Spotlights – Soundtrack World

Spotlights: First soundtracks of 2025

Posted on March 4, 2025

For many people, the year 2025 starts on January 1st, but for me, as a soundtrack reviewer, it starts much later. During the first two months of the year, I […]

Spotlights: 2024 Soundtrack Highlights – Part 3

Posted on January 28, 2025

I am still listening to as many soundtracks from 2024 as possible for the IFMCA Awards. While doing so, I am taking you along by writing about some of these […]

Spotlights: 2024 Soundtrack Highlights – Part 2

Posted on January 14, 2025

As I am still very busy preparing my votes for the IFMCA Awards, I do not have time to focus on writing my regular reviews. During this period, I will […]

Spotlights: 2024 Soundtrack Highlights – Part 1

Posted on January 7, 2025

The year 2024 is behind us, so I have to prepare for the IFMCA Awards. As a member of this organization of film music critics, I have to listen to […]

Spotlights: 2024 Oscar Nominations

Posted on February 11, 2024

There are two reasons why there was no content on Soundtrack World these last weeks. The first is that I am focusing on finalizing my top 5 lists for the […]

Spotlights: 2023 Soundtrack Highlights – part 3

Posted on January 9, 2024

The year 2023 is officially behind us; for most of us this means a new beginning, but for a critic like me, it means something else: I need to be […]

Spotlights: 2023 Soundtrack Highlights – part 2

Posted on December 19, 2023

Many scores have come out recently that I wanted to talk about but could not for various reasons, such as lack of time and illness. Instead of focusing on only […]

Spotlights: 2023 Soundtrack Highlights – part 1

Posted on September 27, 2023

If you are a frequent visitor of this website, you may have noticed a small gap between reviews. The reason for this was because I was on vacation for a […]

Spotlights: Round up of 2022 – Part 3

Posted on January 31, 2023

We are currently still in awards season, with the Golden Globes winners and Oscar nominees being announced. It is also the period where I am still listening to as many […]

Spotlights: Round up of 2022 – Part 2

Posted on January 24, 2023

In the second Spotlights article, in which I will touch on some of the soundtracks that have come out in 2022, I will be looking at several scores I had […]

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