Apr 30
Kill Bill; the first retro martial arts/spaghetti western revenge thriller in two parts to take the world by storm! Uma Thurman goes around making a bloody mess of all the people who screwed her over in this epic, if silly, movie, which is such a stylistic free-for-all …
Apr 27
Apr 23
More a classical music compilation than a soundtrack, though some score is present, this selection focuses on the pieces Australian pianist David Helfgott performed at key points in his life. That is, his fictional life in the film Shine, anyway (though I would hope most of the music was chosen because the real Helfgott peformed …
Apr 18
The LMS team was recently asked to handle to production, sound design, recording and filming of a huge public concert in Southern England, the Big Interactive Gig or ‘B.I.G.’ 2012. It’s been one of our biggest undertakings, but also one close to our hearts (I was a performer and the musical director of the show …
Apr 16
Alan Silvestri, fairly well-known for his scores for things like the Back To The Future trilogy and Forest Gump, has his greatest work hidden away in cult treasures like Death Becomes Her, or this little gem that I recently discovered, Identity. Many of the man’s scores are interesting, if formulaic, but this one really grips you …
Apr 13
Welcome to the first article in the Free Creativity series here at Lightmaster Studios. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be thoroughly reviewing and recommending the best free software available for all your creative needs. This includes digital art, animation, movie sequencing, image processing and audio editing. We kick off in fine style with popular …
Apr 09
Was this really the soundtrack to The Beatles’ second movie Help!, or was the film merely a visual accompaniment to the album? Who cares! The music is divine, signalling the first upward shift in quality in Beatles music since their rock and roll beginnings. As a soundtrack, Help! gets the favourite vote from me; it …
Apr 05
It always seems to be that the leading professionals in any industry use the most expensive equipment and while you would expect this to be the case, it misleads many into thinking that they cannot be successful without first being rich. Professional tennis players, for example, will use the most expensive (and therefore highest quality) …
