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 […]
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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.
92nd 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, […]
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Soundtrack 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 […]
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73rd 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 […]
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Interview 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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2020 GRAMMY Awards nominees and winners
Today the GRAMMY Awards were awarded. There are a lot of categories, but for us, we are only interested in visual media ones. Below are all the nominees with the […]
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1917 – Thomas Newman
The movie 1917, directed by Sam Mendez, is a major hit in theatres. It is nominated for 10 Oscars, including best film, best director and, of course, best music. Composer […]
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CineTalk’s Sandro Forte passed away at age 49
Today I received the sad news that Sandro Forte of the Canadian website CineTalk passed away of natural causes. He was only 49 years old. I met Sandro during the […]
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Interview with Joep Sporck
This interview was conducted in Dutch. If you can read that language, I would kindly ask you to read the Dutch version instead of this English translation. When I go […]
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Favorites of and reflection on 2019
The start of a new year is always a good opportunity to reflect on the previous year. I launched Soundtrack World in January 2017, making this the third time writing […]
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