Reviews
List of Awards and Miscellaneous
2013 Synchrotones’ Soundtrack Awards
2014 Synchrotones’ Soundtrack Awards
2015 Synchrotones’ Soundtrack Awards
2016 Synchrotones’ Soundtrack Awards
2017 Synchrotones’ Soundtrack Awards
2018 Synchrotones’ Soundtrack Awards
2019 Synchrotones’ Soundtrack Awards
2014 The Unreviewed Part 1 (1/3)
2014 The Unreviewed Part 2 (2/3)
2014 The Unreviewed Part 3 (3/3)
2015 January Round-up (1/12)
2015 February Round-up (2/12)
2015 March Round-up (3/12)
2015 April Round-up (4/12)
2015 May Round-up (5/12)
2015 June Round-up (6/12)
2015 July Round-up (7/12)
2015 August Round-up (8/12)
2015 September Round-up (9/12)
2015 October/November Round-up (10+11/12)
2015 December Round-up (12/12)
2016 January Round-up (1/8)
2016 February Round-up (2/8)
2016 March Round-up (3/8)
2016 April Round-up (4/8)
2016 May-June Round-up (5/8)
2016 July-August Round-up (6/8)
2016 September-October Round-up (7/8)
2016 November Round-up (8/8)
List of all reviews, sorted alphabetically by title.
# 1-9
10 Cloverfield Lane (Bear McCreary)
13 Hours (Lorne Balfe)
The 33 (James Horner)
47 Ronin (Ilan Eshkeri)
The 9th Life of Louis Drax (Patrick Watson)
A
The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
Adam Resurrected (Gabriel Yared)
Admiral [Michiel de Ruyter] (Trevor Morris)
The Adventurer: Curse of the Midas Box (Fernando Velazquez)
After the Fall (Marc Streitenfeld)
The Age of Adaline (Rob Simonsen)
Agents of SHIELD (Bear McCreary)
Alien: Covenant (Jed Kurzel)
All the Money in the World (Daniel Pemberton)
Allied (Alan Silvestri)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Hans Zimmer)
American Assassin (Steven Price)
American Ultra (Marcelo Zarvos, Paul Hartnoll)
Animals (Ian Hultquist)
Anne Frank’s Holocaust (Mark Leggett)
Annihilation (Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow)
Anonymous Rejected Filmscore (John Murphy)
Anthropoid (Robin Foster)
Arn: The Knight Templar (Tuomas Kantelinen)
Atlantis (Stuart Hancock)
Atlas Shrugged III: Who Is John Galt? (Elia Cmiral)
Austenland (Ilan Eshkeri; Emmy the Great)
Autism in Love (Mac Quayle)
Automata (Zacarias M. De La Riva)
B
Ballet Boys (Henrik Skram)
Bank$tas (Steve London)
The Banner Saga (Austin Wintory)
Barely Lethal (Mateo Messina)
Bates Motel (Chris Bacon)
Batman: Assault on Arkham (Robert J. Kral)
Battle of the Sexes (Nicholas Britell)
Battlefield Hardline (Paul Leonard-Morgan)
Belle du Seigneur (Gabriel Yared)
Ben Hur (Marco Beltrami)
Beyond Beyond (Nicklas Schmidt)
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain (Benjamin Wallfisch)
Big Bad Wolves (Frank Ilfman)
Blackwood (Lorne Balfe)
Blade Runner 2049 (Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch)
Blown Away (Alan Silvestri)
Blue Planet II (Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea & David Fleming)
The Book Thief (John Williams)
The Boxtrolls (Dario Marianelli)
The Boy (Bear McCreary)
The Boy Next Door (Randy Edelman/Nathan Barr)
Breathe (Nitin Sawhney)
Broadchurch (EP) (Ólafur Arnalds)
Broadchurch (2015) (Ólafur Arnalds)
Broken Horses (John Debney)
The Brotherhood (Arnau Bataller)
Burying the Ex (Joseph LoDuca)
Byzantium (Javier Navarette)
C
The Cairo Declaration (Ye Xiaogang & Chad Cannon)
The Canal (Ceiri Torjussen)
Carol (Carter Burwell)
Cartel Land (H. Scott Salinas & Jackson Greenberg)
The Casual Vacancy aka Selected Works (Solomon Grey)
Centurions of the Moon (Zaalen Tallis)
Chappie (Hans Zimmer)
Child 44 (Jon Esktrand)
Cinderella (Patrick Doyle)
Clean Slate/The Perez Family (Alan Silvestri)
The Cobbler (John Debney, Nick Urata)
