[Thor Joachim Haga]

For me it will always be Bobby Roth and Tangerine Dream. 6 movies together.

I was never really aware of them as a ‘pair’, but your filmography opened my eyes to the extent of their collaborations.

I wouldn’t look much further than Tarr and Vig. Wonderful, wonderful stuff and, as far as I can discern, almost completely unknown outside specialist circles.

Yup, I remember we talked about this in the RIP thread, when Tarr died a few weeks ago. I still need to check if any of Vig’s scores are available on album.

One director/composer collaboration (on exactly five movies) that I found particularly fruitful musically is Joe Wright and Dario Marianelli. But that’s for sure not underrated.

Interesting choice. I like Marianelli’s PRIDE & PREJUDICE and ATONEMENT, but my favourite score for his films is actually HANNA by The Chemical Brothers.

Worth mentioning is for sure (probably one of those five you have in mind) is David Cronenberg and Howard Shore. I think, apart from Dead Zone they collaborated on every Cronenberg movie since The Brood. Until today. That’s remarkable on its own.

I’ve always had major, major issues with the Cronenberg/Shore collaboration. Those low-register, droney rumblings go on my nerves. But I’ve opened up to some of them over the years, especially MAPS TO THE STARS and THE SHROUDS, which are more synth-heavy, beautiful and explorative. I also like EASTERN PROMISES.