How Ilan Eshkeri scored David Attenborough’s new BBC nature documentary
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Many of us have watched Sir David Attenborough’s documentaries. You might’ve tuned […]
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Could your favourite film score have been composed by your local councillor?
BY LIAM HEITMANN-RYCE Artists can undergo an entire evolutionary cycle of job roles throughout the course of their film career, in front of and behind […]
Film composer Antony Partos discusses his life in Australian music
BY LIAM HEITMANN-RYCE It was on an aeroplane in June, 2010 that I first heard the music of Antony Partos. I was 13, flying from […]
Anne Nikitin discusses her dreamy, atmospheric Little Birds score
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Little Birds is dripping with the sensuality and splendour of decades past. The series, set in 1950s Tangier, […]
You Can’t Ask That: Q&A with screen composer Andrew Sampford
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN “How do you swear in sign language?” “Did you drink metho?” “Were you raised as a boy or […]
I Am Greta: How Rebekka Karijord composed music for the climate emergency
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC The power of “We” is one belief getting Norwegian composer Rebekka Karijord through the pandemic. Rebekka has with Jon Ekstrand […]
Scoring The Good Fight: How David Buckley uses music to represent the law
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Ten years ago, composer David Buckley started working on a television series with creators Robert and Michelle King. […]
Meet the legendary composers behind this surrealist game score, inspired by Kafka
BY CHRISTOPHER LEON FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Through Schoenberg, Herrmann, and a touch of the surreal, composers Mikolai Stroinski (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt) and Garry […]
This is why sports-themed soundtracks get your heart racing
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Have you ever watched a movie and noticed you’ve started breathing just a little bit faster? You feel […]
How Antonio Gambale composed Esty’s beautiful music in Unorthodox
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Unorthodox is one of the boldest character tales in recent Netflix history. Inspired by Deborah Feldman’s 2012 autobiography, […]