Irish National Opera: 20 Shots of Opera review – every one a discovery
Of the moment, full of character and rich in variety, these short filmed operas are exemplary lockdown music-making
Taylor Swift: The Long Pond Studio Sessions review – cosy campfire confessions
The pop star’s Disney+ movie about quarantine album Folklore reveals the potency of her songwriting, though it’s hazy on any ‘pandemic epiphanies’
Tamar-kali: Shirley Original Soundtrack review – fascinatingly eerie and claustrophobic
This incredibly effective score for a new psychodrama provides vocal dissonance and invention without sacrificing an air of terror
Billie Eilish: No Time to Die review – a Bond theme befitting the Craig era
The pop sensation sidelines her trademarks for a tasteful track that matches the haunted solitude of its leading man
Daniel Lopatin: Uncut Gems Original Soundtrack review – vital, nerve-jangling score is a jewel
Lopatin, AKA Oneohtrix Point Never, has created a soundtrack for the Safdie brothers’ latest that brings its whole roiling humanity brilliantly to life
Sturgill Simpson: Sound & Fury review – country’s outlaw catches fire
Another big shift in direction for Simpson, with anime visuals, glam rock, disco and grunge ornamenting never-more-country lyrics: it’s extraordinary
The Film Music of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis: princes of darkness offer light relief
Cave and Ellis provide fresh angle to scores for films including The Proposition and Hell or High Water
Lea Salonga review – musicals star evokes whole new world of stories
The voice of Miss Saigon and Princess Jasmine controls the audience as finely as the vibrato in her expressive vocals
Beyoncé: The Lion King: The Gift review – superstar shows impeccable taste
Her solo numbers are of varying quality, but Beyoncé gives a valuable platform to African artists in this collaborative Disney spinoff
Thom Yorke: Anima review – angst, anguish, paranoia and … jokes?
The Radiohead frontman gives a glimpse of his fun side on this intriguing, infuriating solo album. But you’ll have to listen closely
Ennio Morricone review – a rapturous farewell to the maestro
At 90, the film composer is finally retiring from live performance – but his capacity for evoking emotion with devastating simplicity endures
Armistice: Maudite soit la Guerre review – a cinematic anti-war requiem
Olga Neuwirth fuses music and film in a subtly evocative accompaniment to Alfred Machin’s prophetic 1914 silent classic
A Star Is Born soundtrack review – instant classics full of Gaga’s emotional might
Bradley Cooper shows he can sing as well as act and direct but it is Lady Gaga’s pop prowess that lifts each track, be it spectacular piano ballads or heart-rending duets
Home listening: Elgar, Delius and Vaughan Williams come to life
John Bridcut’s three composer portraits have been issued on DVD – and make riveting viewing
Bill Murray, Jan Vogler and friends review – a curious and uniquely pointless evening
An eccentric programme of readings and music was lapped up by an audience there to gawp at a Hollywood legend