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Under-the-Radar Round Up 2017, Part 4
Original Reviews by Jonathan Broxton
The fourth installment in my annual series of articles looking at the best “under the radar” scores from around the world sees us back in France, with a look at a wonderful octet of scores from films made in one of the world’s great cinematic nations. This set of scores ranges across every genre imaginable, and includes one by a controversial double Oscar-winner, two by beloved staples of classic French cinema, and two by one of the most impressive newcomers to emerge in 2017.
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2016, Part 2
Original Reviews by Jonathan Broxton
The second installment in my annual series of articles looking at the best “under the radar” scores from around the world concentrates on music from films from Western Europe – in this instance, France, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands (Spain & Portugal, and the UK will get their own pages later!). The film music covered in this installment includes several outstanding dramatic works, animated films, fantasy action adventures, and more!
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2013, Part 2
Original Reviews by Jonathan Broxton
I’m pleased to present the second installment in my on-going series of articles looking at the best under-the-radar scores from around the world.
This article, the second of 2013, explores five outstanding scores from recent months, including a provocative French drama about a teenage girl exploring her sexuality through a secret life as a prostitute, a psychological drama about a French psychoanalyst treating a traumatized Native American veteran in the aftermath of World War II, an animated family film about a six-year-old boy who invents elaborate stories about his absent mother’s adventures around the world, a satirical political comedy about the chaotic inner workings of the French Foreign Ministry, and an international television thriller about an ornithologist whose attempt to follow the migration of storks from Europe to Africa draws him into a deadly conspiracy.
LE VOL DES CIGOGNES/FLIGHT OF THE STORKS – Éric Neveux
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
Flight of the Storks (Le Vol des Cigognes) is a French TV mini series starring Harry Treadaway as Jonathan, a young English academic ornithologist who teams up with a colleague to follow storks on their migration from Switzerland to Africa. However, when his colleague is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Jonathan finds himself caught up in an international web of intrigue, travelling through Bulgaria, Turkey, the Middle East, and the Congo along the pathway of the migrating storks, with a dogged Swiss detective hot on his heels. This mini-series was directed by Jan Kounen adapted from the novel by Jean-Christophe Grangé, co-starred Rutger Hauer and Perdita Weeks, and was scored by French composer Éric Neveux. Read more…
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