Greetings, dear readers! Hope this stretch of pre-holiday hecticness isn’t treating you too roughly, and that you have some relaxing times ahead. It’s hard to state any platitudes about a year’s musical offerings, given what different experiences of listening each of us has. I hope, therefore, that this set of staff members and DJs’ best-of-the-year lists paints a diverse and intricate picture of what various breeds of music fans loved in 2019. Have a lovely winter, and may 2020 bring you more bangers and bops.
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What constitutes a good horror score? It emphasizes scares without distracting from the story and helps steer the emotions of the audience. However, an expertly crafted horror score does all of this and more. It haunts and seduces, transcends the film itself, and becomes its own character.
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