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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As much as I wasn't crazy about the new Masters of the Universe film, Pemberton's score brings so much life and energy to the film and he nails the guitar tone with Brian May (not to mention the nice connection of using Queen's classic "Princes of the Universe" late in the film)

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Olivier Deriviere joins me on The Film Scorer to chat about his scores for Dying Light: The Beast and Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, creating scores that respond to player's actions (and how other composers can too), & the rival period Greek score from this year. thefilmscorer.com/an-interview...

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An Interview with Olivier Deriviere - The Film Scorer

Olivier Deriviere joins The Film Scorer to discuss his scores for Dying Light: The Beast and Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Motor City, like season 4 of The Bear, shows just how hard it is to try and "score" a project primarily using licensed songs. Folks like Scorsese and Tarantino make it seem easy, but so often it makes scenes feel detached and like a montage

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Lorne Balfe and I dive real deep into the world of film music, like working with directors and other composers, academic v. emotional approaches to music, the benefits of a diet of Diet Coke and Marlboro Lights, getting kicked out of five universities, and more... thefilmscorer.com/an-interview...

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An Interview with Lorne Balfe - The Film Scorer

Lorne Balfe joins The Film Scorer to do a deep dive on the states of the scoring and film industries.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There's absolutely no reason for Ghoulies' main title cue to go this hard. If anything, it's a detriment since the rest of the movie is so dreadful and never comes close to the gloriously whimsical tone set here Scored by Richard Band and Shirley Walker (much of the score is taken from other films)

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Damn, can't believe Mondo is apparently closing their vinyl division since it's been such a big presence in the score/soundtrack space. It pretty clearly started slowing down its releases since being bought by Funko a couple years ago. A shame to see it go out like this.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Been watching Tales from the Crypt, and the composers involved (not to mention actors and directors) are insane. Alan Silvestri, James Horner, Jan Hammer, Bill Conti, Michael Kamen, and more scoring short anthology horror pieces, awesome

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

“I’m afraid that people are going to get tired of me,” that I'll "disappear". I chatted with Takeshi Furukawa about scoring Avatar: The Last Airbender and Planet of Lana II, and more importantly about his greatest fears and anxieties as a composer. Listen here: thefilmscorer.com/an-interview...

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An Interview with Takeshi Furukawa - The Film Scorer

Composer Takeshi Furukawa discusses his scores for the live action Avatar: The Last Airbender and Planet of Lana II.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Göransson's score for the Odyssey is worth it just for the bow twang payoff at the end Gotta be crazy pressure to come up with a distinct, instantly recognizable single note that needs to carry throughout the score/film

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Rest in Peace Nick Glennie-Smith, who scored films like The Man in the Iron Mask and Secretariat, frequently collaborated with Hans Zimmer and many fellow members of Remote Control Productions (dozens of scores with Hans alone), and worked with Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, and many others.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Looking forward to releasing this next interview, easily the most open, honest, and personal a composer has gotten on the pod

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Listened to the score for Ice Cream Man, and Roth’s use of AI in the film (and initially lying about it), unfairly made me wary of the score too. He cast a shadow of suspicion over every aspect of the production, tainting them all

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Pretty notable that every single composer in the article mentions the importance of the royalties they got from those theme tunes, a crucial thing for artists that’s seemingly increasingly whittled away www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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‘It might be one of the most unpopular tunes ever written!’: kids’ TV composers tell all

Big cheques, standing ovations, irate adults – there are surprising sides to composing a children’s TV theme tune. From Bluey to Byker Grove, the creators of the best reveal the secrets

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

One really underrated aspect of The Furious is how well its scored to picture - there are so many times where a well-placed stinger or cue ending/beginning adds drama, characterization, or general aura farming, or simply signals the next stage of a fight sequence

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Kara Talve and I chat about Prehistoric Planet, The Simpsons, Harry Potter, why every score deserves a release, and my skills as an interviewer. Give it a listen👇 thefilmscorer.com/an-interview...

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An Interview with Kara Talve - The Film Scorer

Kara Talve joins The Film Scorer to talk about her Emmy-nominated scores for Prehistoric Planet as well as Bleeding Fingers Music.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Picked up a nice range of albums on this bandcamp Friday, including some folk, black metal, ambient, and experimental

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Just saw this great review of the pod, which also highlights one of my big interviewing principles: get your ass outta the guest’s way and let them talk.

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Matt Orion @orionmatt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Love this show and this is a really good interview

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"What would it sound like if the hospital made the score?" Gavin Brivik and I talk about scoring THE PITT and FACES OF DEATH, philosophize about the algorithms running out lives, try to manifest a death metal score, and more. Listen: thefilmscorer.com/an-interview...

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An Interview with Gavin Brivik - The Film Scorer

Gavin Brivik joins The Film Scorer to discuss his latest score: Faces of Death and the nature of evil in art.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Pino Donaggio hasn't scored many notable projects in a while, but he's here going absolutely beast mode for Refn on Her Private Hell, holy smokes

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Only Tubi would have an 80s Hungarian animated film where every frame looks like (well, is) an oil painting (Heroic Times)

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The score release for Uwe Boll's Citizen Vigilante might have the ugliest cover art ever

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

One of the funniest things about Neil Blomkamp’s AI slop short film is that he couldn’t even cut a halfway decent teaser, it’s just 30 seconds of random “people” talking.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The first cue from Pino Donaggio's score to Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Her Private Hell' is out and it's a lush, alluring orchestral piece dripping with mystery and demise.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Felt like a mistake to use “In the House - In a Heartbeat” at the end of The Bone Temple. While it helps tie the first film into this one, it also undercuts/overtakes the score and musical language

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Ludwig’s quote about an orchestra not existing when the Odyssey takes place is making the rounds again, and the reaction really shows how poor people’s reading comprehension is

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Oh baby seeing some of the initial reactions to Ludwig’s score for The Odyssey, sounds like we got a divisive one on our hands!

