94% on Rotten Tomatoes New York Times Critics' Pick
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SCORE: The Interviews book

Go beyond the film.

Insight from legends of cinema, including:

  • Hans Zimmer
  • Rachel Portman
  • Quincy Jones
  • Steve Jablonsky
  • Trent Reznor
  • Brian Tyler
  • James Cameron
  • Bear McCreary
  • Randy Newman
  • John Debney
  • Tom Holkenborg/Junkie XL
  • John Powell
  • Howard Shore
  • Mychael Danna
  • Mark Mothersbaugh
  • and Garry Marshall
The Interviews · $19.99 SCORE Store

Explore what gives us

Goosebumps

A composer conducts a scoring session

Go inside
the film score

This documentary brings Hollywood's premier composers together to give viewers a privileged look inside the musical challenges and creative secrecy of the world's most widely known music genre: the film score.

The Interviews

An Epicleff Media production

Produced by Robert Kraft · Trevor Thompson · Kenny Holmes · Nate Gold · Jonathan Willbanks   Associate producer Crystal Chavarria

Directors of photography Kenny Holmes · Nate Gold   Edited by Kenny Holmes · Matt Schrader   Music by Ryan Taubert

Producers Mubarac Alsabah · Lincoln Bandlow · Daniel Gabriel · Damien Mazza · John L. Savva · Ryan Taubert

Associate producers Jeffrey Burson · Michael Click · Loran Alan Davis · Dan Goldwasser · Susanna Quagliariello · Tim Spriggs · David Syner

Executive producers Nobuko Toda · Flavio Machado · Marco Roman · Matt Schrader · Jonathan Willbanks

Written & directed by Matt Schrader

Awards

SCORE is one of the best-reviewed documentaries of the year.

Critic reviews

  • “Fascinating.”

    Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly

  • “A feast for the eyes and ears.”

    Gary Goldstein, The Los Angeles Times

  • “An absolute delight.”

    Scott Weinberg, Nerdist

  • “Terrifically engaging.”

    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter

  • “A jukebox of some of the greatest musical moments in film history.”

    Jason Gorber, Birth.Movies.Death

  • “Excellent.”

    Leonard Maltin, LeonardMaltin.com

  • “A celebration of the artists who create the musical heartbeat of the movies.”

    Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

  • “A must see.”

    Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood

  • “Enough to satisfy both film music novices and dyed-in-the-wool fanatics.”

    Kenji Fujishima, Village Voice

  • “Engaging.”

    Bruce Demara, Toronto Star

  • “A lively examination of the role of music in the movies.”

    Chris Knight, National Post
General information
  • Directed by Matt Schrader
  • Produced by Robert Kraft, Trevor Thompson, Kenny Holmes, Nate Gold, Jonathan Willbanks
  • 94% Rotten Tomatoes rating
  • 7.5/10 IMDb rating
  • New York Times Critics Pick
  • US Box Office: $101,320 (Limited, 6/16/17)
  • iTunes #1 documentary (five weeks)
  • iTunes Top 10 Documentary of 2017
  • Amazon Top 10 Documentary Blu-ray of 2017
Film festivals
  • Official Selection, San Francisco International Film Festival
  • 2016 Tacoma Film Festival
  • 2016 Gasparilla International Film Festival
  • 2017 Boulder International Film Festival
  • 2017 Chicago Critics Film Festival
  • 2017 Cleveland International Film Festival
  • 2017 Friday Harbor Film Festival
  • 2017 Nashville Film Festival
  • 2017 Newport Beach Film Festival
  • 2017 Sedona International Film Festival
Other recognition
  • 2018 Academy Awards Qualifier for Best Documentary Feature
  • 2018 Grammy Award Qualifier for Best Music Film
  • 2018 MPSE Golden Reel Nominee for Feature Documentary
  • 2018 Hollywood Music In Media Award Nominee
  • 2018 Spotlight Documentary Award
Score: The Podcast cover

Score: The Podcast

The world's most beloved musical storytellers share their secrets in this award-winning podcast.

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SCORE Project

North Korea

Working with the Human Rights Foundation, we smuggle flash drives carrying a Korean-subtitled SCORE, along with films and music, into North Korea, where outside culture has been banned since 1945.

Buy an official 32GB SCORE drive for $20 and we'll send another one into North Korea.

Buy one, send one · $20 The project
  • Thousandsof drives sent in the 2018 pilot
  • 10+people watch each drive, by HRF's estimate
  • 32GBof film and music on every drive

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