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Under-the-Radar Round Up 2026, Part 3
Original Reviews by Jonathan Broxton
I’m pleased to present the latest installment in my on-going series of articles looking at the best under-the-radar scores from around the world.
This article, the third of 2026, explores six more outstanding scores from recent months, including an Italian documentary celebrating 150 years of one of the country’s most important newspapers, a French comedic mystery inspired by the films of Alfred Hitchcock, a live-action western adventure based on the classic Lucky Luke comics, a gloriously retro French-Belgian parody of 1980s police thrillers, a Chinese historical documentary exploring a thousand years of Huizhou culture, and the latest entry in Spain’s outrageously irreverent Torrente comedy series. Read more…
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2024, Part 5
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 fifth of 2024, covers another five scores from a wide array of genres and countries, but has a French flavor overall: the scores include a beautiful French animated film about the holocaust by an Oscar-winning favorite, a new French take on a beloved Disney classic, and a French version of Jumanji with werewolves! Plus a music from an acclaimed Korean thriller, and a Polish historical comedy/drama by one of last year’s outstanding breakthrough artists.
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2022, Part 2
Original Reviews by Jonathan Broxton
Life has returned to world cinema in 2022 following the easing of the COVID-19 global pandemic, and at the end of the second quarter of the year I’m absolutely delighted to present the latest installment in my on-going series of articles looking at the best under-the-radar scores from around the world. This article covers five scores for projects from all over the globe, and includes two French comedy dramas, an animated fantasy from Germany, a Filipino revenge thriller, and a Dutch adventure for children!
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!
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