Category Archives: Film Music Reviews

Film Score Friday: ‘The Artist’ By Ludovic Bource

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

The third score from this year’s Golden Globe nominated set that I have the pleasure to review is from The Artist. The film is an interesting one, a silent film shot in black and white, set during Hollywood’s golden age. … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘Hugo’ by Howard Shore

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Nothing like awards season to let you focus in on some fantastic film music! The Golden Globe nominations went out this week and in honor of that Film Score Friday is going to cover the nominated scores each of the … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: Video Game Scores Special Edition

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

On last week’s episode of The Bitcast I was challenged to put my video game money where my film score loving mouth is. So this week I decided to give you all a special edition of Film Score Friday: a … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy’ by Alberto Iglesias

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Alberto Iglesias is a fantastic composer. He has two Oscar nominations under his belt, and now that he is getting higher profile work it wont be long before this Spanish composer gets a win. His most recent score is for the spy drama Tinker, … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1’ by Various Artists

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

This week’s Film Score Friday is going to stretch the concept a bit. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn actually has an original soundtrack, not a full score release as of yet, but I did want to branch out a little … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘The Rum Diary’ by Christopher Young

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Christopher Young is most known for his Gothic, bombastic scores for horror films like Drag Me To Hell and Hellraiser. His wheel house has always been big, bold and scary, which is why his music for The Rum Diary is so very interesting.  This … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘War Horse’ by John Williams

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Often times a filmmaker and a composer find a shared voice, a common approach that allows both to make the project they share truly remarkable. One of the highest profile partnerships is that of Steven Spielberg and John Williams, arguably the two … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘In Time’ by Craig Armstrong

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Craig Armstrong is one of those interesting composers that I have always really liked. He made a big splash in the late 90s with Romeo + Juliet, and has since been consistently solid in a long line of work. I have … Continue reading →

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