Jerry Goldsmith was one of the most popular film music composers of the 20th century. He was famous for composing the music for a couple of Star Trek movies, Gremlins, […]
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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.
Film music festival in Krakow announces workshops
As reported earlier on this site, the Film Music Festival in Krakow, Poland, has announced its program for this year. In addition to evening concerts, there are also interesting events […]
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The World of Joe Hisaishi – 2017-04-23, Prague
Imagine that you are a huge soccer fan and that you are an even bigger fan of, for example, Ronaldo. Further, imagine that he would hardly ever play a soccer […]
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Alien The Symphony – 22-04-2017, Prague
The second concert of the film music festival in Prague was an exceptionally special one. It was a concert with music from the Alien movies. Since those movies are focused […]
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“Helden und Schurken” – 15-04-2017, Brandenburg an der Havel
As you may have seen in my reports here on this site, I have an interest in all kinds of film music concerts around the world. I had a long […]
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Kong: Skull Island – Henry Jackman
The first movie about a huge gorilla called Kong could be seen in the cinemas in 1933. The special effects, while groundbreaking for their time, are a far cry from […]
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Logan – Marco Beltrami
I have been following the X-Men series since I was a child. I started watching the cartoons on TV and, starting with the first movie in 2000, I have seen […]
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The Great Wall – Ramin Djawadi
In September 2015 I went to China on vacation. While there, I visited the Great Wall of China – one of eight wonders of the world. It was one of […]
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Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience – 07-03-2017, New York
I still remember the day when I saw the first episode of the TV show Game of Thrones: I was quite intrigued by it. When the dude’s head got chopped […]
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John Williams and Friends – 25-02-2017, Glasgow
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) has now collaborated with Richard Kaufman for the fourth time. Kaufman is a conductor but also a personal friend of famous composer John Williams. […]
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