Snap Shots: Of journeys, rivers, foes, and grief.

A series of brief soundtrack reviews. This time a quick look at: Il Vaggio Leggendario (Fabrizio Mancinelli), Rivers of Croatia (Dalibor Grubačević), Foe (Park Jiha, Oliver Coates & Agnes Obel), Good Grief (Rob Simonsen), and Grounded (Bill Wandel).

Synchrotones’ Soundtrack Awards 2023

Here we go! My favourite scores and composers of 2023.I know I have barely reviewed anything, but I have been listening! It’s been a funny ol’ year. At the start of it, I would never have guessed who’d be my ‘composer of the year’ or what would become my favourite score of the year.

And whilst I appreciate that my final choices are fairly mainstream, I’m still surprised at who and what impressed me the most. So, let’s not ado any further and onwards we shall crack! Presented here with minimal commentary are my Synchrotones Soundtrack Awards 2023.

Master of Nun

From screaming at a nun to soaring over Norwegian mountains. There’s surely something for everyone to enjoy from recent soundtrack releases.

I get it. Fans felt disappointed when it became clear that Abel Korzeniowski, having scored The Nun, was not returning for its sequel The Nun 2, but…