Jay Looney

Jay Looney

Score reviews - star rating is for the score not the actual movie

Favorite films

  • Jurassic Park
  • Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
  • The Batman
  • Interstellar

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  • Tenet

    ★★★★★

  • Crazy Rich Asians

    ★★★★½

  • Jojo Rabbit

    ★★★½

  • Kung Fu Panda

    ★★★★

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  • Tenet

    Tenet

    ★★★★★

    Score Review:
    I always love when directors mix up their partners. Hans Zimmer, for the first time since 2006's 'The Prestige' did not score Christopher Nolan's new movie and chose to work on 'Dune' instead. This time, Nolan entrusted Ludwig Goransson to uphold Hans' legacy and he could not have done a better job. From Black Panther to The Mandalorian, Goransson is quickly distinguishing himself as one of the new greats, rising to fill the impossibly large hole left by…

  • Crazy Rich Asians

    Crazy Rich Asians

    ★★★★½

    Score Review:
    This is one of those movies that has a soundtrack album and an original score. The album is good for the most part but I'm just going to focus on the score because that's my thing.

    This score is genuinely fantastic. It is definitely not the kind of work you would expect from Brian Tyler, who is famous for his action scores on movies like Thor: The Dark World (whatever about the movie, the score is damn good)…

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  • Inception

    Inception

    ★★★★

    If you ever need motivation just listen to Time by Hans Zimmer

  • Jojo Rabbit

    Jojo Rabbit

    ★★★½

    Score Review:
    This movie was great but I didn't do it justice by going to see it with my very loud and annoying friends. It wasn't helped by the fact that we went on our local cinema's first day open since April so there was nobody there. What I did hear of the music however was fantastic. The music really helped separate the tension filled moments from the more serious ones. I especially liked the horror music that played when…