Brian Tyler’s music is kind of a guilty pleasure for me. During a panel at this year’s film music festival in Krakow, Tyler admitted that he likes it loud and […]
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Author: Anton Smit
Anton is the editor-in-chief and 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.
A Celebration of John Williams – London
I still remember the day, in late 2017, when a concert, called An Evening with John Williams, with John Williams himself present and conducting, was announced for the Royal Albert […]
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Interview with Jesper Kyd
During the Film Music Festival in Krakow, I had the chance to ask Danish composer Jesper Kyd a couple of questions. Even though there was not enough time for a […]
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Marvel’s Spider-Man – John Paesano
Of all the superheroes, Spider-Man is my favorite by far. When I was a child we had a handful Spider-Man comics and later, when the TV show was airing, I […]
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Film Music Prague announces Joe Hisaishi concerts on May 5th and 6th
Update: concert on May 6th added! Film Music Prague announces another collaboration with Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi for three concerts on May 5th and May 6th. The two concerts on […]
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World Soundtrack Awards 2018 – 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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Fimucité 2018: Not from this world
Fimucité is a film music festival that I have attended quite a few times already, and I have enjoyed every edition. In the span of eight days, the people of […]
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Harry de Wit 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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Film Music Prague 2019 program complete
Film Music Prague is a magnificent film music festival we have attended for a couple of years, which we have covered on our site and will do so again this […]
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Magic of the Movies: Part 2 – 2018-09-22, The Hague
Magic of the Movies is a very interesting project, which recently organized a series of two concerts for the second time. The Magic Orchestra is a concert band that consists […]
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