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March/April 2025
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3/15/25
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The Woman in the Window (Danny Elfman)
All New Review
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for the opening and closing renditions of the main theme of vaguely warm but still challenging accessibility, the remainder of the
score sufficiently mundane and workmanlike in the suspense genre.
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unless you are prepared for a lesser incarnation of The Girl on the Train and a host of other Danny Elfman scores of moody
minimalism.
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3/13/25
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The Matrix (Don Davis)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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on the 2008 limited album if you desire a most balanced and palatable presentation of Don Davis' often difficult, postmodern score,
the 1999 and 2024 albums too short and the 2021 complete version only for true franchise enthusiasts.
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if you demand the greater role of thematic tonality that develops in the two sequel scores by Davis, both featuring a more
interesting blend of challenging dissonance and quasi-religious drama.
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3/10/25
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The Salamander (Jerry Goldsmith)
All New Review
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for the impressive 2013 re-recording to hear the only available album of Jerry Goldsmith's compelling 1981 score and suites from
two similar works from the same period.
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if the aggressive brutality of Goldsmith's thriller mode of the late 1970's has never appealed to your tastes, this score very true
to the composer's methodology at the time.
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3/7/25
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The Lonely Guy (Jerry Goldsmith)
All New Review
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only if you seek to complete your collection of 1980's Jerry Goldsmith film scores, the comedy tones here far less mature than in
the composer's genre works just a few years later.
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if you have little tolerance for Goldsmith's lighter and upbeat synthetic mannerisms of the 1980's, their presence largely
dominating the otherwise pretty orchestral presence.
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3/3/25
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Filmtracks announces its 2024 Awards
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Filmtracks celebrates the best film music of 2024 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 2024 are:
Visit the 2024 Awards section to view the winners (and other categories). Also available is an
official page for the 2024 Filmtracks Community Awards. For more information about
these awards or to view the results from previous years, browse the Filmtracks Awards index.
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