Score: A Film Music Documentary

Score: A Film Music Documentary
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMatt Schrader
Written byMatt Schrader
Produced by
  • Robert Kraft
  • Trevor Thompson
  • Kenny Holmes
  • Nate Gold
  • Jonathan Willbanks
Starring
Cinematography
  • Kenny Holmes
  • Nate Gold
Edited by
  • Matt Schrader
  • Kenny Holmes
Music byRyan Taubert
Production
company
Epicleff Media
Distributed byGravitas Ventures
Release dates
  • October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08) (Hamptons International Film Festival)
  • June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$101,382 (United States)[1]

Score: A Film Music Documentary is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Matt Schrader about film scores, featuring Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Quincy Jones, Rachel Portman, Trent Reznor, and others. The film was released theatrically by Gravitas Ventures on June 16, 2017,[2] and on Blu-ray and download on September 5, 2017.

The film inspired Score: The Podcast, a weekly show on Apple Podcasts hosted by the producers and featuring prominent Hollywood composers as guests, which launched on April 3, 2018.[3]

Cast

Schrader and the filmmakers interviewed more than 60 composers, directors, orchestrators, agents, executives and experts for the documentary. Schrader says he started with the idea of having only three composers featured, but realized the diversity of musical opinions present in the film composing world.[4]

Film composers

Directors

Other cast

Production

In 2014, director Schrader left his career as an investigative journalist for CBS News to pursue a feature documentary about film composers.[5] Bankrolling budget camera lenses and editing equipment from his own savings, Schrader recruited friends to join his team, including producers Trevor Thompson, Jonathan Willbanks and Nate Gold, and former KOVR-TV news photographer, Kenny Holmes.

In February 2015, SCORE launched a campaign on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter, which garnered attention and raised $120,930 in 30 days — more than triple the initial goal of $40,000.[6]

Former President of Fox Music Robert Kraft joined after hearing about the project, and by early 2016, Schrader had completed more than 60 interviews with composers, directors, orchestrators, agents and more in the film music industry.

The film was acquired by Gravitas Ventures, which released it in theaters June 2017, earning $101,382 box office in the United States.[1] The film was then released on Blu-ray, DVD and digital in September 2017, and was the #1 iTunes documentary for four consecutive weeks.[7]

The film's website says it is available in other territories including Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Austria, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, South Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Israel.[8]

Reception

Critical reception

Score received positive reviews from critics. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 91% of critics gave it a positive review, based on 35 reviews with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Score: A Film Music Documentary offers a long-overdue look at an integral component of cinema whose abbreviated overview of the subject should only leave viewers ready for more."[9] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[10]

Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times called the film "a feast for the eyes and ears,"[11] while film critic Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times said Score was "a celebration of the artists who create the musical heartbeat of the movies we love."[12] Critic and historian Leonard Maltin (who appears in the film) said Schrader produced "a cohesive and fascinating film", adding the film "doesn’t miss a beat."[13] The New York Times selected the film as a Critics Pick in June 2017.[14]

Awards

Score premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2016 and won awards at eight film festivals, including the Boulder International Film Festival, Chicago Critics Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Gasparilla International Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Sedona Film Festival and Tacoma Film Festival. It was also an official selection to the 2017 San Francisco International Film Festival. In October 2017, the film was nominated for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards in the Music Documentary category.[15]

Score was named Best Documentary at the 2017 Chicago Critics Film Festival.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Brooks, Brian (June 25, 2017). "The Big Sick Nabs Year's Highest Theater Average; The Beguiled is Sofia Coppola's Best Debut Average". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY". SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  4. ^ Stone, Edmund (September 23, 2017). "Score: A Film Music Documentary". The Score with Edmund Stone. All Classical Public Media. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  5. ^ Porch, Scott (September 28, 2017). "'Score: A Film Music Documentary' Spotlights An Essential — Yet Often Overlooked — Part Of The Filmmaking Process". Decider. NYP Holdings. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  6. ^ Epicleff Media (October 6, 2017). "SCORE: A Film Music Documentary". Kickstarter. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  7. ^ Score Team (September 28, 2017). "SCORE Holds at #1 Entering October, Awards Season". Score official website. Epicleff Media. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  8. ^ Score Team. "Watch". Score official website. Epicleff Media. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  9. ^ "Score: A Film Music Documentary (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  10. ^ "Score: A Film Music Documentary Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  11. ^ Goldstein, Gary (June 22, 2017). "Score: A Film Music Documentary explores composers' art". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  12. ^ Roeper, Richard (July 28, 2017). "Insightful Score profiles the people making music for the movies". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  13. ^ Maltin, Leonard (June 23, 2017). "Score: A Film Music Documentary". Leonard Maltin. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  14. ^ Webster, Andy (June 15, 2017). "Score: A Film Music Documentary Gives Composers Their Due". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  15. ^ "2017 Music in Visual Media Award Nominees". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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