One of the changes I have been making over the years is that, in addition to writing a regular review about one particular soundtrack a week, I also want to […]
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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.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps – Michael Giacchino
As I have written many reviews of soundtracks for superhero movies and TV shows, I will probably be repeating myself by saying that superhero media can result in outstanding and […]
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Superman (2025) – John Murphy, David Fleming
The heroes of the DC universe are at the beginning of a new phase. This change occurred in 2024 when James Gunn and Peter Safran took charge of this superhero […]
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The Magic of the Movies – 2025-07-04, Cologne
When I started Soundtrack World in 2017, I traveled to numerous locations in Europe to attend film music concerts. After a few years I stopped going for various reasons, including […]
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Jurassic World: Rebirth – Alexandre Desplat
The movie industry in Hollywood is still trying to make successful movies by relying on nostalgia. One of the latest examples is Jurassic World: Rebirth, continuing the story of the […]
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John Williams / James Newton Howard / Hans Zimmer – 2025-06-28, Ede
One of the film music concerts I always look forward to in the Netherlands are the ones by Het Nederlands Filmorkest (The Dutch Film Orchestra). As an orchestra fully dedicated […]
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How to Train Your Dragon (2025) – John Powell
Editor’s note: In this review, I will refer to the live-action film as How to Train Your Dragon (2025), and I will keep the original title How to Train Your […]
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Spotlights: Soundtracks of 2025 – Part 2
For this site, as well as for the IFMCA, I listen to a lot of soundtracks throughout the year. If I only focused on the bigger ones and wrote only […]
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Krakow Film Music Festival 2025
If you are a fan of film music, and especially film music composers and live performances of their music, the Krakow Film Music Festival (FMF) in Poland is the place […]
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DOOM: The Dark Ages – Finishing Move Inc.
People my age who were into PC games back then should know what the game DOOM is, which was released in 1993. It is one of the first games in […]
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