Author: Allison Loring
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Review: ‘The Sapphires’ Shines With a Touching Story, Catchy Tunes, and a Stand-Out Performance
Editor’s Note: Allison’s review originally ran during the film’s premiere at last year’s AFI Film Fest, but we’re re-running it as the movie opens in…
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Return to Big Blockbuster Sound with Trevor Morris’ Action-Packed Score for ‘Olympus Has Fallen’
A composer known for his otherworldly scores for films such as Immortals and period scores for television programs such as The Borgias, The Tudors, and…
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Adele Won an Oscar: What’s Next For Her Film Career?
Adele is a mere two steps away from an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) having already won multiple Grammys (plus another this year making her…
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In-Your-Face Sound Design and Music Create the Off-Putting World of ‘Stoker’
At the beginning of Stoker, India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) tells us she can hear things more clearly than most people, a talent that is quickly…
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2013 Oscar Prediction: Best Original Score
Film scores can be considered a dime a dozen – a bunch of orchestration that certainly needs to be there, but plays to the background…
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2013 Oscar Prediction: Best Original Song
Last year’s Best Original Song category had a dismal two (TWO!) nominations in a year that gave us such songs as the catchy “Hello Hello”…
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Composing for Sundance with ‘The Spectacular Now’ and ‘The Way, Way Back’ Composer Rob Simonsen and…
Composing for Sundance with ‘The Spectacular Now’ and ‘The Way, Way Back’ Composer Rob Simonsen and ‘The Rambler’ Composer Heather McIntosh Films that are submitted to…
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How Jeff Rona Used a Submarine to Make the Music for ‘Phantom’
Phantom tells the story of a submarine that goes rogue after a distinguished Captain is set on a mission, but joined by a group of…
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Experience Sundance 2013: Sundance is Over??
It is time to say goodbye. Some of us have already left, some of us have a few more days, but the festival is officially…