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The Film Score Is Doing Work Nothing Else Can

After a decade in which the needle drop seemed to be winning, the original film score has come back with a specific force. An essay on what the current generation of composers is doing that their predecessors could not.

Jules Okonkwo·24 Mar·7 min

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Essays

Why I Still Buy Records

A personal essay on the specific pleasure of owning music in a physical format in the year 2026. Not an argument against streaming. An argument for both.

Jules Okonkwo·18 Feb·6 min

An old microphone in close-up against a deep red stage curtain, light hitting the capsule

Film

A Complete Unknown: Why the Dylan Biopic Works When Most Don't

A year after James Mangold's Dylan biopic arrived in the middle of a tired genre, the film's decisions keep looking smarter. An argument for the underrated music biopic of the decade.

Jules Okonkwo·30 Dec·6 min