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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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.
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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“Avond van de Filmmuziek” – 24.01.2017, Amsterdam
Radio and TV in the Netherlands did not really cover film music in the past. They still do not do it enough in my opinion, but 4 years ago a […]
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La La Land wins Oscars for music
Justin Hurwitz has won the Oscar for best music for his music he composed for La La Land. Also, the Oscar for best song went to La La Land: “City […]
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Brimstone – Tom Holkenborg
Years ago Dutch movie director Martin Koolhoven had a talk with composer Tom Holkenborg about a western he was planning to do. So when that movie, named Brimstone, came into […]
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Assassin’s Creed – Jed Kurzel
The French company Ubisoft is one of the biggest computer gaming companies in the world, churning out sequels to their most popular games – like Far Cry or Watch_Dogs – […]
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Philip Glass is celebrating his 80th birthday.
Composer Philip Glass is celebrating his 80th birthday today. If you do not know his music, he has a very different style of composing. His music sounds very repetitive and […]
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Nominees announced for the Oscars
Today the nominations of this year’s academy awards were announced. There are a lot of categories. But for this site, only two categories really matter! The nominees for the best original […]
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Film music festival in Krakow announced its program
The Polish city Krakow hosts a film music festival (FMF) each year in May. Visitors can enjoy concerts, meetings with composers and workshops about film music over a period of […]
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Elle – Anne Dudley
Both Soundtrack World and director Paul Verhoeven have Dutch roots. Verhoeven has directed some great and classic movies in the past–Turkish Delight, Robocop, Basic Instinct, Total Recall and Starship Troopers, […]
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