Polish composer Jan AP Kaczmarek passed away at the age of 71. He won an Oscar for the stunning music he wrote for the movie Finding Neverland. Kaczmarek had been […]
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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.
Máxima: Season 1 – Fons Merkies and Laurens Goedhart
With the Netherlands being a small country, only a little music for media gets released, and when it happens, you should not expect a full orchestral score most of the […]
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Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver – Tom Holkenborg
If you look at all my reviews of the soundtracks composed by Tom Holkenborg, you can see some correlations between them. The first one is that I cannot get behind […]
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Interview with Borislav Slavov
During the World Soundtrack Awards I had the chance to talk with Borislav Slavov, a veteran video game composer who has been working lately as the music director and in-house […]
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – Dario Marianelli
When people think about the music for the 80’s movie Ghostbusters, the first thing that probably comes to their minds is the famous song by Ray Parker Jr. There is […]
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Buma Music in Media Awards 2024 announced
On April 17, the Buma Music in Media Awards winners were announced during an award show in the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. These awards celebrate the best music for media from […]
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ARK: The Animated Series, Vol. 1 – Gareth Coker
Many composers have made quite a name for themselves writing for a specific medium. One of them is Gareth Coker, who came into the spotlight for many game music enthusiasts […]
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Avatar: The Last Airbender – Takeshi Furukawa
While listening to many soundtracks during the awards season, I discovered the lovely music for the game Planet of Lana, composed by Takeshi Furukawa. Since that amazing score I made […]
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Damsel – David Fleming
The COVID pandemic has been terrible for many people, but weirdly enough, it also brought me some small joys. One of them is that I sometimes get surprised by a […]
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Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer
Even one of the best and most well-established film music composers had to face a challenge he has never had before. Hans Zimmer won an Oscar for his fantastic work […]
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