Coliseum (Marc Timon Barcelo)
Collapse (Vincent Gillioz)
Conquest 1453 (Benjamin Wallfisch)
Copperhead (Laurent Eyquem)
Cosmos Vol.1 (Alan Silvestri)
Cosmos Vol.2 (Alan Silvestri)
The C.O.W.L. Sessions (Joe Clark)
Crimson Peak (Fernando Velazquez)
The Croods (Alan Silvestri)
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (Scott Glasgow)
D
Dad’s Army (Charlie Mole)
The Damned (Frederik Wiedmann)
Da Vinci’s Demons (Bear McCreary)
Dark Waves (Bellerofonte) (Alexander Cimini)
Dawn Patrol (Joe Kraemer)
Debug (Timothy Williams)
Deep in the Darkness (Matthew Llewellyn)
Desert Dancer (Benjamin Wallfisch)
Diablo (Timothy Williams)
Diana Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy (Miguel d’Oliveira)
Disparue (Frans Bak)
Divergent (Junkie XL)
Doctor Foster (Frans Bak)
Dolores (Mark Killian)
Dolphin Tale 2 (Rachel Portman)
The Dovekeepers (Jeff Beal)
Down the Deep Dark Web (Frank Ilfman)
The D Train (Andrew Dost)
Dying of the Light (Frederik Wiedmann)
E
Early Works (Abel Korzeniowski)
Eddie the Eagle (Matthew Margeson)
Effie Gray (Paul Cantelon)
El Arbol sin Sombra [The Shadowless Tree] (Marc Timon Barcelo)
Elysium (Ryan Amon)
End Game (Full Tilt)
Enter the Dangerous Mind (Reza Safinia)
The Equalizer (Harry Gregson-Williams)
Equilibrium (Moises Daniel)
The Essential Thomas Newman (Thomas Newman)
Everest (Dario Marianelli)
Everly (Bear McCreary)
Exodus (Alberto Iglesias)
Exposed (Carlos Jose Alvarez)
Eye in the Sky (Paul Hepker & Mark Killian)
F
Fall of Gods: She Is Gone (Francois Jolin)
The Fantastic Four (Marco Beltrami & Philip Glass)
A Family Man (Mark Isham)
Far From The Madding Crowd (Craig Armstrong)
Field of Lost Shoes (Frederik Wiedmann)
The Final Member (Rob Simonsen)
The Finest Hours (Carter Burwell)
Flatliners (Nathan Barr)
The Forbiddance (Yuri Poteyenko)
The Forest (Bear McCreary)
Fort Ross (Yuri Poteyenko)
Forza Motorsport 6 (Kaveh Cohen & Michael Nielsen)
Frame by Frame (Patrick Jonsson)
From Inside (Gary Numan)
Fury (Steven Price)
G
Gamba (Benjamin Wallfisch)
Gambit (Rolfe Kent)
Generation Iron (Jeff Rona)
Gift (Ian Honeyman)
Girlhouse (Tomandandy)
The Giver (Marco Beltrami)
Gods of Egypt (Marco Beltrami(
Godzilla (Alexandre Desplat)
Going Clear Scientology and the Prison of Belief (Will Bates)
The Good Dinosaur (Mychael & Jeff Danna)
Good Kill (Christophe Beck)
Good Will Hunting (Danny Elfman)
Greater (Stephen Endelman)
The Great Human Odyssey (Darren Fung)
The Great Invisible (David Wingo)
The Great Wall (Ramin Djawadi)
Gravity (Steven Price)
The Great Gatsby (Craig Armstrong)
H
Halcyon 6 (Steve London)
Hammer of the Gods (Benjamin Wallfisch)
The Handmaid’s Tale (Adam Taylor)
Hannibal (Brian Reitzell)
Hellraiser I, II, III – The Chronicles (Christopher Young, Randy Miller)
He Named Me Malala (Thomas Newman)
Hercules (Fernando Velazquez)
Hidden Kingdoms (Ben Foster)
High Rise (Clint Mansell)
The Homesman (Marco Beltrami)
Horns (Robin Coudert)
Houdini (John Debney)
How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
Humans (Christobal Tapia de Veer)
Hummingbird (Dario Marianelli)
I
I Am Big Bird (Joshua Johnson)
The Imitation Game (Alexandre Desplat)
Independence Day: Resurgence (Harold Kloser, Thomas Wander)
Infinitely Polar Bear (Theodore Shapiro)
Interstellar (Hans Zimmer)
The Interview / This Is The End (Henry Jackman)
In the Heart of the Sea (Roque Banos)
In This World (Dario Marianelli)
Into the Storm (Brian Tyler)
In Your Eyes (Tony Morales)
Iron Man 3 (Brian Tyler)
I.T. (Timothy Williams)
J
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Patrick Doyle)
