What’s The Score? Volume II : Jeff Russo and ‘Legion’

I wasn’t that familiar with the Legion comic book series from Marvel when the FX series was announced. In fact I knew nothing about the character David Haller, aka Legion, but after hearing that Noah Hawley was the showrunner I was in no matter what. Hawley is the brains behind the amazing Fargo series and […]

What’s The Score? Volume One : Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s ‘The Girl With All The Gifts’

Okay, so we’re not really sure when or if the world will get back to normal. At this moment we’re in a holding pattern of wait, isolate, and wear masks and gloves if you’ve gotta be around a bunch of people. My wife was downstairs making masks(well, a mask) for grocery day. A mask. This […]

“Disorienting, Terrifying, and Deeply Somber”: Adam Michael Kozak Talks Scoring Novel ‘Negative Space’

Musician and composer Adam Michael Kozak makes dark, poetic electronic music as Burial Grid. He’s based in Massachusetts and seems to have locked into the oldest part of this country’s Gothic and sometimes bleak origins. But hey, in order to get better we have to look our seedy, wicked past right in the face and […]

Steve Moore : Bliss Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Steve Moore elicits so much dread and grandeur in the film scores he creates. His work in the independent horror/sci fi/thriller film world can’t really be touched. Along side composers like Wojciech Golczewski, Kreng, Ben Lovett, and Theodore Shapirio to name a few, Moore has the magic touch that can make a low budget film […]

Le Matos’ ‘Chronicles of the Wasteland/Turbo Kid S/T’, You Are Not Forgotten

Guys, until you’ve done a year end list you have no idea the amount of time, hand-wringing, second-guessing, and general beating yourself up goes along with it. I avoided these things for years until I realized I was missing out on scratching a serious OCD itch in compiling and re-visiting records. Sure, I’ve covered these […]

Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Soundtracks Of The Decade

The idea that we’ve come to the end of another decade is pretty unfathomable. Where did the 2010’s go? It was a decade of growth for me. The 1990s were a decade of figuring out how to be an adult and a partner to my wife, while the 2000s were me figuring out how to […]

Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Soundtracks of 2019

With every great film there needs to be a great film score. The right composer put with the right filmmaker can create a sort of aural/visual magic that can prove to be transportive. A lot goes into making a film score, and taking it from good to great. Mood, themes, subtle yet engrossing, and the […]

One, Two, Freddy’s Coming For You

I’m sure we could argue this till the cows come home, but when it comes to horror scores there’s one that tops them all. And no, it wasn’t written by John Carpenter. Sure, sure, the Halloween theme is as iconic as they come. It was the first thing I ever tried plunking out on a […]

Kill Me Fast And Clean : Cliff Martinez’ ‘Too Old To Die Young’

There’s a handful of filmmaker/composer partnerships that feel as vital as the art created between the two individuals. Hitchcock/Herrmann, Spielberg/Williams, Burton/Elfman, Anderson/Greenwood, and Refn/Martinez. The latter is the most recent pairings that feels like two long lost creative souls finally coming together to help complete each other’s artistic sentences, metaphorically speaking. I’d seen Bronson before […]

Karyn Kusama’s Destroyer

Karyn Kusama’s crime/noir film Destroyer is a 4-star film only running at a 2.5. It is technically brilliant, incredibly acted, and has all the makings of a crime film classic. Unfortunately, the script never hones in on the emotional center of the story. We’re left not feeling much for the characters and the narrative twist […]