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Keegan DeWitt joins me on The Film Scorer to chat about scoring Off Campus and The Chair Company, an artist's need for a point of view, and not being pigeonholed into romance and comedy (among other things). Listen below or wherever you get your pods: thefilmscorer.com/an-interview...

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An Interview with Keegan DeWitt - The Film Scorer

Keegan DeWitt joins me on The Film Scorer podcast to discuss his score for the hit romance show, Off Campus.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

John Paesano (@johnpaesano.bsky.social) joins me on The Film Scorer to chat about his big, melodic, symphonic score for THE BUROUGHS, an homage to rousing 80s/90s adventures, PLANET OF THE APES, and a film that we both worked on ~15 years ago... Check it out: thefilmscorer.com/an-interview...

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An Interview with John Paesano - The Film Scorer

On the latest episode of The Film Scorer podcast, I’m joined by John Paesano (Daredevil, Marvel’s Spider-Man)! I’ve been a fan of John’s for a while, with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes being a rec...

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The Supergirl reviews/reactions aren’t too surprising given that the film publicly switched between three different composers Not a comment on the score itself (no clue how it is), but it raises the likelihood of not being sure what the film needed, changing tones, heavy studio involvement, etc

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Over the last week I've seen a number of comments about TikTok's affect on the extratextual/metatextual meaning of songs: the platform directly shapes its users view of the meaning that those songs hold, indirectly shaping the meaning that subsequent uses of those songs has

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The Boroughs came out last month, I did an Interview on it a few days ago, and it’s already canceled. This ecosystem is insane, what are we doing here

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

One of my favorite things with this interview is spending the whole time building a good rapport and then cashing it all in at the very end with a stupid, probing question that made Cristo spit out his drink

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

One of my favorite composers, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, joins me to chat about Lord of the Flies, heavy metal, inflicting violence, and all the secrets and rumors behind The White Lotus Listen to my chat with Cristo here (tho by now you know how to get pods): thefilmscorer.com/an-interview...

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An Interview with Cristobal Tapia de Veer - The Film Scorer

Cristobal Tapia de Veer, one of the most exciting composers today (and one of my favorites), joins me on The Film Scorer.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Can't wait to dig into Blood Incantation's score for their documentary All Gates Open. Expect it'll be more of their spacey vibe rather than death metal (still dying to hear some harsher sounds/styles in scoring)

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Didn't expect Off Campus to be one of the few shows heavily featuring a (prospective) film composer

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Peter Albrechtsen @lydrummet.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Great interview with one of the most fascinating film composers at the moment. Thanks to @thefilmscorer.bsky.social!

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The great Colin Stetson joins me to herald in season 6 of The Film Scorer. While we'd planned to really dig into his score for the Netflix horror/thriller series Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, we end up focusing on human experience and connection in music and other arts

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

In the Season 6 premiere, Colin Stetson joins me to talk about his new score Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, improvisational collaborations, the role of composer-as-emotional-antenna, and the necessity of art imbued with "real and honest human experience" thefilmscorer.com/an-interview...

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An Interview with Colin Stetson - The Film Scorer

Colin Stetson kicks off Season 6 of The Film Scorer podcast by discussing his score for Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen.

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Anyone know if the music in the trailer for The Archivist is from Chlöe Herington's score? There's this little woodwind motif in there that really channels a sort of folk primitivism perfect for the subject matter www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDi5...

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The Archivist - Sheffield DocFest 2026

YouTube video by Sheffield DocFest

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Can’t believe they got the legendary Carl Cox to contribute some tracks to the Andy Serkis fart comedy Animal Farm

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Really digging David Fleming’s score for Widow’s Bay, by leaning into tense, uneasy ambience the overall dread gets ratcheted up and the comedic aspects become less obvious and more natural (and therefore even funnier). The end credit cues are major highlights

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

“Donaggio’s achingly emotional soundtrack guides the film in a way music hasn’t since the early silents, or the heyday of Powell & Pressburger, and even, at a push, the experimental films of Kenneth Anger.” deadline.com/2026/05/her-...

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‘Her Private Hell’ Review: Nicolas Winding Refn’s Trippy Return To Cinema

‘Her Private Hell’ review: Pino Donaggio’s score is the secret sauce in Nicolas Winding Refn’s trippy return to cinema – Cannes Film Festival

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

John Carpenter just announced Cathedral, his debut graphic novel and accompanying metal album, promising hallucinatory dread and darkness. Let’s go

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Damn the two Jon Brion tracks featured in One Battle After Another were actually written and recorded while making Punch Drunk Love for a film idea PTA had about a bounty hunter in the desert

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

They’re finally reuniting, James Newton Howard confirmed he’s scored M. Night Shyamalan’s new film ‘Remain’, their first collaboration in 13 years

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Christopher Nolan apparently asked Ludwig Göransson not to use an orchestra on The Odyssey (to differentiate it from classic epics/swords and sandals flicks), to which he replied “It’s not like the orchestra existed back then. It was a challenge and also an opening to try to make something unique.”

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The Film Scorer @thefilmscorer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This is such a bizarre list of the best films of the century - it’s framed as a definitive list, sort of hedges by constant references to “outsider” film composers, yet still has scores by traditional composers while omitting tons of major works crackmagazine.net/article/list...

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The 50 Greatest Film Scores of the 21st Century (...so far)

Crack Magazine's list of the best film scores of the 21st century, featuring original compositions from Mica Levi, Björk, Alex G and more.

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