Jane (Philip Glass)
Jane Got A Gun (Lisa Gerrard & Marcello de Fancisci)
Jerusalem (Michael Brook)
Jessabelle (Anton Sanko)
Joanna Lumley’s Transsiberian Adventure (Miguel D’Oliveira)
John Wick (Tyler Bates/Joel J. Richard)
John Williams-Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection (John Williams)
Journey to Mecca (Michael Brook)
Journey to Space (Cody Westheimer)
Jurassic World (Michael Giacchino)
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (Frederik Wiedmann)
Justin and the Knights of Valour (Ilan Eshkeri)
K
Kingsman: The Secret Service (Henry Jackman)
Kite (Paul Hepker)
The Knick (Cliff Martinez)
Knock (Cyril Aufort)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (Hans Zimmer)
L
The Lady in the Van (George Fenton)
Laggies (Benjamin Gibbard)
Lamb (Daniel Belardinelli)
The Last Belle (Stuart Hancock)
The Last Post (Solomon Grey; includes interview)
The Last Starfighter (Craig Safan)
LBJ (Mark Shaiman)
The Legend of Hercules (Tuomas Kantelinen)
Lego Ninjago: Master of Spinjitzu (Jay Vincent/Michael Kramer)
The Librarians (Joseph LoDuca)
Life (Jon Ekstrand)
The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken) (Review by Luke Bunting)
Living in the Age of Airplanes (James Horner)
The Loft (John Frizzel)
The Lone Ranger (Hans Zimmer)
The Longest Ride (Mark Isham)
Lost for Words (Andre Matthias)
M
Mac and Me (Alan Silvestri)
Mad Max: Fury Road (Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL)
The Machine (Tom Raybould)
Majestik (Acoustic Labs)
Maleficent (James Newton Howard)
Manhattan (Jonsi & Alex, Jeff Russo, Zoe Keating)
Man of Steel (Hans Zimmer)
Man Up (Wendy Wang)
Maps to the Stars (Howard Shore)
The Martian (Harry Gregson-Williams)
Mary of Nazareth (Guy Farley)
The Maze Runner (John Paesano)
The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials (John Paesano)
Meister des Todes (Ian Honeyman)
Merchants of Doubt (Mark Adler)
Milo: Music for a Small Orchestra (Guy van Neuten)
Misconduct (Federico Jusid)
Mr Turner (Gary Yershon)
Murder on the Orient Express (Patrick Doyle)
The Murder Pact (Matthew Llewellyn)
My Cousin Rachel (Rael Jones)
N
Night at the Museum 3: Secret of the Tomb (Alan Silvestri)
Nightcrawler (James Newton Howard)
The Night Manager (Victor Reyes)
Nina’s Children (Gaute Storaas)
Noah (Clint Mansell)
Nocturnal Animals (Abel Korzeniowski)
No Good Deed (Paul Haslinger)
November Man (Marco Beltrami)
Now You See Me (Brian Tyler)
Now You See Me 2 (Brian Tyler)
O
The One I Love (Saunder Juriaans/Danny Bensi)
Operation Arctic (Trond Bjerknes)
The Other Side of the Door (Joseph Bishara)
Outlander (Bear McCreary)
P
Pacific Rim (Ramin Djawadi)
Paper Planes (Nigel Westlake)
The Paradise (Maurizio Malagnini)
The Paradise Season 2 (Maurizio Malagnini)
Passengers (Thomas Newman)
Penguins of Madagascar (Lorne Balfe)
Penny Dreadful (Abel Korzeniowski)
Peter and Wendy (Maurizio Malagnini)
Pete’s Dragon (Daniel Hart)
Pirate’s Passage (Andrew Lockington)
Pixels (Henry Jackman)
Planes (Mark Mancina)
Planes 2: Fire and Rescue (Mark Mancina)
Planet Earth II (Jasha Klebe, Jacob Shea, Hans Zimmer)
Playing It Cool (Jake Monaco)
Poker Night (Scott Glasgow)
Poldark (Anne Dudley)
Poltergeist (Marc Streitenfeld)
Postman Pat: The Movie (Rupert Gregson-Williams)
Pressure (Benjamin Wallfisch)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Fernando Velazquez)
R
Reach Me (Tree Adams)
Real Humans (Rikard Borggard)
Rear Window (David Shire)
Remember (Mychael Danna)
Red 2 (Alan Silvestri)
Red Krokodil (Alexander Cimini)
Red Sky (Timothy Williams)
