By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorThough it's often taken for granted, scoring a film is no easy task. Go too minimal and you risk killing dramatic tension. Too grandiose, and an entire film can become ham-handed. Striking the perfect balance… more »
By Bill Murphy, eMusic ContributorHas Ry Cooder gone all Woody Guthrie? With his "California trilogy," begun in 2005, he took on the state's ugly treatment of immigrant farm laborers, among other thorny subjects; on last year's Pull Up Some… more »
By Andy Beta, eMusic ContributorThe soundtrack for Wim Wenders's 1984 Palme d'Or-winning existential desert noir Paris, Texas is as sparse and mysterious as the South Texas landscape from which Harry Dean Stanton arises in the film's opening shot. Composed… more »
By Nick Marino, eMusic ContributorAt this point, the musical production Faust (like Cop Rock, the ill-fated, Newman-scored TV musical about singing law-enforcement officers) remains pretty unheralded. Any career this long is going to have its footnotes and pitfalls, and… more »
