The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
There's little about this return trip to Middle-earth that feels "unexpected" or fresh.
"...so abundant that one has to wonder if the composer was being paid by the minute...."
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Dec. 14, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Cloud Atlas
This spellbinding adaptation of a supposedly “unfilmable” novel achieves near-perfection on virtually all levels.
"...chapter set in 1930s Cambridge has a young, gay composer (Whishaw) struggling to pen The Cloud Atlas Sextet, a..."
Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
'Creativity in the Face of Death: The Contemporary Resonance of Terezín'
UT symposium honors and ponders art created in the Nazi concentration camp
"...from Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Germany in one location. Painters, composers, singers, musicians, writers, architects, and more passed through the..."
Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Playback
Crooked Bangs sings en français, Western Medical pulls plug on the big machine, and UtopiaFest finds a soul-stirring hero ankle-deep in the mud.
"...the local trio's dark wave sound forged by primary composer Samantha Wendel, whose guitar progressions come from being self-taught..."
Oct. 5, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
FF2012: Day One of Fantastic Arcade
It's all about money, stories, and nerds.
"...$100,000). Some of that money went to pay in-demand composer Austin Wintory, who just came off his lauded work..."
Sept. 20, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch
'Seven Wonders of the World (Plus One)'
A surreal musical recording of the 1940s yields a charming stage spectacle today
"...1940s record album of the same name by jazz composer Robert Scherman. That record is bizarre, combining narration and..."
Aug. 24, 2012 Arts Review by Dan Solomon
Jupiter String Quartet
Much masterful playing of works by the masters of the string quartet
"...quartet genre himself, we know that, as a young composer, he spent a great deal of time with those..."
July 6, 2012 Arts Review by Adam Roberts
Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson is back with another delightful movie about beautiful dreamers and full-time schemers.
"...alongside so-lonesome Hank Williams, a Françoise Hardy pop-chanson, and composer Alexandre Desplat's fairy-tale pizzicato scoring. When the storm arrives,..."
June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Moving Toward the Light
On the heels of its balletic colleagues, Chrous Austin melds music and movement to voice the unutterable
"...and theory at the University of Oregon and featured composer of Conspirare's highly acclaimed Renaissance & Response festival last..."
March 30, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts
SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers
Second night SXSW handicapping
"...1am, Haven Prolific electronic composer Sascha Ring has found success mixing intricate, digital experimentation..."
March 16, 2012 Music Feature
SXSW Friday Showcases
Friday showcases: Stay local (Western Vinyl) or surf Japan Nite, plus reggae Bass Culture.
"...as Father John Misty. Better known as a soundtrack composer having worked for David Gordon Green among others, David..."
March 16, 2012 Music Feature
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Director Sophie Fiennes gives us this elegant examination of the highly personal artwork of German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer.
"...by the clashing brasses and insistent strings of Hungarian composer György Ligeti, we are taken on a Steadicammed walking..."
Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Gary Oldman is John le Carré's unflappable spy, George Smiley, in this dandy espionage tale.
"...with cigarette smoke. And Alberto Iglesias, Pedro Almodóvar's go-to composer, provides the crucial aural analog, alternating bar to bar..."
Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Take Shelter
Is Curtis LaForche slowly going mad or is something apocalyptic about to happen? Michael Shannon stars in this truly unsettling movie.
"...Also on board is David Gordon Green’s regular collaborator, composer David Wingo, whose score for this movie effectively conveys..."
Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Post Office
Austin's indie A/V boutique Stuck On On gets movies across the finish line
"...together for four years, Gregg and his colleagues – composer/mixer/sound designer Lyman Hardy III and producer and head of..."
Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
Another Earth
Shaky science fiction shacks up with a corny redemption tale in this Sundance Film Festival double award-winner.
"...wreck destroys the family within: The driver, a music composer named John Burroughs (Mapother), is left in a coma,..."
Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Trip
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon co-star as best friends on a road trip in Michael Winterbottom's colicky, melancholy, and very amusing comedy.
"...wistful piano score (cobbled together from earlier works by composer Michael Nyman). But these characterizations aren't established and then..."
July 15, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Culture Flash!
Bobcats go Broadway, Palindrome goes Scottish, and billboards go for Austin art
"...in San Marcos as the musical theatre program's first composer in residence, the composer of Broadway musicals The Addams..."
June 17, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Black Arts Movement
In Katrina's wake, Samuel Thompson eased survivors' pain with Bach
"...1 in G Minor and the "Andante" from the composer's Sonata in A Minor. It was an incongruous sound..."
June 10, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick's latest film bursts with unbridled ambition and vision, and while it doesn't always reach the heights for which it aims, it soars boldly and fearlessly.
"...of Life – cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, the five editors, composer Alexandre Desplat (whose score blends seamlessly with a vast..."
June 3, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
First Generation
The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
"...in 1940 consisted of only seven instructors, including Doty, composer Kent Kennan (an earlier Austin Arts Hall of Fame..."
June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Winter in Wartime
This coming-of-age story is set in the Dutch countryside during the Nazi-occupied winter of 1944-1945.
"...also appear grey, black, and forbidding). The legendary film composer Pino Donnagio (Don't Look Now, Dressed To Kill) adds..."
May 27, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
British Invasion
What might have been a night of dry British music was instead delightfully fresh
"...UT alum Rob Deemer, a touching work in the composer's famously pensive, lyrical voice that features the first violin..."
May 6, 2011 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman
Small Audiences, Large Souls
At the Fusebox Festival, size matters, but that doesn't always mean 'big'
"...(The Jungle); sound engineer Buzz Moran (The Intergalactic Nemesis); composer/musicians Graham Reynolds (Golden Arm Trio) and Ben Webster (Butcher..."
April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers
Wednesday night SXSW handicapping
"...Quesada. The latest project from the Austin guitarist and composer is a stunning set of sun-drenched psychedelic soul with..."
March 18, 2011 Music Feature
SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers
Last night of SX handicapping
"...and a chopped-and-screwed Duke! Ellington tribute, crown the local composer's prolific career so far, one that includes an upcoming..."
March 18, 2011 Music Feature
Gabriel Prokofiev
SXSW showcase reviews
"...existential problem. It's difficult to watch the 35-year-old British composer, producer, remixer, and founder of the Nonclassical scene without..."
March 18, 2011 Music Review by Doug Freeman
Endhiran (Robot)
This extravagant Indian/Tamil production is an apocalyptic science fiction rom-com with elaborate dance set-pieces and music by A.R. Rahman.
"...Oscar-heavy special-effects outfit Stan Winston Studio (Iron Man, Avatar), composer A.R. Rahman (who picked up his own Academy Award..."
Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
UT New Music Ensemble
This program of fresh work proved again why NME is one of Austin's hidden gems
"...century. Welcher, among the world's most frequently performed living composers, created the NME in 1978 and has built it..."
Feb. 18, 2011 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman
'Company'
Laura Powell has waited 20 years for Sondheim's landmark musical to return
"...the show – in fact, on all of the composer's shows – since 1986, when she was in Simply..."
Dec. 10, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The White Horse
