2014 was another busy year for Alexandre Desplat, who scored a total of five films released that year, of which both The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Imitation Game have […]
For all those interested in the musical aspect of film, it is heartening to see that studies of film music are a growing area of interest to authors that are,
In most film scores, themes are usually associated with a single character. This is the case, for example, with the previous two themes examined in this blog series: those
With all the success John Williams has enjoyed thus far over his extensive career, one might believe there to be a wealth of writings on the composer. The truth, however,
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“Cheyenne’s theme” from Once Upon a Time in the West is another example of Ennio Morricone’s economical use of melodic and harmonic materials, and unusual choice of instrumentation that
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All five of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Original Score have something obvious going for them. The score for Gravity is for one of
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