Category Archives: Music

BAFTA to keep theatrical eligibility and add casting prize

Posted on August 7, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – BAFTA announced today that, following what it calls a “broad consultation”, eligibility rules regarding the theatrical release required for a film to qualify for the EE British Academy Film Awards will not change for 2020. … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: Natalie Portman in ‘Vox Lux’

Posted on May 3, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Just as in ‘Jackie’ two years ago, Natalie Portman gives a scintillating performance of a driven and complicated woman in a not very successful picture. Director and screenwriter Brady Corbet’s ‘Vox Lux’, which opens today … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Music, Reviews, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival | Tagged 'Vox Lux', Brady Corbet, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Scott Walker, Sia, Stacy Martin, Toronto International Film Festival | Comments Off

Argentina’s Daniel Tarrab takes time to tango

Posted on April 20, 2019 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Argentinian composer Daniel Tarrab, who has had a long and successful career writing film scores, has released an album of jazz-influenced tango pieces titled ‘Otra Mirada (Another Look)’ on Silva Screen Records.

Posted in Music, News | Tagged 'Otra Mirada', Daniel Tarrab, Nestor Marconi, Orquesta Filarmonica Nacional, Pablo Agri | Comments Off

Tomboy Barbara Mandrell loved to be called sexy

Posted on December 27, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Barbara Mandrell, who turned 70 on Christmas Day, was country when country wasn’t cool but in 1981, when she was 32, she loved it when I told her I thought she was a knockout. “Well, … Continue reading →

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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star Is Born’

Posted on September 8, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Enjoyment of Bradley Cooper’s reimagined ‘A Star is Born’ depends almost entirely on having a taste for the singing of Lady Gaga. Her many fans will surely love it. For those less enamoured, probably not. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Music, Reviews, TIFF Toronto International Film Festival | Tagged 'A Star is Born', Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Matthew Libatique, Ravi Gavin, TIFF18, Toronto International Film Festival | Comments Off

KFMF18: From video games to James Bond

Posted on June 4, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett KRAKÓW – David Arnold and his music for the James Bond film “Casino Royale” made sure the 11th Kraków Film Music Festival ended on a high note Sunday night as he played the iconic 007 guitar theme … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Krakow Film Music Festival, Music, News | Tagged 'Casino Royale', 'Lion', 'The Witcher', Angela Bermudez, Austin Wintory, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, CD PROJEKT RED, Christopher Drake, Cinematic Piano, Daniel Licht, David Arnold, Dustin O’Halloran, Eímear Noone, Elliot Goldenthal, FMF Ambassador Award, FMF Young Talent Award, Gavin Greenaway, Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann), ICE Krakow, Jesper Kyd, Jóhann Jóhannsson, KFMF18, Krakow Film Music Festival, Krzysztof Penderecki Hall, Ludwig Wiki, Marco Valerio Antonini, Michael Giacchino, Norman Kim, Pro Musica Mundi Choir, Przemysław Sokół, Richard Jacques, Sara Andon, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Tauron Arena, Tina Guo, Varese Sarabande, Video Games Music Gala | Comments Off

KFMF18: Celtic, Nordic and Hispanic funk and folk fill the night

Posted on June 2, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett KRAKÓW – Music and songs from Icelandic film and television composer Atli Örvarsson’s band Torrek and the movies of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar enlivened the night on June 1 in a funk and funk concert called Dance2Cinema: … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Krakow Film Music Festival, Music, News | Tagged 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Chicago Fire', 'Chicago PD', Alan Menken, All About Almodóvar | Funk & Folk, Atli Örvarsson, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Carlos Perdomo, Eoghan Neff, Erik Ochsner, Esther Ovejero, Flaithrí Neff, FMF4kids, Francis Hernández, Hilda Örvarsdóttir, Howard Ashman, Hubert Zapiór, International Children’s Day, KFMF18, Krakow Film Music Festival, Museum of Municipal Engineering, Pancho Delgado, Pedro Almodovar, Polish Radio Choir, Roberto Amor, Satnam Ramgotra, Sylwia Banasik, Tim Rice, Torrek | Comments Off

KFMF18: The sound of music, Polish style

Posted on June 1, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett KRAKÓW – Often in minor chords and melancholy but then again rousing, lush and hopeful, the music of Polish cinema filled the newly named Krzysztof Penderecki Hall at ICE Kraków Thursday night as the Film Music Festival … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Krakow Film Music Festival, Music, News | Tagged Agnieszka Holland, Andrzej Święs., Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz, AUKSO Chamber Orchestra, Clint Mansell, Cracow Singers, Daniel Popiałkiewicz, Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, ICE Krakow, Igor Falecki, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Jeff Beal, Jimek, Jose Manuel Alban Juarez, KFMF18, Krakow Film Music Festival, Krzysztof Penderecki Hall, Marek Moś, Mateusz Kołakowski, Monika Szulińska, Piotr Wrombel, Radzimir Dębski, Sandro di Stefano, Sara Andon, Tomer Moked, Wojtek Kowalewski, Zbigniew Preisner | Comments Off

KFMF18: Penderecki, Goldenthal make spines tingle

Posted on May 31, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett KRAKÓW – Krzysztof Penderecki does not make music for movies, directors make films for his music. That, at least, is how it appeared at the Kraków Film Music Festival’s Penderecki2Cinema concert Wednesday evening. The legendary Polish composer … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Krakow Film Music Festival, Music, News | Tagged 'Concerto for Trumpet and Strings', Dirk Brosse, Elliot Goldenthal, ICE Kraków Auditorium Hall, KFMF18, Krakow Film Music Festival, Krakow Mayor Jacek Majchrowski, Krzysztof Penderecki, Krzysztof Penderecki Hall, Michael Nyman, National Polish Radio Orchestra, Penderecki2Cinema, Robert Townson, Tadeusz Kościuszko | Comments Off

KFMF18: Elliot Goldenthal on the ability to inspire

Posted on May 30, 2018 by admin

By Ray Bennett KRAKÓW – American composer Elliot Goldenthal paid tribute to two Polish heroes at a media conference to open the 11th annual Krakow Film Music Festival today. Oscar-winner for “Frida” and recipient of the festival’s first Wojciech Kilar … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Krakow Film Music Festival, Music, News | Tagged Agnieszka Holland, Eímear Noone, Elliot Goldenthal, ICE Krakow Congress Centre, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, KFMF18, Krakow Film Music Festival, Krzysztof Penderecki, Magda Miska-Jackowska, NOSPR Concert Hall, Pawel Pawlik, RMF Classic, Robert Piaskowski, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Wojciech Kilar Award | Comments Off