compositions

The 28-time Grammy winner left behind a host of legendary film scores, indelible compositions, and best-selling albums.

A few years back he started singing words and phrases in his car at night, then had them sampled, looped and chopped up to form compositions.

Their alluring compositions sonically resemble the wonder of discovery with a hint of trepidation at the unknown.

Cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine utilizes the unique scale and scope of the Vatican to deliver breathtaking compositions and slowly-creeping zooms that add to the pressure of the claustrophobic atmosphere.

I’ve sometimes wondered as much while watching Dario Argento’s “Suspiria,” suffused with shades of color that have never been matched, or when I soak in the ice-water-crisp compositions of John Carpenter.