attending this superb festival since […]
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Interview with Bartosz Chajdecki
If someone would ask me which film music composer you should explore that you have probably not heard about, I would always answer Bartosz Chajdecki from Poland. I attended the […]
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Wendy – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
As a soundtrack critic I see a lot of soundtracks passing by. I see them on my social media feeds with reviews of my fellow critics or in emails that […]
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Winners Buma Awards Music in Media 2020
We have been announcing the nominees for the Buma Awards Music in Media for the last two weeks. Now it is time to announce the winners! Buma Award Best Original […]
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Van der Valk – Matthijs Kieboom
The TV show Van der Valk was quite popular in the UK in the ‘70s, and all in all five seasons were made over a period of 20 years. What […]
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FMF Krakow is going to stream previous concerts
The Krakow Film Music Festival is one of the festivals, which had to cancel their event because of the coronavirus. As an alternative, the organization has streamed a fantastic concert […]
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Coping with the corona crisis with film music
The year 2019 was a wonderful year for film music: Many superb scores were released and we could attend fantastic film music concerts and festivals all over Europe. The prospects […]
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Buma Awards in Music in Media Nominees
Traditionally, the Buma Awards for Music in Media are awarded during a ceremony in May. This year that will not be possible, because of the coronavirus. The music, of course, […]
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Doctor Who: Series 12 – Segun Akinola
For those who don’t know, the science fiction television show Doctor Who has been around since the ‘60s, and it is about an alien called The Doctor, who is kind […]
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