


A Torrent of Madmen
Till now, madness has been thought a small island in an ocean of sanity. I am beginning to suspect that it is not an island at all but a continent. The history of mental illness is a fickle one. Like the patients in its asylums’ small cells, it tosses and turns between the external and […]

TL;DR: Drifting and Distracted Online
TL; DR. Too long; didn’t read. TL; DR. I am fascinated by the abbreviation. On first thought it seems altogether reasonable: sometimes people ramble incoherently, go on for too long. You start reading an article and, at some point, deem it a waste of your precious time. But here’s the interesting part: with the TL; […]

Darren Baker Makes His Mark With The Conspiracy
You’re forgiven if the name Darren Baker does not ring a bell. Last month saw the official release of his first feature film score The Conspiracy via Screamworks Records and it’s incredible. (You can find the soundtrack on iTunes.) Perfect for fans of John Carpenter, David Lynch, Wendy Carlos, and Tangerine Dream (as he mentions below), out of the gate Darren […]

Daniel Hart On Scoring Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
This year saw the release of Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and along with a stellar cast the film brought a new voice to the business of film music in Daniel Hart. Though he has worked on music for film previously, Saints is his first soirée with a full feature and it’s a stunning achievement. Recently […]