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Under-the-Radar Round Up 2024, Part 1
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 first of 2024, is covers five scores from a wide array of genres and countries: a made-for TV period romantic comedy, a biographical drama film based on the life of a Catholic missionary, an old-fashioned comedy fantasy adventure, an Italian period drama murder mystery, and a fantasy-adventure short film about the power of imagination!
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2023, Part 8
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 eighth and last of 2023, is a biggie, a bumper crop, a last hurrah of outstanding music, and it covers ten scores from a wide array of genres and countries: a German documentary about an acclaimed artist, a World War I horror film, a British re-imagining of a horror classic, an Irish political thriller, a Norwegian horror movie about killer elves, a Spanish horror film about creepy children, another Spanish horror movie about creepy grandparents, a religious horror movie about cloning Jesus’s DNA, a British Christmas comedy, and Israeli drama about the power of hope!
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2023, Part 7
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 seventh of 2023, covers five scores from across genres and countries: a documentary about female conductors, an animated short film in the classic Disney style, a Spanish romantic comedy, a French political comedy, and a bloody horror film about sloths on the rampage!
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2023, Part 6
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 sixth of 2023, covers five scores from five very different projects from Japanese film and television, plus a delightful Christmas score from Norway.
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2023, 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 2023, covers five scores for projects from across the film music globe, and includes music from a groundbreaking Polish animated film, a Swedish Christmas animated film, an epic Japanese animated film, a Vietnamese period romantic drama, and a Polish period drama based on a classic novel.
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2023, Part 4
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 fourth of 2023, covers five scores for projects from across the film music globe, and includes a historical epic from China, a Korean sports drama, a German nature documentary, a German fantasy short film, and a Polish drama/thriller.
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2023, Part 3
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 third of 2023, covers five scores from independent British and American projects, films slightly off the mainstream beaten track, but which all contain outstanding music. The scores cover a variety of genres and mediums, from nature documentaries to sports dramas, animated short films to children’s fantasy adventures, and more!
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2023, 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 2023, covers five scores for projects all from French cinema, highlighting yet again just what a treasure trove of outstanding music is coming from that country right now. The scores covered run the gamut of genres, from light comedy to historical melodrama, period romance, and more!
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2023, Part 1
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 first of 2023, covers five scores for projects from all around the world that especially impressed me during the opening months of the year. The scores include a trio from France – two children’s adventures and a broad comedy – plus another children’s adventure from Finland, and a serious historical epic from Japan.
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2022, Part 10
Original Reviews by Jonathan Broxton
My recurring under-the-radar series usually concentrates on the best scores for non-English language films in a given year, but doing so means that I sometimes overlook music written for British, Australian, and American films that are similarly low-profile, but also have outstanding scores. To rectify that, here is the final entry for this year in my ongoing series of review articles, this time looking at seven such scores from the second half of 2022, written for independent English-language features that you might have otherwise overlooked.
The scores are: a heartwarming family drama about the homelessness crisis, an Australian film about a the unlikely friendship between a girl and a fish, a British comedy set in the world of French high fashion, another British comedy set in the world of professional golf, scores for two experimental films by a talented newcomer, a seasonal fantasy-drama about a magical reindeer, and a hilarious mock-biopic of Weird Al Yankovic!
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2022, Part 9
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 fourth quarter of the year I’m absolutely delighted 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 covers five scores for projects from Scandinavia and adjacent countries in eastern Europe, and includes a Polish comedy drama set in Denmark, a Norwegian animated film based on a classic children’s book, a Finnish super-hero film for children, a Norwegian WWII action film, and a gorgeous romantic score for a Finnish film set in the wilds of Ireland.
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2022, Part 8
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 fourth quarter of the year I’m absolutely delighted 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 covers five scores for projects from Spanish-speaking countries, and includes a sci-fi drama series, a Mexican existential comedy-drama, two murder-mystery thriller movies, and a TV series about the life of explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2022, Part 7
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 fourth quarter of the year I’m absolutely delighted 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 covers six scores for projects from disparate parts of Europe, and includes a Dutch-Belgian Christmas family film, a powerful Croatian drama, a Belgian nature documentary, a Spanish supernatural horror film, and two different scores by the same French composer – one a period drama film, and one a historical TV series looking at the life of Queen Marie-Antoinette.
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2022, Part 6
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 third quarter of the year I’m absolutely delighted 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 covers five scores for projects from all over the globe, and includes a French TV miniseries set during World War I, a historical Chinese epic, a French children’s action adventure about a lost lion cub, a Spanish-language TV series about what happened to Eva Peron after she died, and a French comedy-drama about an early 20th century president with… shall we say… a few issues.
Under-the-Radar Round Up 2022, Part 5
Original Reviews by Jonathan Broxton
My recurring under-the-radar series usually concentrates on the best scores for non-English language films in a given year, but doing so means that I sometimes overlook music written for British and American films that are similarly low-profile, but also have outstanding scores. To rectify that, here is the second of two new review articles looking at five such scores from the first half of 2022, written for independent English-language features that you might have otherwise overlooked. The scores are from a period western from Australia, a mid-budget horror film exploring the darker side of Mexican spiritual culture, a real-life drama about a baseball player, and two wonderful nature documentaries – one looking at life on the African savannah, and one looking at life deep below the seas.
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