ACL 2016: The Year’s Best Film Scores

With this feature, our film score picks graduate from a pre-awards article to a year-end list.  2016 has been an exemplary year for film scores, as many of our favorite artists have tried their hand at the cinematic genre and passed

ACL 2016: Music for Haunted Houses

Halloween is just around the corner, which means it’s time for A Closer Listen‘s first wrap-up chart of 2016! 2016 was a particularly good year for dark music, as these selections are culled from a list many times their size.  The

Scott Walker ~ The Childhood of a Leader OST

Can you make a buying decision in 46 seconds?  I did, and it paid off.  Only a snippet was streaming before the release of the new Scott Walker album; even now, you’ll need iTunes for more.  But 46 seconds is all you’ll