

Stefan Riedlinger
- Dec 26, 2015
Link - Jerry Goldsmith - Soundtrack Review
For the last week of 2015, another of my favorite scores, Jerry Goldsmith’s “Link”. The movie "Link" is a 1986 British horror film starring Elisabeth Shue and Terence Stamp along with a trio of simian stars which consist of Locke as Link, Jed as Imp, and Carried as Voodoo. The title character, "Link", is a super-intelligent yet malicious chimpanzee (played by an orangutan) who lashes out against his masters when they try to have him euthanised. Jerry Goldsmith worked with Aus


Stefan Riedlinger
- Dec 19, 2015
The Holiday - Hans Zimmer - Soundtrack Review
This is the second time, I am posting a review during the Christmas holidays, and I have to thank you all for supporting me and reading my posts in the last months. Without you, I would be a writer without an audience…. The movie This year, Hans Zimmer’s “The Holiday”, a lovely soundtrack for a lovely movie. "The Holiday" is a 2006 romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers. Co-produced by Bruce A. Block, it was filmed in both California and England,


Stefan Riedlinger
- Dec 13, 2015
The Coolangatta Gold - Bill Conti - Soundtrack Review
This week one of Bill Conti’s best scores, one of my most favorite ones, and one of the best scores to a sports movie ever. The movie “The Coolangatta Gold” is a 1984 Australian film which led to the establishment of the iron man race “The Coolangatta Gold.” Writer Peter Schreck and director Igor Auzins had previously worked together on “We of the Never Never” in 1982. They wanted to do a contemporary love story in the sports genre, and originally thought of doing a $1.5 mil


Stefan Riedlinger
- Dec 5, 2015
Rachel Portman - The Legend of Bagger Vance - Soundtrack Review
This is the first soundtrack review on my website about a soundtrack that was composed by a woman, not because I am a macho that does not like a woman as a film music composer, the reason is that there are not so many. Is film music or music in general an art that is more suitable for men? Are men more creative than women? Oh, I should stop writing now, otherwise feminists will kill me. The composer Except Shirley Walker, Rachel Portman the only female film music composer I