2020 Reel Music Awards As with previous years, the 2020 Reel Music Awards are an attempt to recognise and highlight some of the memorable music written in the various areas of the entertainment industry. Although severely curtailed by the emergence and continued presence of the coronavirus (an event only slightly hinted at in my 2019…
2020 has been a year like no other. The covid-19 pandemic has meant that the viewing and listening habits of may people has had to change because of the many imposed restrictions. Despite the terrible impact on all forms of the entertainment industry there has been just as much music to listen to and, as…
Another bumper year of music from movies, TV shows, and games (and other interactive media) provides solace for a difficult year for everyone. Music written for the various media areas has always had an appeal because of the way it can instil a whole gamut of emotions in the listener over a relatively short period…
Wild and Wonderful Denmark (Vilde vidunderlige Danmark) is a 5-part documentary from 2020 about the varied wildlife of Denmark. Each episode is devoted to one of five different habitats – the forest, the sea and coastline, the open land (heathland), the lake and river, and the city – and each habitat features its own specific…
The Good Book (dir. Brett Chapman), a 2020 short film produced by the Slung Low/Leeds People’s Theatre, is a dystopian story set in the near future. Britain is divided and on the cusp of civil war. Revolution has led to a society based around Arthurian legend where the new head of state’s (Queen Bear/King Arthur)…
Artik (dir. Tom Botchii Skowronski) is a horror film from 2019 that centres around a serial killer (Artik) who has a torture chamber in his barn and where he brutally tortures random victims. He’s trying to get his son involved in his ‘work’ but his son befriends a mysterious loner and their friendship threatens to…
Sweet Potatoes is a Mexican short film, directed by Rommel Villa, that is based on the life of Luis E. Miramontes, a Mexican chemist best known for his contribution to the synthesis of the main hormone used in early oral contraceptives. The score is written by US-based Danish composer Jesper Ankarfeldt, whose recent projects include…
The Flying Gold of Arabuko (2020) is a short film whose subject focuses on butterfly farming in the Arabuko Sokoke forest of Kenya. Directed by John Davies, a student at the UK’s National Film and Television School, the BAFTA-nominated film follows butterfly catchers and farmers working as part of a project that promotes a link…
An English language Italian fantasy from co-writer/director/actor/composer Piergiuseppe Zaia, Creators: The Past is the first instalment in a proposed trilogy that tells the story of eight gods – The Creators – who rule the universe and who each govern their own planet, one of which is Earth. But an object that contains the entire history…
Dark Side of the Ring is a TV documentary series produced by American cable channel Vice on TV that first aired in 2019. The subject of the show is professional wrestling and each episode revisits some of the sport’s most notable stories. Part nostalgia trip, part investigative documentary and part tabloid exposé, the series is…
A Turkish short 30-minute documentary that tells the story of two women still struggling with their lives after the massive earthquake that struck Turkey on the 17th August 1999, 45 Saniye (45 Seconds) follows the women who have one thing in common: they lost children that survived the initial natural disaster. Director Berk Erözer focuses…
“The Forgotten Front” is an expression used by the New York Times in 1944 to describe how the Allies advance in Italy was halted for many months, leaving the local Resistance to fight Nazi troops. The Forgotten Front: The Resistance in Bologna (produced by Paolo Soglia and Lorenzo K. Stranzani) is an Italian documentary that…
2019 Reel Music Awards MARCH 23, 2020 — The Reel Music Awards is an attempt to recognise and highlight some of the memorable music written for areas of media such as film, television and video games. 2019 was typical of other years in that I thought that there were many highlights and surprises along with…
2019 Reel Music Awards – The Nominations At last I am now able to announce what I think are some of the highlight scores of 2019. As with most years it has been a mixed bag in terms of listening enjoyment but there has been plenty to enjoy. As always, it has been difficult to…
2019 Reel Music Awards “Better late than never!” some will say. This year’s awards process for Reel Music is a lot later than usual but, we are here now and the announcement of the 2019 Reel Music Awards is on the horizon. As with last year, as part of the lead up to announcing my…
