By Erin V. This is quite possibly my favourite score of last year.  I’ve seen the film twice in theatres as well as heard the music several times on my own, and I must say, John Williams’ score for The Adventures of Tintin is so fresh and fun feeling, with its quick notes and bouncing… Read More Score Review: The Adventures of Tintin

By Erin V. As Joyful Noise was being made, director Todd Graff attended gospel conventions around the USA, watching choirs both large and small perform (sometimes to sold-out crowds of 18,000), which helped to provide an authenticity to the film.  Composer and music producer Mervyn Warren who has known Graff for over a decade started… Read More Soundtrack Review: Joyful Noise

By Erin V. One of the best films of the year so far, The Help will be remembered for it’s soundtrack – that is the songs, and in particular, The Living Proof by Mary J. Blige – rather than the score.  But that’s ok.  This is a brief review of the score which was released… Read More Score Soundtrack Review: The Help

By Erin V. Right from the first track – that plays practically before anything really even happens on-screen – Ramin Djawadi sets the tone perfectly for the film before we blast into the second track.  Presenting the theme of Fright Night, his use of dissonance, strings, harpsichord, and organ throughout plays off of the traditional… Read More Soundtrack Review: Fright Night

By Erin V. Last month, I reviewed Rupert Wyatt’s new film Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which I really liked.  Watching the original 1968 film again before this ‘prequel’ of sorts, was interesting.  Although the original film is very dated and cheesy at times, the one thing that still stands out today, is… Read More Soundtrack Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

By Erin V. How do you describe music in words?  It’s an impossible task I’ve tried to take up again and again – trying to describe something that is a sound, a feeling.  Music is crescendo and decrescendo.  Accelerando and ritardando.  It is emotion described without words.  And to try to describe it in words… Read More Soundtrack Review: Super 8

By Erin V. The new Jon Faverau directed summer action flick hit theatres last Friday, and the Western/Sci-fi cross serves up exactly what you would expect and hope for from a film with that title.  Although Cowboys & Aliens could be targeted as just a lot of noise, the story is engaging enough and the… Read More Soundtrack Review: Cowboys & Aliens

By Erin V. First off, I’ll make a quick mention of the songs included on here (since they appear first in the track listing).  The five included play to the range of locales visited in the film.  The three written for the film (tracks 2, 3, & 4) are all really good, although it is… Read More Soundtrack Review: Cars 2

Oscar-winning composer John Barry has died of a heart attack in New York.  He was 77 years old.   Over his long career, Barry is perhaps best known for writing the prolific and iconic James Bond theme, as well as for the music he provided to 11 other films in the popular franchise.  Outside of… Read More John Barry (1933-2011)

By Erin V.   The quiet and classical sounds of the score by Alexandre Desplat for The King’s Speech, provide a quality that brilliantly sets the tone for the movie.   With it’s strings and piano accents, I found myself enjoying the mood evoked by the music when viewing the film in theatres.  The main… Read More Soundtrack Review: The King’s Speech

By Erin V.   Although some have said that the music from Tangled is not as memorable as some other Disney films, to me it fits the film perfectly and upon further listening has a real charm to it.  Seeing how it’s already November, this is one soundtrack that should be a big seller as… Read More Soundtrack Review: Tangled

By Erin V. The best music makes you feel it, believe it’s more than just a sound, and ultimately soar with it.  And the best movie music takes you so far with it that it glides the story along effortlessly without consciously calling attention to itself. This year, so far, there are three scores that… Read More The Scores of The Year So Far – Part 3 – How To Train Your Dragon

By Erin V. The music created by Bernard Herrmann for such Hitchcock classics as North By Northwest stays in the mind of film and music lovers forever.  I was reminded of this, when earlier this year, Polanski’s The Ghost Writer was released.  And with it, came a wonderful score by Alexandre Desplat, reminiscent of the… Read More The Scores of The Year So Far – Part 2 – The Ghost Writer

By Erin V. Music is a powerful tool.  But it can be over, under, or misused.  Blockbuster scores have to be especially careful to walk the fine line of furthering the picture, while still being memorable on their own, and not distracting from the movie.  This year, that score for me, was Hans Zimmer’s work… Read More The Scores of The Year So Far – Part 1 – Inception