CD: Age of Adaline (2015)
Rob Simonsen’s score for this variation on eternally young-but-cursed characters is the orchestral equivalent to Cliff Martinez’ Solaris (2002)…
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Cliff Martinez’ Only God Forgives
Early review of Cliff Martinez’ latest score for director Nicolas Winding Refn, Only God Forgives (Milan Records).
MP3: Only God Forgives (2013)
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / N to O . Rating: Excellent Label: Milan Records/ Released: July 16, 2013 Tracks & Album Length: 17 tracks / (57:50) . Special Notes: Available digitally, on CD, and as a limted LP pressing. . Composer: Cliff Martinez . . Review: Reuniting with Drive [M] (2011) director Nicolas Winding Refn, […]
CD: Arbitrage (2012)
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / A . Rating: Very Good Label: Milan Records/ Released: September 11, 2012 Tracks & Album Length: 25 tracks / (70:15) . Special Notes: n/a. . Composer: Cliff Martinez . . Review: For a drama propelled by moral conflicts instead of action sequences, Cliff Martinez’ score functions as an ongoing rhythmic […]
BR: Contagion (2011)
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / C . Film: Good/ DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Good Label: Warner Home Video / Region: All / Released: January 3, 2012 Genre: Virus / Horror / Thriller Synopsis: A team of epedimiologists attempt to stop the global spread of a new, lethal virus. Special Features: 3 Featurettes: […]
CLIFF MARTINEZ (2011)
Return to: Home / Exclusive Interviews & Profiles / Composers . Since 1989, Cliff Martinez has scored almost 30 feature films, but he’s best known for scoring two of director Steven Soderbergh’s best works: the visceral crime epic Traffic (2000), and the composer’s masterwork, Solaris (2002), which ranks as one of the finest sci-fi scores in the last […]
CD: Contagion (2011)
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / C . Rating: Very Good Label: WaterTower Music / Released: September 6, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: 20 tracks / (45:26) . Special Notes: On-demand CD-R available via Amazon.com. . Composer: Cliff Martinez . . Review: It’s actually intriguing to compare the variety of scores that have been written for the last […]
CD: Drive (2011)
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / D . Rating: Very Good Label: Lakeshore Records/ Released: September 27, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: 19 tracks / (70:19) . Special Notes: (none). . Composer: Cliff Martinez . . Review: Lakeshore’s soundtrack CD for Drive shows solid musical continuity between songs and score, likely due to director Nicolas Winding […]
CD: Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / J to L . Rating: Very Good Label: Lakeshore Records/ Released: March 15, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: 19 tracks / (41:13) . Special Notes: n/a. . Composer: Cliff Martinez . . Review: After laying low for several years, Cliff Martinez returned to a steadier stream of film scoring assignments […]
Soundtrack Awards & Reviews
BAFTA and Grammy Winners, plus soundtrack reviews of Murray Gold’s Doctor Who: Series 5 (Silva Screen), and from La-La Land Records’ Cliff Martinez’ Solaris, John Morris’ Haunted Honeymoon, and Christopher Young’s Haunted Summer…
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