Evil Dead’s Musical Comeback
“Everything started when I contacted writer-director Fede Alvarez through Facebook to introduce myself and my music.” -Roque Baños There is a new Evil Dead film out, and with it, a new score. The composer is Roque Baños, who is most definitely not new to the game — with credits you may recognize such as The […]
First Encounters: David Fincher
David Fincher centers me. Like Radiohead says, “everything in its right place.” I couldn’t have told you this a week or so ago, but an artist I’m interviewing put it just so. Putting it in my own words does nothing to diminish or unsettle its power. “I have a philosophy about the two extremes of […]
The Happy People are Happy People
We’re fascinated by life on the fringe. And we tend to think our fascination is innocent, sometimes even going so far to say, “Man, that would be the life. Living off the land. Eating what you kill. Building fires. Drinking fresh goat’s milk.” But there’s the safety of our urban habitat, which — in our […]
Jeff Beal’s House of Cards
Movies are not unlike children, in that they should be seen and not heard — meaning that if a movie’s soundtrack really works, you shouldn’t even notice it. Jeff Beal’s score is so well-integrated…that you might leave the theater without remembering a thing about the music. But the soundtrack holds up superbly on its own, and […]
