It's hard to find a through line in the year's film score except audacity. We asked four composers to explain the concepts behind their work.

Music is one of the most important aspects of a film. Motion pictures have always utilized music to help set a mood, enhance what we see, create comedic effect and engage the audience. Think about ...

The IndieWire Craft team picks the best film and television scores from 2025, including "Hamnet," "Sinners," and Sirât." ...

Sometimes my love of a film score is directly connected to my love of that film. For example, I was totally spellbound when I ...

If you’ve watched a handful of Westerns and/or a decent number of movies produced in Italy before, there’s a good chance you’ve run into an Ennio Morricone score or two in your time. As far as ...

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey has now debuted with a Popcornmeter score on Rotten Tomatoes, and audiences and critics don't agree on the new Margot Robbie film. Directed by Kogonada, the fantasy film ...

One might not expect an industrial rock star to make music for a Disney movie, but that’s exactly what Trent Reznor did with Soul. Jon Batiste worked on much of the jazz-oriented music throughout the ...

Roughly an entire year before The Fantastic Four: First Steps hit theaters (and just as the film began principal photography), composer Michael Giacchino was announced to be providing the film’s score ...

Scores for Oscar-nominated movies like The Brutalist are better than they’ve ever been — even if you can’t tell which instruments are being used. Photo: A24/Courtesy Everett Collection For decades, ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

The critically acclaimed film starring Eliza Scanlen has a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score and leaves Netflix very soon.

Jeremy has more than 2100 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...