Music Composed by Maurice Jaubert
Rating: ****

In their ongoing work of releasing the music of Georges Delerue, Disques Cinemusique has thrown a little twist into the mix. This time, instead of releasing a new Delerue score, the label has released a CD of Delerue conducting the work of early French film composer Maurice Jaubert. The music [...]

Music Composed by Georges Delerue
Rating: ***

They’ve done it again. Disques Cinémusique, headed by Clément Fontaine, has released another classic score by the late, great Georges Delerue. The last two releases by the label, La Revolution Francaise and Un Homme Amoureux were solid, well-written scores bearing all the traditional Delerue trademarks. Chouans!, however, is the best [...]

Music Composed by Hans Zimmer
Rating: ***

Well, what do you know? It’s another Jerry Bruckheimer summer action movie, and with it comes another Hans Zimmer summer action score. Being a score for a Bruckheimer, without listening to it, you should know what kind of score you’re going to get. Even so, the resulting effort is an [...]

Music Composed by Tan Dun
Rating: *** 1/2

Although it was released in North America in the summer of 2004, Hero actually has been in the can since 2002. This Hong Kong film was a huge underground/cult favorite after its initial Asian release, and only after many delays did the film receive a theatrical release this side [...]

Music Composed by Hans Zimmer
Rating: **

Heading up the Dreamworks music department has positioned Hans Zimmer. From the perch of his imposing tower in Santa Monica, Zimmer and his band formerly known as Media Ventures have called down musical thunder from Prince of Egypt to Ants to the Shrek movies. Each has been scored by someone [...]

Music Composed by Steve Jablonsky
Rating: *

Say what you will about Michael Bay’s films, but up until a certain point they have had entertaining scores. Maybe the music wasn’t of the finest film score grade, but at least it was fun, jolt-to-the-pant-seat fun to listen to. There were some redeeming qualities to be found, whether it [...]

Music Composed byTom Twyker, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil
Rating: ****

When I first heard that Perfume: The Story of A Murderer was one of the finest scores of 2006, I was rather shocked. After all, the score was written by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil, the men responsible for the techno, electronic scores for [...]

Music Composed by Howard Shore
Rating: ****

Before Howard Shore became a film composer, he was the musical director for Saturday Night Live. As such, rather than being involved in the world of orchestral music, Shore was involved in the world of rock music; guitars were the string instrument of choice, not violins. Small scale [...]

Music Composed by Hans Zimmer
Rating: ** 1/2

The original Pirates of the Caribbean score was certainly not your stereotypical pirate movie score. It didn’t hearken back to the days of Korngold (what did you expect from a Jerry Bruckheimer produced movie?). It did, however, have that typical Bruckheimer score: full of machismo, an orchestral/electronic hybrid full [...]

Music Composed by Marco Beltrami
Rating: ***

Vampires. Marco Beltrami has no lack of experience scoring films with vampires, what with Dracula 2000 and Blade II under his belt (though, none of them had Kate Beckinsale in skin-tight leather to provide inspiration!). Beyond vampire films, though, Beltrami seems to have been almost typecast as a horror/action horror [...]