The #1 blog for music that fits in film, games, & shows. Curating cinematic sounds, soundtracks, and more.
Seth Schaeffer is a filmmaker and composer based in Nashville, Tennessee. For over two decades, he’s scored his visual work, keeping most of his musical output behind the scenes. “I Found A Monster” is his first public release. The song idea started with an old acoustic bass that only had three strings left. It rattled…
Waves is post rock that swaps power chords for clean piano and soft electronics. Inuuro are three longtime friends from Stavanger who still play like one mind. A simple piano figure sets the pace, pads lift the ceiling, and the drums keep a steady spine. The mood points upward, hopeful without tipping into sugar. Midway…
Adagio Grooves puts Peter Xifaras on keys beside Justin Chart’s sax and the Budapest Symphony, and it treats the line between concert hall and jazz club like a sliding door. The record has a clear throughline. Strings set the scene, the sax steps in with warmth, and the rhythm pulse nudges everything forward. The handoff…
Nostlgia plays like a quiet room late in the day. A short piano motif circles at a calm pace, soft enough that the decay of each note becomes part of the music. You can hear the space around the instrument. It was recorded on a small Schimmel upright in a living room, with mutes taking…
Bog Witch’s latest single, Hatter’s Mad Emporium, feels like it stepped right out of an eccentric stage production. It’s got a cabaret pulse, a lopsided grin, and brass lines that strut like they’re halfway between a vaudeville number and a circus parade. The funky trumpet work pops against the song’s psychedelic folk roots, adding a…
This instrumental piece paints a clear picture of place. Right up front you get wind, waves and seabirds – real outdoor sounds that point straight to Drumadoon Point on the Isle of Arran. The piece works like a postcard: you can hear walkers on the shore, gulls and the distant foghorn, and when the plucked…
Version XXVII cut loose with “Tired!” – a furious anthem born in a DIY under-stairs booth and fueled by genuine exhaustion with the world. Kaylee Kean’s songwriting hits like a lightning strike: she opens alongside jagged guitar chords that barrel into Robert Purner’s gut-punch production and guttural vocal swells. When the trumpets kick in, an…
“Spring 2025” is the first track in Max Season’s project Cycles, a musical journal composed as the seasons close. Released on the summer solstice, the piece is a way of gently sealing off the spring before it slips from memory. It isn’t about reacting in the moment, but about looking back once the dust has…
Tomas Raae’s latest release, …før de spredtes, is built on the melodic DNA of Nordic folk music, but with a clear eye on the present. Featuring vocalist Eline Hellerud Åsbakk, the album draws from centuries of Danish and Norwegian song traditions without sounding like a museum piece. These nine tracks carry old ballads from as…
Rasha Jay returns with a new single that steps into a calm, slow-burn mood. “Purple Hours” finds her linking with LA-based producers NONEWLOVERS and guitarist Liza Light, blending laid-back rhythm and melodic phrasing into something quietly magnetic. The idea for the track came after Jay spent time reading old literature. Her focus was on how…