Massive choirs, huge drums, and epic brass ensembles join soft and supple woodwinds and strings in composer Howard Shore’s soundtrack for theLord of the Ringstrilogy. It’s a diverse array of sounds that showcases a wide universe of creatures and magic, using techniques like odd time signatu...
The film's soundtrack album contains ten original songs and seven instrumental pieces. The music, a mixture of jazz, zydeco, blues and gospel sounds, was composed, conducted and arranged by Pixar composerRandy Newman. R&B recording artist and producer Ne-Yo made a song exclusively for the fi...
The Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley soundtrack is its own unique piece of art put together by Sigur Rós, an iconic Icelandic post-rock band, and composer Oda Tilset, amongst others. A band from an island of volcanoes, mountains, glaciers, and sea is the perfect soundtrack collaborator to ...
The whole night was so amazing because they were meeting for the first time. Cynthia and Ariana had such instant chemistry; when they sang at the piano, their voices blended so beautifully together. As the composer, the fact that their voices blend so well was obviously a lucky ass...
All the flowers of summer, from June to mid-September, are featured in this short film, with Miss Pixie gracing the garden from time to time. I was inspired by the beautiful soundtrack recording of Satie’sGymnopedie #1recorded on cello. ...
Written By: Peter Isackson According to Alex Ross in his book, “Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music,” Richard Wagner was more than the composer who dominated German music in the second half of the 19th century. He became a towering cultural... ...
As well as working regularly with Bowie, who praised the drummer for his “subtle tempo”, Davis also played on several Stevie Wonder albums, including Hotter Than July and the double-album soundtrack Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants. Check out:“Master Blaster (...
Some films start with a great idea, and then just get every little piece of the execution right along the way, from the casting to the humor to the horror visuals to the soundtrack. An American Werewolf in London is one of those films. It's just flawlessly put together from start to...
less mainstream offerings. In 2023, artists continued to reshape their sound and break ground in imaginative ways. While the rest of the world burns around us, we can at least take solace in an amazing soundtrack. As is tradition with any ranked music list, dig in and let the nit-picking...
Composer Joe Hisaishi was commissioned to rework and extend his original synthesizer-composed 37-minute soundtrack into a 90-minute piece for symphony orchestra in an effort to make the movie more accessible to U.S. audiences who are accustomed to a more substantial musical accompaniment....