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Clint Worthington is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Spool, as well as one of the founders of the website/podcast Alcohollywood in 2011. He is also a Senior Writer at Consequence of Sound, as well as the co-host/producer of Travolta/Cage. You can also find his freelance work at IndieWire, UPROXX, Syfy Wire, The Takeout, and Crooked Marquee.

Mark Korven scores the unsettling future of The Peripheral

The Canadian horror composer crafts a spine-tingling score for Amazon's adaptation of the William Gibson novel.

Colin Stetson makes a meal out of The Menu’s disturbing score

The composer talks about building the culinary thriller one course at a time.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever mourns an icon in a messy meditation on grief

By: Clint Worthington

Ryan Coogler and the MCU struggle for purpose in a world without Chadwick Boseman, muddying what made the first film so great.

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Ben Lovett on the majestic anguish of his Hellraiser score

The composer talks his long collaboration with David Bruckner and building on Christopher Young's iconic score for the horror series.

Andrew Prahlow discovers The Lost Reels of his score to Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye

The BAFTA-nominated composer talks about expanding the scope of the game's universe, and the prospect of the first-ever video game music Grammy.

Meet the orchestrators behind the music of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

The orchestrators behind Amazon's high-budget fantasy epic break down how they help Bear McCreary's score come to life.

Amie Doherty on the genre-bending balance of her score for She-Hulk

The composer on fitting the MCU house sound into a more non-superhero context.

Nima Fakhrara on the clattering fury of Netflix’s Lou

The composer of the Netflix thriller talks about building texture into Allison Janney's dark night of the soul.

X prequel Pearl is a candy-colored origin story soaked in Technicolor blood

By: Clint Worthington

Ti West and Mia Goth follow up their '70s porn slasher six months prior with a bloody, fascinating mashup of Psycho and The Wizard of Oz.

TIFF 2022: Sisu says don’t just punch Nazis, throw a land mine at their face

By: Clint Worthington

Jalmari Helander's WWII action flick glues Inglourious Basterds to Mad Max Fury Road, and it's a fist-pumping blast.

Nainita Desai builds three distinct musical worlds for new video game Immortality

The Emmy-nominated composer breaks down the musical influences behind Sam Barlow's interactive movie experience.

Anna Waronker on the grungy sounds of Showtime’s Yellowjackets

The former that dog frontwoman channels her alt-rock sensibilities for Showtime's new hit series.

Dustin O’Halloran and Herdis Stefánsdóttir on the foggy textures of The Essex Serpent

The composer duo opens up about their beguiling score for the Apple TV+ miniseries.

Dominic Lewis on his gonzo concept-album score to Bullet Train

The composer details how wild he got building the score for the Brad Pitt actioner.

We Met in Virtual Reality: Joe Hunting on the Positives of VR

The director opens up about the challenges of filming a doc entirely inside virtual reality and advocating for safe, positive communities in that space.

Joseph Trapanese’s score for Spiderhead walks the edge of madness

The composer returns to talk about his long-standing collaboration with Joseph Kosinski for the filmmaker's latest.

Fantasia 2022: Shin Ultraman, Stellar: A Magical Ride, Demigod: The Legend Begins

By: Clint Worthington

We look at the return of a tokusatsu giant to the big screen, a feature-film extension of a legendary Taiwanese series, and a South Korean romp about a man and his dead dad's haunted car.

Fantasia 2022: We Might As Well Be Dead, The Mole Song: Final, Country Gold

By: Clint Worthington

Sizzling social drama, Lynchian meditations on country music, and Miike's latest wacky cop farce stud this newest round of films from the fest.

Fantasia 2022: Goodbye Don Glees!, Popran, Princesse Dragon

By: Clint Worthington

Our first dispatch of the fest includes two sweet, animated coming-of-age stories and a tale about dude's dingalings popping off.

The Newton Brothers on the hymnal hell of Midnight Mass

Welcome to Right on Cue, the podcast where we interview film, TV, and video game composers about the origins and nuances of their latest works. While Netflix is firmly in the grips of Stranger Things fever, another, more quietly affecting horror series made waves through the back half of 2021 — Mike Flanagan‘s haunting, meditative ... The Newton Brothers on the hymnal hell of Midnight Mass

Thor: Love and Thunder commits too hard to the joke

By: Clint Worthington

Taika Waititi buys too much into his own hype with his followup to Thor: Ragnarok, a scattered farce that grows tiring faster than a bolt of lightning.

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