As I am writing this review, the world is in a major crisis, and because of it many things have come to a sudden halt, including film music concerts and […]
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The Call of the Wild – John Powell
There is a small inconvenience when it comes to some of John Powell’s scores. I experienced this with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and it happened again […]
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Birds of Prey – Daniel Pemberton
“and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” Movies featuring superheroes from the DC Universe have had their ups and downs for many years. There was finally a big success […]
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Bad Boys for Life – Lorne Balfe
Hollywood’s tradition of making sequels to old movies with the same actors is still going strong. The most recent example of this trend is the third Bad Boys movie, Bad […]
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Kruimeltje en de Strijd om de Goudmijn – Joep Sporck
Children’s movies are quite popular in the Netherlands. They are arguably even more popular than most Dutch movies for grown ups, and when I learned that Joep Sporck had been […]
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1917 – Thomas Newman
The movie 1917, directed by Sam Mendez, is a major hit in theatres. It is nominated for 10 Oscars, including best film, best director and, of course, best music. Composer […]
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams
Concerning spoilers: I avoided mentioning story plots in this review, but when talking about John Williams’s music I have to address some themes from which you may be able to […]
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Jumanji: The Next Level – Henry Jackman
The movie industry has a deep love for making sequels. In 2017, for example, a sequel to the movie Jumanji, titled Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, was made after a […]
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Geoff Zanelli
Sometimes a composer has to write music for a sequel, even though he was not the composer for the original movie. He or she can do two things when this […]
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Instinct – Ella van der Woude
Sometimes I find myself too focused on soundtracks from the big Hollywood blockbusters, and forgetting the music from movies from my own country, the Netherlands. Luckily, while I was looking […]
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