With a sneak peek of Incredibles 2 set to air during the Winter Olympics this Wednesday, Disney-Pixar has whet our appetites with the release of a new teaser poster featuring the Parr family’s washing basket. Meanwhile Michael Giacchino has taken to social media to announce that he is beginning work on recording the score for […]
The Best Movie Action Scenes of 2017
Harrison Abbott on the best movie action scenes of 2017… It’s that time again. That’s right, it’s time for arbitrary lists that subjectively rank the best/worst things of the year! This one is about 2017’s decent catalogue of cinematic action scenes, which means there’s likely a lot of omissions to piss you off. With that in […]
How the film score has entered the mainstream
Sean Wilson looks at the rise in popularity of soundtrack concerts… It’s Friday October 20th 2017. I step into the crowded, expectant Royal Albert Hall to witness Rogue One composer Michael Giacchino’s 50th birthday celebration. Within the comforting circular space so famous from the BBC Proms, the sense of excitement is palpable. And, as is always […]
Movie Review – War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
War for the Planet of the Apes, 2017. Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Judy Greer, Karin Konoval, Terry Notary, Michael Adamthwaite, Gabriel Chavarria, Max Lloyd-Jones, Sara Canning, Aleks Paunovic, and Chad Rook. SYNOPSIS: After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own […]
Film Score Review – War For the Planet of the Apes
Tony Black reviews Michael Giacchino’s score for War for the Planet of the Apes… After the very recent high adventure of Michael Giacchino’s score for Spider-Man: Homecoming [read our review here], which saw him deliver a blast of thematic joy to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Giacchino switches gears and comes a little back down to […]
Film Score Review – Spider-Man: Homecoming
Tony Black reviews the Spider-Man: Homecoming score… Michael Giacchino continues his journey to become the heir apparent to John Williams by delivering two very different, major blockbuster movie scores this month, yet both of which are distinctly Giacchino to anyone with an ear for film music. Spider-Man: Homecoming is Giacchino at play, very much in […]
Tracklisting for Michael Giacchino’s Spider-Man: Homecoming score revealed
We’ve already had a taste of Michael Giacchino’s score for Spider-Man: Homecoming with a snippet of the classic Spider-Man theme [see here], and now Amazon has unveiled the full tracklisting for the original motion picture score. There aren’t any major spoilers, although it does give a pretty good overview of how the plot will play […]
Listen to the original Spider-Man theme from Michael Giacchino’s Spider-Man: Homecoming score
Look out, here comes the Spider-Man… Composer Michael Giacchino is currently hard at work recording the score for Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, and he’s taken to Twitter to share a snippet which will be very familiar to fans of the 1967 animated series; check it out here… SEE ALSO: New images from Spider-Man: Homecoming […]
Michael Giacchino begins scoring Spider-Man: Homecoming
As the summer release date for the highly anticipated Spider-Man: Homecoming draws closer, film composer Michael Giacchino (Lost, Up, and most recently Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) has begun his work on the score for the blockbuster. Giacchino posted the following announcement to Twitter… Spider-Man recording begins TODAY. Alex Acuna and @walterdrums on the strangest kit […]
Listen to Michael Giacchino’s full score for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
With the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Michael Giacchino became the first composer outside of John Williams to have the privilege of scoring a Star Wars movie, stepping in as a late replacement for Alexandre Desplat with just weeks to go to put together the music. The resulting score has proven to be […]