“Clef Notes”, an interesting article from The Hollywood Reporter (appearing way back in November) on this year’s scores predicted to get an Oscar push. Read more…

More good reading… “Movie and music: It’s a package deal”, Director Tom Tykwer knows the score — because he wrote it. His latest film is “Perfume.” By Richard Knight Jr., Chicago Tribune.

“There are a lot of renowned collaborations between film directors and their favorite composers — Steven Spielberg and John Williams, Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann, Tim Burton and Danny Elfman. But it’s rare to find a film director who also serves as his own composer. Clint Eastwood is one; another is German-born director Tom Tykwer, whose latest movie, “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer,” opened in L.A. last week”.

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