By Michael Harris
Having now seen Man of Steel in theatres, I though a few words on the film itself, and its music, appropriate. Put simply, this is by far the best Superman film since the 1978 original, and honestly I think it is the best interpretation of the character to ever make it to screen. (Warning: Spoilers follow). Continue reading “A Few More Thoughts about Man of Steel”
By Michael Harris
This summer there are a number of big tent pole, studio films that execs and fanboys alike are looking forward to (for very different reasons, of course). From Star Trek Into Darkness and Pacific Rim to Elysium and World War Z, it looks to be a blockbuster summer. But the one film that possibly has the largest amount of expectations and questions surrounding it is Man of Steel, the Zack Snyder directed and Christopher Nolan produced Superman reboot that was this summer’s giant unknown commodity. Continue reading “I Believe That a Man Can Fly Once More: Zimmer’s Man of Steel Score”
So I had an idea for a post the other day and hiatus or no hiatus, dissertation or no dissertation, it had to be written. As Pharoah said: So let it be written, so let it be done.
Continue reading “Film Score Friday Top 10: Science Fiction Films AND Scores”
Dear Loyal Readers,
As many of you may have noticed, I have not been updating this blog nearly as often as I would like. The reasons for this are many, but most are related to my school work, and increasingly, teaching duties. If you read my mini-bio under ‘About Me,’ you’ll note that I am working on a PhD, and while, prior to this year, that meant only classes, I have recently embarked down that long, dark part known as the “Dissertation.” I’ve passed the comprehensive exams stage, passed the defense of my dissertation topic, and now, have been cast into the unknown sea marked only with “Here there be Dragons.” Continue reading “Hiatus, Part Deux”
I meant to write part of this post long ago…like the day after the Oscars, but life happened. I’m getting deeper and deeper into that bottomless pit known as a dissertation and it is slowly taking over my life. But before we get to some quick score reviews, I thought I’d try to wrap a bow on the whole Oscar thing.
…And once again there is at least one head scratcher among them. But before we get to that, let’s review my original fearless predictions for the nominations: Alice in Wonderland (Danny Elfman), Inception (Hans Zimmer), The King’s Speech (Alexandre Desplat), 127 Hours (A.R. Rahman), and The Social Network (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross). And I’m happy to report that I picked four of the five correct, with only Alice not being nominated and, for some reason, John Powell’s How to Train Your Dragon being given a nomination. Continue reading “2011 Academy Awards for Best Original Score Nominations…”
So I know that I’ve already posted my year-end awards, but I wanted to do one more post on the year that was to put a nice bow on things. Continue reading “2010 Wrap-Up”
Welcome back, everyone, to our Second Annual Temp Track Awards for Excellence in the Field of Scoring, coming to you live, this year, from a hotel suite at Temp Track Plaza – upgrading from last year’s broom closet. Continue reading “The Second Annual Temp Track “Tempi” Awards!!!!!!!”
In the longstanding tradition of my family, Christmas day is spent, in part, at the local multiplex, and this year was no different. Today, we took in the latest Coen Bros.’ picture True Grit, based on the same novel that gave rise to the John Wayne picture which I have not seen. The film features a haunting and beautiful score by longtime Coen Bros. collaborator Carter Burwell which might be left behind come Oscar time because of the annoying Academy rules.
Continue reading “Post “99.5” – Carter Burwell’s ‘True Grit’ Score”
So this here post represents the 99th for this humble blog. Not a bad stretch for almost two years of work if I do say so myself. I have an almost extra-special 100th post in mind, but for now let’s knock back a few quick reviews.
