‘Home‘ is an emotive song from the trailer of Walter Salles’ (soon to be released) On The Road that sounds very much in the vain of post-rock songs like Your Hand in Mine.  I initially thought ‘Home’ was an interesting departure for Gustavo Santaolalla — that is […]

Rooftop Kiss materialized into beautiful guitar piece. Looking through the score for The Amazing Spider-Man, I immediately gravitated to Rooftop Kiss on it’s name alone — recalling the rooftop scene from Superman (1978) and it’s iconic music. The second page of the transcription contains a couple difficult […]

Wedding Vows by Rachel Portman and Michael Brook is a beautiful little song from The Vow original score. Wedding Vow’s step and rest feel almost perfectly matches the cadence of a bride walking down the aisle, and I have no doubt that it will become […]

Cliff Martinez’s largely ambient score for Drive is slickly punctuated with several retro 80’s inspired songs from Kavinsky, Desire, and College (feat. Electric Youth). While adding to the highly stylized aura of the film, this approach also made certain scenes really “pop” in the otherwise […]

Whether its the loss of my own father when I was 14, or that I have experienced the challenges (and ultimately the joys) of teaching children with autism/Asperger’s — I can hardly make it through the  trailer for Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close without being […]