Sean Wilson presents a selection of spooky film scores that make for the ideal 31st October playlist…The scariest night of the year, Halloween, is upon us once again and, in addition to all the cosplay and trick or treating, a playlist of horror hits is also essential to the big night. Horror allows film composers […]
12 iconic soundtrack moments from the Alien saga
With Alien: Covenant just around the corner, Sean Wilson looks back at the illustrious musical heritage of one of cinema’s greatest franchises… Just recently I was listening to the score for the imminent Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott’s return to the sci-fi horror franchise he inaugurated, and was struck by the plethora of material from Jerry […]
The Maestros of 80s Action Movie Music
Tom Jolliffe looks at a golden period in action movie scores and some of the maestros who composed them…What is the golden age of action movies? This is of course a rhetorical question. It’s undoubtedly the 1980s. A time of such unique flair and style. Big, bold, brash, silly, sometimes ironic. It was a world […]
