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Game and anime music: not as niche as you’d think

March 5, 2021

BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Think screen music is niche? Perhaps something reserved for new audiences, or performed for die-hard gamers or anime […]

Film composer Antony Partos discusses his life in Australian music

January 14, 2021

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

December 21, 2020

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

November 16, 2020

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

November 12, 2020

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 […]

Meet the legendary composers behind this surrealist game score, inspired by Kafka

November 3, 2020

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

October 7, 2020

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

August 3, 2020

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, […]