John Psathas interview

The Kiwi composer has the soundtrack bug after his success with "pavlova western" Good for Nothing.

By Guy Somerset In Classical, Film, Listening In

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20th April, 2012

No small part of the success of the new Kiwi “pavlova western” Good for Nothing is its soundtrack, performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. It’s a soundtrack that captures magnificently (and Magnificent Seven-ly) the spirit of the western, written with a feel for the genre and its traditions – from Elmer Bernstein to Ennio Morricone – rather than parodying them. Step forward, John Psathas. Psathas is a New Zealand composer whose music ...

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