Aug 27
Of course it counts as a film! A terrible film, perhaps, with not so much as a hint of what one might call a “story arc”, but who really cares when The Beatles start breaking into song?? The genius songwriting is often overlooked on this garish, psychedelic mess of a project. A few of the …
Aug 24
After making a dramatic entrance with ‘The Queen’ at London’s recent Olympic Opening Ceremony, Daniel Craig will soon burst into our cinema screens bringing with him the usual action, suspicion and drama that goes with every James Bond movie. This new Bond adventure, Daniel Craig’s third, is called ‘Skyfall’, and is set to be …
Aug 20
This is one of those soundtracks that you don’t forget. Paul Thomas Anderson is arguably the modern filmmaker who best understands the role of music within his movies (see: Magnolia), and in There Will Be Blood he ingeniously assigned the creative role to Radiohead’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood, who had never done a film …
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Reviewing the soundtrack to a film that is itself based on a rock opera essentially means reviewing the original album, although there are differences between Pink Floyd’s 1979 The Wall double LP and their soundtrack to the 1982 film of the same, mainly in terms of arrangements (a few new songs, too). It certainly is …
Aug 08
The Problem With Generations
How many times has someone older asked someone younger about their favorite movie, and the reply was, “I have never heard of it before!” Think about music for example. How many songs today, are simply recycled tracks of decades ago? Time has a way to make people forget, however movies and …
Aug 06
Now that I’ve been to see The Dark Knight Rises, probably the most globally anticipated film since…. well….. The Dark Knight, I can safely say that it lived up to expectations in many areas, music being one of them. When it comes to Hans Zimmer, my expectations are never sky high anyway. He is one …
