Hollywood knows many longtime collaborations between people working on a movie, with director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams as the best-known example. They have been working together for 50 […]
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Bear McCreary wins Video Game Award for best music
The Game Awards is a very important award show in the game industry and is produced by game journalist Geoff Keighley. The winners are picked by a combination of fan […]
Read moreThe Night of the Film Music – 2022-11-19, Amsterdam
Many concerts in 2020 were postponed because of COVID, including the annual The Night of the Film Music concert I have been attending since 2017. The event was supposed to […]
Read moreBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ludwig Goransson
The most recent movie in the Marvel superhero universe, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, has a sad story behind it. It is the sequel to Black Panther, in which actor Chadwick […]
Read moreHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – 2022-11-12, Rotterdam
I have been enjoying Harry Potter concerts in Rotterdam for quite a while now. During each of these the Rotterdam Philharmonic performs the music of one of the Harry Potter […]
Read moreTILL – Abel Korzeniowski
Something weird is happening with movies for which Abel Korzeniowski has written the music. As can be read in my review of The Courier, that movie was released in several […]
Read moreBlack Adam – Lorne Balfe
Superhero movies have always fascinated me. First of all, they are entertaining to watch, with the heroes’ abilities, an interesting story and the many action sequences. Secondly, in addition to […]
Read moreA Plague Tale: Requiem – Olivier Derivière
Sometimes I am conflicted if I should review scores to sequels from games or movies by the same composer. The main reason is that the music often needs to vary […]
Read moreBuma Music in Motion x ADE 2022
In my report about Daniel Pemberton visiting Utrecht, I mentioned Buma Music in Motion (BMiM)’s next event, which is their annual conference for people in the music for media industry. […]
Read moreWorld Soundtrack Awards 2022 – 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 held […]
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