Elliot Goldenthal is the latest composer in the Music for Film album series. From Batman through Vampires, Shakespeare, Alien and Final Fantasy, this is a wonderful collection demonstrating the power and versatility of this classically trained composer. More...
A Symphonic Celebration is a collection of music from the scores of Joe Hisaishi for the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki. The collaboration spawned some memorable film animations, and equally memorable music. The album has re-orchestrated and re-worked suites of music from 10 films. More...
Though based on characters from the original Twister, Twisters is a standalone sequel. The score by Benjamin Wallfisch features a rich tapestry of mood, pace, character, location and above all loads of adrenalin fuelled excitement. More...
The Escape Artist is an unusual film about a young escape artist, who seems destined to follow his father's tragic career path. The score is by French composer Georges Delerue who uses two gorgeous themes to tell the story, together with a tight mix of tension and suspense, as the past and present struggle to unwind. More....
Quietude is Alistair Penman's latest album, and it is all about peace and relaxation. Featuring a mix of classical arrangements and original works, it is beautifully recorded on Penman's substantial range of Saxophone and Clarinet instruments. More....
Patrick Doyle: Music from the Movies was a recent concert of music by Patrick Doyle. The concert was held in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, special guests including members of the composer's family, friends and fellow musicians. The event had a wonderfully intimate feel celebrating the music of this Scottish composer. More....
Lamya's Poem is an animated movie about a 12-year-old girl forced to flee war-torn Syria but finding a strange solace in a book of poetry. The music score by Christopher Willis is a perfectly judged mix of sound design, small chamber groups, full orchestra and the Persian ney. More....
The latest Music for Film album from Film Fest Gent features the festival's 2022 Guest of Honour Mark Isham with an excellent selection of individual score tracks and several Suites from the composer's many film scores over the past 4 decades. More....
The orchestral score for "Jaws" was a turning point in film music. Recognising this on Jaws's 50th anniversary, John Caps looks at film music 50 years ago and compares it to film music today. More...
Night After Night is an album of "Music from the movies of M. Night Shyamalan". Composer James Newton Howard reworks his scores for the director's films with emphasis on piano, highlighting his skills at mood setting and story telling through music. More...
Mainly known as a film composer, Danny Elfman has written quite a lot of concert music lately. His latest such album includes a Percussion Concerto performed by Colin Currie, the 3 movement work "Wunderkammer" and "Are You Lost?". More...
David Shire seems to have retired as a film composer and songwriter, but well into his 80s he is still very active musically. In Life After Hollywood John Caps fills us in on David Shire's more recent career. More...
Lang Lang At The Movies is an album of music from the movies, played by the pianist Lang Lang. There are some wonderful arrangements for piano, with plenty of guest artists and other instrumentalists. more...
Hollywood Soundstage is an album full of music from the Golden Age of Cinema. John Wilson conducts the "Sinfonia of London" in this grand collection of music from the great film music composers, including Erich Wolfgang Korngold, David Raksin, Max Steiner, Franz Waxman, Alfred Newman and more...
Telemann's set of 12 Fantasias for Viola da Gamba Solo were thought lost until 2015 when they and other works by the composer were uncovered. Even in Telemann's day the Viola da Gamba had been largely replaced by modern string instruments. Now the Violist Michał Bryła has transcribed and recorded these works on a modern Viola. More...
Jon Burlingame is an expert on film & TV music and his latest book Music for Prime Time looks at the origins and evolution of the small screen art form, subtitled "A History of American Television Themes and Scoring". John Caps reviews the book, with a focus on the new and ever-changing dynamics affecting TV Music. More...
Composer Segun Akinola has accompanied the 13th Doctor through all her travels, and he bows out as Doctor Who composer with scores for the Series 13 The Specials broadcast in 2022 leading up to Jodie Whittaker's regeneration. More...
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