In this time of crisis with the coronavirus Hollywood is still holding off on major movie releases, but in the Netherlands the movie theaters are open again. One of the […]
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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.
Ennio Morricone passed away at 91
Unfortunately, the Italian legend is no longer among us. Ennio Morricone died at the age of 91 due to a fall. He has written over 500 soundtracks, including for Westerns […]
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Artemis Fowl – Patrick Doyle
Movie theaters have started to open again in the Netherlands, after being in lock-down for quite some time. Going to one, however, is not really something I see myself doing […]
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Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
Every time you launch Netflix you are confronted with suggestions Netflix really wants you to watch. One of the suggestions that came up for me, was the movie Da 5 […]
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World Soundtrack Awards 2020 goes online
The World Soundtracks Awards is one of the biggest, oldest, and one of the most important film music events in the world and is held each year in Gent, Belgium. […]
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White Lines – Tom Holkenborg
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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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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