Regarding Susan Sontag (Laura Karpman/Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum)
Repentance (Mark Killian)
Revelation (Neal Acree)
The Rewrite (Clyde Lawrence, Cody Fitzgerald)
Risen (Roque Banos)
River (Harry Escott)
Robot Overlords (Christian Henson)
Romeo and Juliet (Abel Korzeniowski)
Rosewater (Howard Shore)
The Runner (The Newton Brothers)
Rush (Hans Zimmer)
S
Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)
Seal Team 8 (Mark Kilian)
Septembers of Shiraz (Mark Isham)
Sharknado (Ramin Kousha)
Sharknado 2 (Chris Ridenhour & Christopher Cano)
Shaun the Sheep Movie (Ilan Eshkeri)
Sicario (Johann Johannsson)
The Signal (Nima Fahkrara)
Slow West (Jed Kurzel)
Snowpiercer (Marco Beltrami)
The Snow Queen (Tuomas Kantelinen)
La Sorpresa (Kristian Sensini)
Southpaw (James Horner)
Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope (Blake Neely)
Spectrum (Frederik Wiedmann)
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge out of Water (John Debney)
Spook: The Greater Good (Dominic Lewis)
Stalingrad (Angelo Badalamenti)
Star Trek Into Darkness (Michael Giacchino)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John Williams)
Still Alice (Ilan Eshkeri)
Stonehearst Asylum (John Debney)
Stranded (Stanislas Syrewicz)
Stripes (Elmer Bernstein) (review by Luke Bunting)
Sully (Christian Jacob, The Tierney Sutton Band, Clint Eastwood)
Summer in February (Benjamin Wallfisch)
Supershark (Jeff Walton)
St Vincent (Theodore Shapiro)
Switch (Brian Satterwhite)
Synchronicity (Ben Lovett)
T
Tale of a Lake (Panu Aaltio)
Terra Mater: Brothers of the Wind (Sarah Class)
Test (Ceiri Torjussen)
The Theory of Everything (Johan Johannsson)
The Thirteenth Tale (Benjamin Wallfisch)
The 33 (James Horner)
Thor: Ragnarok (Mark Mothersbaugh)
Thunderbirds Are Go! (Ben Foster & Nick Foster)
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (Robert Gulya)
Touched with Fire (Paul Dalio)
Transsiberian / Princesas (Alfonso de Vilallonga)
Tree of Life (Audiomachine)
Trishna (Shigeru Umebayashi)
Trumbo (Theodore Shapiro)
Trust Me (Mark Kilian)
U
Uncle John (Adam Robl and Shawn Sutta)
Under Suspicion (Christopher Gunning)
Unfinished Business (Alex Wurman)
Unforgotten (Michael Price)
Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos (Zacarias M. De La Riva)
V
Back in Time… 1985 At the Movies (Various, Varese Sarabande)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Mikolai Stroinski)
Victor Frankenstein (Craig Armstrong)
W
The Walk (Alan Silvestri)
A Walk Amongst the Tombstones (Carlos Rafael Rivera)
Walking with the Enemy (Timothy Williams)
War for the Planet of the Apes (Michael Giacchino)
We Are The Freaks (Vincent Watts)
The Welts (Adrian Konarski)
White Bird in a Blizzard (Robin Guthrie/Harold Budd)
The Wind Gods (Pinar Toprak)
Winnie Mandela (Laurent Eyquem)
Winter on Fire (Jasha Klebe)
Wishin’ and Hopin’ (Matthew Llewellyn)
Witse (Johan Hoogewijs)
Wolf Totem (James Horner)
The Woman in Black 2 (Marco Beltrami)
Words and Pictures (Paul Grabowski)
World Soundtrack Awards 2015 (Alan Silvestri)
World War Z (Marco Beltrami)
The Wolverine (Marco Beltrami)
X
Y
Yellowstone (Edmund Butt)
The Young Messiah (John Debney)
Z
Z for Zachariah (Heather McIntosh)
Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (Javier Navarette)
Zipi y Zape (Fernando Velazquez)
The Zookeeper’s Wife (Harry Gregson-Williams)
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All reviews written by Peter Simons. (c) 2013-current Synchrotones.
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