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March/April 2019
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4/18/19
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Schindler's List (John Williams)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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| Buy it... |
if you're not afraid of being fundamentally moved by an overwhelmingly emotional, artistic
masterpiece, the most subtly potent triumph in the storied career of John Williams.
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only if the oppressive weight of the subject matter bothers you too greatly to be able to
appreciate its undeniably powerful musical accompaniment.
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4/4/19
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Die Another Day (David Arnold)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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| Buy it... |
if you applauded David Arnold's gradual shift of the music in the James Bond franchise towards
a harder, scrappier attitude of abrasive techno and electronica style.
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if you value any part of the heritage in the songs and scores of the franchise, for Madonna
and Arnold's ultra-modern reconceptualization of its music remains a nightmare for many
devoted Bond collectors.
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3/24/19
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The World is Not Enough (David
Arnold)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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on the expanded 2018 La-La Land album if you desire some of David Arnold's more symphonically
potent cues missing from the original 1999 product, the longer presentation not as dominated
by the score's harsher technological passages.
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if you expect Arnold to offer the same impressively balanced blend of symphonic force and
electronica rhythms that made the Tomorrow Never Dies score a classic in the James Bond
franchise.
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3/15/19
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Balto (James Horner)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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if you've always held a soft spot for James Horner's animated children's film scores, for
Balto represents an affable and superior culmination of his talents in the genre.
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if even the general, comparative lack of self-referencing to Horner's previous works in Balto
can't warm you up to the still highly specific style of his music for this kind of film.
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3/3/19
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Filmtracks announces its 2018 award nominees and winners
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Filmtracks celebrates the best film music of 2018 with its annual nominees and winners in the
categories of "Top Film Scores," "Top Composers," and "Top Film Cues." The nominees for "Top
Film Scores" in 2018 are:
Visit the 2018 Awards section to view
the winners (and other categories). For more information about these awards or to view
the results from previous years, browse the Filmtracks Awards index page.
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