Introducing the Critic: Charlie Brigden

Tell us a little about your background, both personally and professionally. How did you first discover film music? I grew up in Minehead, a resort town on the south-west coast of England. It was kind of quaint, and to get most things that couldn’t be found in the local ...

Introducing the Critic: Mike Rumpf

Tell us a little about your background, both personally and professionally. How did you first discover film music? I grew up in northern Germany in a small city on the North Sea coast. In the eighties, I used to be a big fan of the synth pop of that ...

Introducing the Critic: Basil Boehni

Tell us a little about your background, both personally and professionally (in terms of film music). How did you first discover film music? I was born in 1985 near Lucerne in Switzerland. At the age of nine, during my time at elementary school, I started learning to play the ...

Introducing the Critic: Nasrollah Davoodi

Tell us a little about your background, both personally and professionally (in terms of film music). How did you first discover film music? I was born in 1982 in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Though my father was not a professional musician, he was very musical and played the Santoor ...

Introducing the Critic: Blake Fichera

Tell us a little about your background, both personally and professionally (in terms of film music). How did you first discover film music? I’m not sure there was an actual moment of discovery. My parents were not specifically “film music fans,” but they were fans of both movies and ...

Introducing the Critic: Erik Heine

Tell us a little about your background, both personally and professionally (in terms of film music). How did you first discover film music? I’ve been around film music my entire life. The earliest music I can remember latching onto was a cassette of Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles ...