Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. Pupi Avati's "The House with the Laughing Windows"
Ben SimingtonComposer Amedeo Tommasi’s opening contrast between two clashing sonic subjectivities establishes a protagonist who is way in over his head.
Composer Amedeo Tommasi’s opening contrast between two clashing sonic subjectivities establishes a protagonist who is way in over his head.
Howard Shore’s vulnerable opening cue for David Fincher’s The Game lays a groundwork of compassion beneath an unsympathetic protagonist.
A chilling, melancholy piece of music to Dario Argento’s oft-overlooked grim fairy tale, Phenomena (1985), by Bill Wyman and Terry Taylor.
A solitary, spooky track from a new limited edition release of the full score by Andrzej Korzynski to Żuławski’s insane Possession (1981).
A look at five varied musical compositions used by Werner Herzog as cues in his movies.
John Corigliano’s soundtrack for a world closed off to love.
Brian Bennett’s piece of music used in Cronenberg’s film is hypnotic, unnerving, minimal, and with just a whisper of cold, sterile futurism.
With Wenders’ name back in circulation with the release of Pina, we discover the great music from another of his documentaries.
Jorge Arriagada’s collaboration with Raúl Ruiz is one of cinema’s most fruitful, varied and extensive composer-director partnerships.
Piero Picconi’s theme music has a dark, seductive malevolence.
A special Lost Sounds and Soundtracks edition in honor of the centennial of Nicholas Ray’s birth.
Trailer for the Janus Films release of Fassbinder’s made for television sci-fi masterpiece, World on a Wire.