“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off (the) shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments […]
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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.
World Soundtrack Awards: Film Music Days 2024
One of the biggest film music festivals I love to attend is the one in Ghent, Belgium. It is associated with the film festival Film Fest Gent and is called […]
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Joker: Folie à deux – Hildur Guðnadóttir
The 2019 movie Joker was a success, and it won many awards, including an Oscar for Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Best Music. Hollywood being Hollywood means that successful movies need a sequel, […]
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World Soundtrack Awards 2024 – Winners Announced
Every year, the World Soundtracks Awards are held in Ghent, Belgium, during “Film Fest Gent”. These awards are considered very important in the film music industry. The award ceremony was […]
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 – Bear McCreary
I always hesitate to review music from a TV show’s season if I have already discussed a previous one. Most often, the music is a continuation of what has already […]
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Taihuttu’s win Golden Calf 2024 for Best Music
The Golden Calfs (Gouden Kalf in Dutch) are the awards of the Nederlands Film Festival (NFF). A Golden Calf is the most prestigious award in the film industry in the […]
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Video Games in Concert with Eímear Noone – 2024-08-22, Amsterdam
Before I went on a vacation, away from writing for Soundtrack World, I went to another VriendenLoterij concert in Amsterdam. This one focused on music from video games, with Eímear […]
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Batman: Caped Crusader, Season 1 – Frederik Wiedmann
There continues to be a trend of creating new TV shows and movies that rely on nostalgia to succeed. This also holds for certain animated series. One of the most […]
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Deadpool & Wolverine – Rob Simonsen
Movies about Marvel superheroes were divided between three movie studios: Sony, 21st Century Fox and Disney, with the majority of them coming from Disney, which had launched the wildly successful […]
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Michael Giacchino – Exotic Themes for the Silver Screen, Vol. 1
While I am writing this review, we finally have summer days here in the Netherlands after many months of cold and rainy weather. Instead of sitting inside to write an […]
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