It’s that time of year, dear friends. The season of Fantastic Fest will soon be upon us, and in just over a month we’ll be rubbing elbows with genre film fans and filmmakers in Austin, TX. This year marks twenty years of the world’s largest genre film festival. While it gets bigger and bigger each year, it still maintains a small-scale, boutique feeling. Sure, they can bring in the likes of Tim Burton and Keanu Reeves, but they put film at the forefront and this no frills festival sets the standard for what others can only hope to achieve. Add to that the fact it is set in the Alamo…
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Interview…Composer Cameron Moody on Hulu’s ‘Washington Black’
Cameron Moody is an American composer, conductor, and trumpeter based in Los Angeles, CA. His distinctive utilization of the symphony orchestra has given way to a varied resume, with project genres in film and television ranging from action and documentaries to romance and comedies. His debut project, Washington Black, hit Hulu in July and the score is a magical and transportive orchestral effort that sounds like some of the all time greats. His work is signalling a new fresh talent in music. The limited series, created by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and starring Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us, American Fiction, Paradise), called for a sweeping, cinematic score, one that reflects the global scale of its story while…
