Contributor Thomas Hobbs

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Top Ranking

The 10 best film soundtracks of 2021

by Thomas Hobbs

From Mica Levi’s crashing, trap-infused Zola score to Emile Mosseri’s delicate piano work on Minari.
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Review

Last Man Standing

by Thomas Hobbs

Nick Broomfield rakes over the coals of the Biggie vs 2Pac saga but doesn’t find anything particularly new.

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In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

How Ace in the Hole foreshadowed the post-truth era

by Thomas Hobbs

Billy Wilder’s 1951 noir has obvious parallels with our current age of fake news and alternative facts.
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Film Music

The 10 best film soundtracks of 2020

by Thomas Hobbs

From Birds of Prey’s intoxicating mix of rap and pop music to Tamar-kali’s atmospheric Shirley score.
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Film Music

Know The Score: Open Mike Eagle on Punch-Drunk Love

by Thomas Hobbs

The Chicago rapper describes the moment he fell in love with Jon Brion’s dreamlike score.
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In Praise Of

The sobering prescience of Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days

by Thomas Hobbs

The director’s 1995 tech noir isn’t her most critically or commercially successful film, but it might just be her most important.
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Film Music

Know The Score: El-P on 2002’s Solaris

by Thomas Hobbs

The producer and rapper reveals the soul-cleansing moment he discovered Cliff Martinez’s soundtrack.
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Review

Max Richter’s Sleep

by Thomas Hobbs

Max Richter’s eight-hour concept album is brought to life via Natalie Johns’s immersive concert film.

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Film Music

Know The Score: Julia Holter on Andrei Rublev

by Thomas Hobbs

The avant-pop musician on how Andrei Tarkovsky’s dark epic helped to mould her own approach to composing.
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Film Music

Know The Score: Max Richter on 2001: A Space Odyssey

by Thomas Hobbs

The British composer discusses how Stanley Kubrick’s use of classical music enhances his 1968 sci-fi epic.
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Review

The Uncertain Kingdom

by Thomas Hobbs

This anthology of 20 short films presents an interesting but imbalanced cross-section of modern British life.

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Film Music

Know The Score: Bobby Krlic on Alien

by Thomas Hobbs

The Midsommar composer, better known as The Haxan Cloak, reveals how he drew inspiration from Jerry Goldsmith’s classic soundtrack.

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