Several of what could be considered the best films of all time feature the work of composer John Williams. Here are 32 great movies featuring his scores.
If you were disappointed in Coyote vs. Acme's shelving before, just wait until you hear this meep-tastic clip from its scrapped musical score.
John Williams and Ennio Morricone are undoubtedly two of the greatest film composers of all time, but who's the best? Well, you're about to find out.
Composer Natalie Holt had written over an hour-and-a-half of music for the DC film before it was cancelled.
The man who helped give 007 his iconic theme song, Monty Norman, has passed on.
Composer Lorne Balfe shares how Lady Gaga's "Hold My Hand" fits into Top Gun: Maverick.
Celebrated film composer for films like Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, and electronic musician, Vangelis, died today at 79.
Tom Holkenborg, a.k.a. Junkie XL, still receives fan messages in support of his work on Alita: Battle Angel almost three years later.
If there was anyone who knows the Rocky theme, it's Sylvester Stallone and his series composer.
Chances are you are familiar with Michael Giacchino’s peerless work as one of the most exciting film composers working today. Whether it’s his scores for big budget Hollywood fare like Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol or War for the Planet of the Apes (which we picked as one of the very best scores of the past 10 years), Pixar classics like Up, Coco and Inside Out, Marvel favorites like Doctor Strange and Spider-Man: Homecoming or more esoteric fare like Let Me In and the deeply underrated Bad Times at the El Royale, Giacchino always comes through with something …
Marvel's Avengers, the new game from Marvel, Square Enix, and Crystal Dynamics, brings world-famous Marvel Comics superheroes (and supervillains) into homes around the world today. But more than comic book characters, next-level action, and an ongoing story that players will get to experience for years to come, Marvel's Avengers brings some epic music to your ears thanks to veteran composer Bobby Tahouri. Known for bold and dramatic scores from all across the media landscape, Tahouri's works include Rise of the Tomb Raider, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. But it's …
Alan Menken, a true living legend and the composer behind (amongst other things) Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, has now reached the legendary EGOT status with a Daytime Emmy win for his typically exemplary work on Tangled: The Series (for a song called “Waiting in the Wings”). He is one of only 16 artists who have achieved this threshold, having now won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. Bow down to the King. Menken was first nominated for an Oscar in 1987 for Little Shop of Horrors’ “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space” (a song specifically …
Another legend has passed. Ennio Morricone, the prolific film composer behind now-iconic scores for films including The Mission and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, has died at age 91. Morricone passed in a clinic in Rome early Monday morning, per Variety. The composer's lawyer, Giorgio Asumma, told Italian outlet ANSA that Morricone was at the clinic following a fall which caused a hip fracture. In the immediate wake of Morricone's passing, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte tweeted out his condolences, writing, "We will always remember, with infinite gratitude, the artistic genius of the Maestro #EnnioMorricone. …
A true loss, but what a wonderful career. Ennio Morricone's sounds will be missed.
Ennio Morricone, the Italian film composer whose scores spanned all genres, including spaghetti westerns, romance and thrillers, has died aged 91.
Composer and musician Terence Blanchard is synonymous with the work of Spike Lee. Starting with 1991’s Jungle Fever, Blanchard has composed the score for almost every single Spike Lee joint, and the musician’s work is as striking and diverse as Lee’s films. Blanchard received his first-ever Oscar nomination for his work on Lee’s 2018 film BlacKkKlansman (which also scored Lee’s first-ever competitive Oscar win for Best Adapted Screenplay), and one would think in following up that incredibly well-received film that Lee would maybe take a break or at least take it easy. …
The highly anticipated upcoming Netflix series Shadow and Bone has set Joseph Trapanese to compose the original score, Collider has confirmed. Trapanese, of course, is the composer behind films as varied as TRON: Legacy, Straight Outta Compton, and The Greatest Showman and marks a solid hire for the fantasy adaptation. Shadow and Bone is based on the bestselling book series of the same name by author Leigh Bardugo. The show is run by Eric Heisserer (Arrival) with Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy serving as an executive producer. The eight-episode first season completed production earlier this year, and will cover …
Black Widow was originally scheduled to come out on May 1st before being pulled indefinitely due to coronavirus shutting down everything around the world. However, post-production continues on the upcoming Marvel movie, and now they've made a major change. The film was originally slated to be scored by Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat. Desplat is also no stranger to blockbusters having previously scored Godzilla (2014) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. He's also no stranger to being replaced on a production, having been swapped out for Michael Giacchino on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Now …
Composer Lorne Balfe has been confirmed to be working on the Black Widow film just one month before it was originally set to release.
Fans of the hit dramatic survival action game The Last of Us have plenty of reasons to be excited. A sequel is due to release this May, and HBO has started production on a series based on the story of the original, from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and The Last of Us creative director & writer Neil Druckmann. Now they have one more reason to get hyped, because it was just revealed that Gustavo Santaolalla, the composer who gave The Last of Us its hauntingly memorable score, will be returning to compose the score for the HBO series. Druckmann broke …