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Score: A Film Music Documentary

2016, Documentary/Music, 1h 34m

34 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.

Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Director: Matt Schrader
Producer: Robert Kraft, Trevor Thompson, Kenny Holmes, Nate Gold
Writer: Matt Schrader
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 16, 2017 limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $97.3K
Runtime: 1h 34m
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Gravitas Ventures

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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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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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