Musique Fantastique

MUSIQUE FANTASTIQUE FEATURES ARCHIVES

Links to older stories from our Further Resources page:

• Kurt Farquhar (BLACK LIGHTNING) & Marco Beltrami (A QUIET PLACE) interviewed in June Soundtrax 
• Yoko Kanno: The Greatest Composer You’ve Never Heard Of (the_medium_com) 
• A Conversation With Bear McCreary, the Composer King of Comic-Con (the_ringer-com
• A Tribute to Joel Goldsmith (1957-2012)
• New Interview: Andrew Hollander Scoring MY FRIEND DAHMER

• Tyler Bates, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Samurai Jack’s Conclusive Final Season – New Samurai Jack Season 5 featurette focuses on season’s use of music

• Silva Screen’s “The GAME OF THRONES Symphony” album scheduled for digital release on Feb 24th

• Ramin Djawadi Climbs THE GREAT WALL – Behind-The-Scenes Score Featurette & Soundtrack Info

• Yu-Gi-Oh! THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS Features Original Music By Composers Including Elik Álvarez and Freddy Sheinfeld

• The Netflix Original Movie iBOY Features Original Music By Composers Max Aruj And Steffen Thum

• ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL – Scoring Horror, Science Fiction, & Fantasy

• THE BYE BYE MAN: Behind the Score with The Newton Brothers

• Now Available: A Heroic Six-Pack Of Film Music From Composer Blake Neely!

• UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!  Attending a New Gerald Fried Recording Session

• “The House Is the Music” Roque Baños Scores with DON’T BREATHE

• Call Theodore Shapiro! Scoring the new GHOSTBUSTERS (Interview)

• The Expansive Film Music of Clinton Shorter – An Interview

• In Remembrance: Terry Plumeri in the musique fantastique

• CABIN FEVER: The Horror and The Hero Film Music of Kevin Riepl

• “TILL WE ALL DIE” – THE ABCs OF DEATH 2: Andre Roessler & Isabel Greiwe Create the Main Title Music

• Ryan Shore: On Scoring Horror, Comedy, and the Meeting of the Two

• DARK AWAKENING: Scoring the Modern Haunted House Movie

• Paul Haslinger on FEAR THE WALKING DEAD

• Interview: Horror & Fantasy Music of Simon Boswell

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Soundtrack Available Digitally, CD due in Oct

• La-La Land Records announces first ever soundtrack album to 1956 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

• Composer Van Alexander Dead at Age 100 – scored William Castle thrillers & much more

• Remembering Composer James Horner 

• CRYPT OF THE LIVING DEAD Composer Phillip Lambro dead at age 80

• Remembering Film Composer Richard LaSalle

• link: Alexander Desplat to score STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE

• Toho Composer Riichiro Manabe Has Died

• John Debney and The Eighth Doctor: Scoring the 1996 DOCTOR WHO TV-movie

• SCOPING OUT INTERSTELLAR: A review of Hans Zimmer’s amazing new Science Fiction Score

• Hans Zimmer Comments on Alleged Sound Issues with INTERSTELLAR

• Christopher Lennertz to Score Marvel’s AGENT CARTER TV Series

• Video Link: Roque Banos’ EVIL DEAD score performed LIVE 

One of the most potent and visceral horror scores in recent years is Spanish composer Roque Baños’ massive score for the remake of EVIL DEAD.  Watching it performed live by full orchestra, choir, and rotary siren in this VIMEO video is amazing. – rdl

• Beaches, Babes, & Beasts: Scoring EL MONSTRO DEL MAR – an Aussie Exploitaton Delight

• Musical Discoveries in EUROPA REPORT – Interviews with the composer and director 

• Irving Gertz at Universal: Segments from an Interview By John Mansell

• In Memory of Jess Franco May 12, 1930 – April 2, 2013

• Bear Mccreary Announces The Launch Of A New Label: Sparks & Shadows

• A new Kind of Fantasy Film: Michael J Lewis and CHISOS

• New Genre Film Soundtracks in Review

•  Short notes on new fantasy, sci-fi, and horror scores