SAVING MR. BANKS
Thomas Newman, 2013, Disney
31 tracks, 45.55
Christmas comes early, courtesy of Thomas Newman’s “twinkly” and “heartwarming” score for “Saving Mr. Banks”.
END GAME
Full Tilt, 2013, Warner/Chappell Production Music
15 tracks, 32.55
With trailer music ever growing in popularity, we see ever more public releases. One of the latest is “End Game”, Full Tilt’s short but epic offering to the general public.
Synchrotones’ Microtones Review… all of the opinion, less of the words.
BYZANTIUM
Javier Navarette, 2013, Silva Screen Records
27 tracks, 65:07
What is it? Neil Jordan’s latest film tells the story of a mother-daughter vampire duo who set up a makeshift brothel in the ailing Byzantium hotel in a British coastal town. Having worked with Elliot Goldenthal on a number of occasions (on “Interview with the Vampire” most notably) it is somewhat of a shame that Goldenthal hasn’t returned for this one. Instead however, the very talented Javier Navarette got involved. His score for “Pan’s Labyrinth” is still a stunning work.

