Jack the Giant Slayer by John Ottman

Composer John Ottman again teams up with director Bryan Singer for Jack the Giant Slayer. The film's music score is a delight, oozing good old-fashioned action adventure in the traditions of film music's golden age. More...

A Good Day to Die Hard - Marco Beltrami

With A Good Day to Die Hard, composer Marco Beltrami pulls off a difficult balancing act. He delivers all the action tracks, pays homage to the earlier film scores by Michael Kamen, acknowledges the father-son relationship and the Russian location, and throws in some genuine humour. More...

Lincoln by John Williams

The score for Lincoln is largely understated, built from a number of themes depicting aspects of Lincoln's personality and the major events of his presidency. With these themes and some period colour, John Williams paints a compelling soundtrack worthy of its many award nominations. More...

Best Film Scores of 2012

Here is our Top 10 Film Scores of the year. 2012 has been a good year for film music fans with a lot of good soundtracks and albums to choose from. We get our CDs out and our thinking caps on and select only the best. More...

Skyfall by Thomas Newman

With Skyfall doing very well at the box office, we look at the music score by Sam Mendes' regular collaborator Thomas Newman. On this the 50th anniversary year of James Bond movies, how does Skyfall stand up against 50 glorious years of James Bond Music? More...

James Bond - the Music

As we get closer to the release of "Skyfall" with Thomas Newman and Adele confirmed for the music, we look back at a full 50 years of James Bond Music. What is it that defines the James Bond Sound, and where is it heading? More...

A Symphony of British Music

Musical Director David Arnold gave up a Bond film to concentrate on music for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. With A Symphony of British Music you can relive those musical highlights from the Closing Ceremony. More...

Brave by Patrick Doyle

After Thor and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Pixar's Brave marks a homecoming for Scottish composer Patrick Doyle. More authentic and more subtle than Braveheart, Brave's music has some wonderful set pieces but with layers of complexity just like Pixar's well-rounded characters. More...

Poltergeist by Jerry Goldsmith

Released the same year as "ET", Poltergeist is the dark side of Spielberg's imagination. Composer Jerry Goldsmith pulls out all the stops, mixing darkness and light, melding avant-garde dissonance with the innocence of a child's song. More...

Luis Bacalov: Le Juge/Le Transfuge

Le Juge & Le Transfuge is a double helping of film scores composed by Luis Bacalov for French director Philippe Lefebvre. The two scores make an excellent package, with some similarities but contrasting in their use of jazz and classical elements. More...

Alan Silvestri: MouseHunt

MouseHunt is like a live-action cartoon and, like all comedies, it's a deceptively tricky genre to compose for. Yet Alan Silvestri scores it with just the right balance of humorous momentum without ever becoming irritating. One of the best comedy scores of the 90s. More...

Durango by Mark McKenzie

Durango is a 1999 TV Movie set in Ireland in 1939. It features a strong score from composer Mark McKenzie. His music powerfully supports the story's emotional arc and the historic setting, yet avoids an excess of Hollywood's Celtic clichés. More...

Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk

Tron: Legacy is quite simply one of the most original film scores of recent years. With a perfect fusion of electronic and orchestral sounds, French Duo Daft Punk have delivered some truly innovative textural soundscapes - with their debut film score! More...

The Master by Jonny Greenwood

Following "There Will Be Blood" Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead fame has now scored another critically acclaimed film for director Paul Thomas Anderson. The Master uses frequently unnerving avant-garde soundscapes to heighten the drama and suggest unspoken undercurrents. More...

The Ghost and the Darkness - Goldsmith

The Ghost and the Darkness is a tense thriller set in Kenya, where man-eating lions threaten the construction of a railroad. The magnificent score by Jerry Goldsmith adds much to the atmosphere, with African sounds which portray the landscape's beauty and also its terror. More...

Anna Karenina by Dario Marianelli

The latest film adaptation of Anna Karenina has a surreal theatrical staging. Its perfectly judged music score by composer Dario Marianelli imbues the film with a period Russian feel, while also capturing the social setting with a wonderful wit and charm. More...

Roy Budd: Mama Dracula

Mama Dracula is a comedy horror by a Franco-Belgian team and scored by British jazz pianist turned film composer Roy Budd. Though he scored so few films in his short life, Budd's natural talent adapted well to any genre. Mama Dracula is a great addition to any soundtrack collection. More...

Musique Fantastique by Randall Larson

The music of science fiction, horror and fantasy films has hugely influenced film music in general. For the 2nd edition of his Musique Fantastique, Randall Larson has filled 4 comprehensive volumes looking at the art of scoring these imaginative and thought-provoking films. More...

David Arnold: Tomorrow Never Dies

With the latest Bond film "Skyfall" due for release soon, we look at David Arnold's first Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies - a successful blend of new and traditional which remains true to Bond's rich musical heritage, yet brings it kicking and screaming into the modern age. More...

Mark McKenzie: The Lost Child

The Lost Child is a TV Movie released in 2000 with a memorable film score by composer Mark McKenzie. The music largely avoids the Native American aspects of the story, but is tender and optimistic, and full of charm. More...

Dimitri Tiomkin: The Greatest Film Scores

Dimitri Tiomkin: The Greatest Film Scores is a new "LSO Live" album recorded by the orchestra at a concert late last year. The album has music from many of Tiomkin's best-known films and oscar winners, and including several of his songs. More...

Rescoring Scarface

Some soundtracks are less than perfect. Laura Thomas is acting as music supervisor for "Scarface", Brian De Palma's 1983 gangster movie starring Al Pacino. With some helpful comparisons to other gangster movies, she is Rescoring Scarface. More...

The Music of Doctor Who

We look at Doctor Who's Music and the composers who created it, from its unique theme music and its sound effects to its incidental music. The show's music has gone through an incredible revolution, from pioneering electronic techniques to synthesisers and symphony orchestras. More...

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