The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is one of the most famous orchestras in the world and the best orchestra for film music. At least, that’s what everyone always says. Until […]
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Spotlights #17: Rounding up soundtracks of 2025 – part 2
While 2026 has officially started, as a critic, I am still focusing on soundtracks from 2025. I would love to start exploring 2026 scores, but I need to make sure […]
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Live in concert – 2025-12-19, London
The first film, Into the Spider-Verse, had previously been shown with a live orchestra, but unfortunately I missed that one. This time, I had the chance to attend Across the […]
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“De Avond van de Filmmuziek: Christmas Edition” – 2025-12-20, Amsterdam
With the De Avond van de Filmmuziek (The Night of Film Music) concerts being so successful, including three sold-out arena shows in November, the organisation wanted to try something new: […]
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Spotlights #16: Rounding up soundtracks of 2025 – part 1
2026 is approaching, which means I will start writing Spotlight articles with soundtracks released this year that I still want to talk about. Please enjoy the first one of those. […]
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“De Avond van de Filmmuziek” – 2025-11-22, Amsterdam
I have attended “De Avond van de Filmmuziek” (The Night of Film Music) concerts , the largest concert celebrating film music in the Netherlands, many times. As you can read […]
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Spotlights #15: Exciting Soundtracks of 2025
The end of the year is fast approaching, and I am currently still looking at a massive list of scores that I want to explore before 2026. I am also […]
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Gustavo Santaolalla – 2025-10-27, Amsterdam
Ronroco Tour During my interview last May, I asked Oscar-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla what we could expect from his concert in Amsterdam in October. He responded with “Very different from […]
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TRON: Ares – Nine Inch Nails
One of the most intriguing movie franchises I have watched in my life is the TRON franchise. I have always been interested in computers and video games. I vaguely remember […]
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Ghost of Yōtei – Toma Otawa
When the game Ghost of Tsushima came out, I was quite excited about its music, composed by Ilan Eshkeri and Shigeru Umebayashi. Umebayashi wrote some excellent music that evokes the […]
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