Film Music

A guide to rescoring a silent classic

By Lara C Cory

Portishead’s Adrian Utley and Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory discuss writing new music for The Passion of Joan of Arc.

Rare Akira soundtrack set for special edition vinyl reissue

By Adam Woodward

Milan Records are set to release the classic ‘Akira Symphonic Suite’ score.

Listen to the Stranger Things original series soundtrack

By Adam Woodward

The recording features music by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of S U R V I V E.

The fall and rise of the movie tie-in single

By James Luxford

Cinema’s catchiest marketing strategy is making a comeback. But are you tuning in or being turned off?

John Carpenter’s classic film themes are being released on vinyl

By Lara C Cory

The cult director has recorded new versions of Halloween, Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13 and The Fog.

The strange beauty of Neil Young’s Dead Man soundtrack

By Alex Chambers

Director Jim Jarmusch found the perfect creative kindred spirit for his surreal monochrome western.

Composer Hanan Townshend on knowing Terrence Malick

By Paul Weedon

The man behind the scores for The Tree of Life and Knight of Cups reveals what it’s like working with the enigmatic director.

John Malkovich is releasing an EP and it sounds incredible

By Zara Joan Miller

We caught up with the actor at the London launch of his debut record ‘Illuminated’.

Clint Mansell tells the story behind his favourite film scores

By Daniel Dylan Wray

From Black Swan to High-Rise, the British composer reveals how he approaches making music for the movies.

Iggy Pop’s five greatest on-screen moments

By Daniel Dylan Wray

With a new record from the legendary rock’n’roller due out this month, revisit some of his most memorable movie performances.

10 great songs that helped the Coen brothers find their groove

By Jordan Cronk

With Hail, Caesar! hitting cinemas this week take a listen back through some of the directors’ greatest hits.

Carter Burwell on writing the soundtrack to the Coen brothers’ career

By Daniel Dylan Wray

The acclaimed American composer revisits some of his most iconic original scores for the Hail, Caesar! directors.

10 musical performances by actors who really learned their instruments

By Luke Channell

Christian Bale’s mad drumming skills in The Big Short got us thinking about other memorable renditions from famous actors.

Watch an exclusive stream of the new ‘film album’ from Tindersticks

By Little White Lies

The chamber-pop outfit have collaborated with the Clermont-Ferrand International Film Society for ‘The Waiting Room’.

Listen to the greatest film composer you’ve never heard of

By Paul Weedon

Soviet maestro Mikael Tariverdiev scored over a 100 films in a remarkable career that spanned five decades.

Listen to the Fear Itself soundtrack

By Little White Lies

Jeremy Warmsley’s atmospheric original score is now available for digital download.

James Horner reveals the story behind five of his classic film scores

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The lauded movie composer goes deep on Steven Spielberg, Terrence Malick and Rick Moranis.

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