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Under-the-Radar Round Up 2024, Part 2
Original Reviews by Jonathan Broxton
I’m pleased to present the latest instalment in my on-going series of articles looking at the best under-the-radar scores from around the world.
This article, the second of 2024, covers six more scores from a wide array of genres and countries: a Spanish animated short film, an Italian teenage fantasy romantic drama, two Italian romantic comedy dramas, an Indian drama based on a best-selling novel, and a French romantic drama, all of which feature superb and memorable thematic writing! Read more…
Best Scores of 2014 – Italy
My second article in my Review of the Year 2014 looks at the Best Scores from Italy. Italian cinema doesn’t quite have the same level of acclaim and popularity as it did in the past, and the state of Italian film music is not once what it was either; the country’s heyday, when composers like Ennio Morricone, Pino Donaggio, Nino Rota and Riz Ortolani dominated, appears to be mostly over, and today’s most prominent Italian artists (Dario Marianelli, Carlo Siliotto, Nicola Piovani) are working mostly on non-Italian projects. Ironically, it appears to be for Italian television that the most promising music is being written today, and my picks for the best Italian scores of 2014 include three works for TV, and one stunning work for an under-the-radar art house piece from a composer to watch. Read more…
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