Score: A Film Music Documentary

2016, Documentary/Music, 1h 34m

35 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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SCORE: A Film Music Documentary offers a long-overdue look at an integral component of cinema whose abbreviated overview of the subject should only leave viewers ready for more. Read critic reviews

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Tracking the progress of modern-day film score development, this documentary illustrates how the first few notes on a piano keyboard end up in the most dramatic moments of a film's emotional climax. Turning the spotlight on the creative struggles that make up a major motion picture score, this documentary showcases the way the world's top soundsmiths solve musical challenges - from the creative to the technical.

Cast & Crew

Danny Elfman
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Hans Zimmer
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James Cameron
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Quincy Jones
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Rachel Portman
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Trent Reznor
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Randy Newman
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Alexandre Desplat
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Junkie XL
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Harry Gregson-Williams
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Brian Tyler
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Steve Jablonsky
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Bear McCreary
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Howard Shore
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Patrick Doyle
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Atticus Ross
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John Powell
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Mervyn Warren
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Mark Mothersbaugh
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Moby
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Matt Schrader
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Matt Schrader
Writer
Robert Kraft
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Trevor Thompson
Producer
Kenny Holmes
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Nate Gold
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Matt Schrader
Executive Producer
Jonathan Willbanks
Executive Producer
Nate Gold
Cinematography
Kenny Holmes
Cinematography
Kenny Holmes
Film Editing
Matt Schrader
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  • Feb 02, 2018
    What a shame to see such a simplistic and forgettable discussion about the subject, considering all the history and evolution of music in films, while the movie also focuses way too much on American Cinema, spending even half an hour of pure hagiography on John Williams.
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