Sometimes a composer has to write music for a sequel, even though he was not the composer for the original movie. He or she can do two things when this […]
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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 World of Hans Zimmer – 2019-11-11, Amsterdam
“A Symphonic Celebration” Hans Zimmer can be seen as a rock star of film music. Even people who are not really into soundtracks know him and have heard about, or […]
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His Dark Materials – Lorne Balfe
“The Musical Anthology of His Dark Materials” As a soundtrack reviewer, I am constantly listening to as many new releases as possible, and sometimes I need to listen to an […]
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Instinct – Ella van der Woude
Sometimes I find myself too focused on soundtracks from the big Hollywood blockbusters, and forgetting the music from movies from my own country, the Netherlands. Luckily, while I was looking […]
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Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker
One name that keeps appearing in the soundtrack world lately is that of Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir. I first heard of her when her dear Icelandic friend and collaborator Jóhann […]
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Rambo: Last Blood – Brian Tyler
The movie franchise Rambo, based on a Vietnam war veteran played by Sylvester Stallone, started in 1982 with Rambo: First Blood. A second and third movie were also released in […]
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World Soundtrack Awards 2019 – Winners Announced
Every year the World Soundtracks Awards are being held in Ghent, Belgium during “Film Fest Gent”. These awards are considered very important in the film music industry. The award ceremony […]
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Mononoke Hime: Symphonic Suite – Joe Hisaishi
When you are on holiday there is sadly no time to see movies in theaters and listen to the new soundtracks that are coming out. At least it was the […]
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Rutger Reinders wins Golden Calf for best music
The Golden Calf (Gouden Kalf in Dutch) is the award of the Dutch Film Festival. Like most of these awards, there are many categories. But for this site, we are […]
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WAD Live – 2019-09-08, Assen
A couple of months ago I saw the announcement of a very interesting project. In 2017 a nature documentary about the sea and its surroundings in the north of the […]
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