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In our conversation, Winifred Phillips describes the demands of the interactive videogame medium, as well as the creative rewards in scoring narratives with alternate dramatic possibilities.... [read full interview] |
Composer Frederik Wiedmann discusses his entry into film scoring, mentor John Frizzell, and his latest horror score as a solo composer, The Hills Run Red... [read full interview] |
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Published in 1997, Album Cover Art of Soundtracks is an 11"x11" book showcasing some of the fine work by the largely ignored graphic designers that worked for various labels as staff or freelancers. Written and compiled by disc jockey Frank Jastfelder and graphic designer Stefan Kassel, the book could easily have run much longer, but the dilemma in crafting a quality publication for a reasonable SRP means keeping the page counts fairly low. [read full interview] |
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Dark Castle’s most coherent film ever is neither a horror film, nor bug-eyed monster movie, nor wholehearted slasher film but a reworking of Outland (1981) set at the bottom of the world. This time the flawed sheriff of the former is one Carrie Stetko... |
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The condition of pandorum is described by film producer Jeremy Bolt as “orbital dysfunction syndrome, caused by loneliness of space,” and it’s a worthy hook upon which to build a psychological sci-fi thriller about the effects of long-term space travel... |
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| House of the Devil, The (2009) |
Red Cliff / Chi bi + Red Cliff Part 2 / Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia |
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Ti West’s dramatic approach to starting slow and having his characters wander around in lengthy sequences finally pays off in this near-perfect attempt to recapture a straight-faced eighties slasher film with an occult bent – the lunar eclipse, and a need for human sacrifice... |
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After achieving huge success in Hong Kong with now-classics such as The Killer (1989) and Hard Boiled (1992), John Woo was lured to the U.S., where he made a slow wave of action films – Hard Target (1993), Broken Arrow (1996), Face/Off (1997)... |
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Attraction / Artful Penetration of Barbara, The / Nerosubianco (1969) --- Bart Got a Room (2008) --- Children, The (2008) --- Children of the Corn (2009) --- Coco Chanel (2008) --- Dead Snow / Død snø (2009) --- Drag me To Hell (2009) --- Escape from East Berlin / Tunnel 28 (1962) --- Escape to Canada (2005) --- Final Destination, The (2009) --- Gespenster / Ghosts (2005) --- Grace (2009) --- Happy Birthday to Me (1981) --- Hills Run Red, The (2009) --- Howl, The / L'hurlo (1970) --- I Miss Sonia Henie / Nedostaje mi Sonja Henie (1971) --- iMurders (2008) --- Iranian Embassy Siege, The (2004) --- I Sell the Dead (2008) --- Let's All Hate Toronto (2007) --- Look (2007) --- Man Between, The (1953) --- Mauerflug / Flight Over the Berlin Wall (2005) --- Moon Zero Two (1969) --- Murder in the First (1995) --- Offspring (2008) --- Orphan (2009) --- Queen and I, The / Drottningen och jag (2008) --- Red Riding: Parts 1974, 1980, and 1983 (2009) --- Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The (1965) --- Staunton Hill (2009) --- Terminator: Salvation (2009) --- Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) --- Trapped Ashes (2008) --- Trick 'r Treat (2008) --- Trigger Man (2007) --- Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005) --- Visits: Hungry Ghost Anthology (2004) --- Watchmen Directrs Cut (2009) --- Where the Day Takes You (1992) --- Wolfsburg (2003) --- Zombieland (2009) |
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| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) | Jasper: Journey to the End of the World (2008) | ||||||||
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Part of Rolphe Kent’s style includes unlikely instrumental combinations, and flipping between and fusing idioms with a smoothness that hides any transition seams. There’s also his gift... |
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Based on the 2002 German TV series (which was apparently comprised of 5 min. episodes), the feature-length film version of a Penguin named Jasper is goosed with a buoyant, hugely energetic score... |
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| Toxic (2008) | I.Q. (1994) / Seconds (1966) | ||||||||
Scott Glasgow’s latest score deals with seedy crime elements are threatened by an escaped mental patient, and the urban location gives the composer a chance to incorporate heavy electronic... |
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The coupling of a late Goldsmith comedy with an early Goldsmith sci-fi thriller seems very odd, and the connection may be more corporate than thematic – both movies were released by Paramount... |
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Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold --- Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 (2009) --- Caprica (2009) --- Child's Play (1988) --- Defiance (2008) --- District 9 (2009) --- Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) --- Heroes, Season 1 (2006) --- JCVD (2008) --- Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) --- Little BIG Music (2008) --- Loft (2008) --- Max Manus (2008) --- Monster Moves (2005-2008) --- Music of Batman, The (2009) --- Mutant Chronicles (2008) --- Red Riding (2009) --- Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher And Other Short Film Scores (2009) --- Runaway Train (1985) --- 17 Again (2009) --- Shifty (2008) --- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) --- Spore Hero (2009) --- Stand By For Action: The Music of Barry Gray --- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) --- Taking Woodstock (2009) --- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) --- They Live (1988) - 20th Anniversary Edition --- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) --- Zatoichi: The Best Cuts 1967-1973 |
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