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The Dark Knight - Let The Blood Run Cold: As The Joker continues to leave his mark on screens across the world Rudy Koppl talks to The Dark Knight's dynamic composing duo, Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard...

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The Dark Knight: The expectation was high for Chris Nolan’s second foray into the world of Batman and The Dark Knight has already proved itself worthy of the hype thanks to a record breaking opening weekend in the US. Money talks of course, but the critics seem to share the bankers’ view and this movie is without question the summer hit of 2008 – and it has barely opened here. We certainly know now who would win in a fight between Batman and a certain fedora-wearing archaeologist (Indy who?)… The reaction to the score for Nolan’s first film Batman Begins was mixed certainly and the ... ...full review

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Andrew Lockington - Scoring in the Third Dimension: Composer Andrew Lockington is definitely on the up, by way of going down... to the centre of the earth that is! Michael Beek caught up with him to talk 3D scoring...

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La La Land have the power: Bill Conti's 1987 score for Masters of the Universe will be released in its entirety across two discs next week, courtesy of La La Land Records....

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Music from Torchwood in September: Silva Screen Records have announced they are to release an album of music from the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood later this year...
Trio of releases from Harkit Records: UK record label Harkit Records announce the release of John Barry's 1968 score for Boom! as well as re-prints of Bedazzled and Rosemary's Baby...
Missing tapes found in late composer's attic: A wealth of musical surprises were discovered in the attic of BBC Radiophonic Workshop composer Delia Derbyshire in 2001, and have only just been made public...

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DVD Review: June 2008: This month Mark Richard Hasan takes in Criterion's fantastic new release of the classic 1940 fantasy The Thief of Bagdad which saw one of Miklos Rozsa's most opulent scores...


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