Apr 25
Bruce Willis returns for something that isn’t Die Hard, in this 2010 action movie: ‘RED’. He’s joined by a star-studded cast including Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Karl Urban and Dame Helen Mirren, amongst many others. It’s set up to be a crime and action thriller, but how did it fair when it …
Apr 16
This 2012 comedy starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum has previously received mixed film blog reviews, from the very good to the very bad, with some clearly not finding many of the jokes to their taste. Nevertheless, being rated 15 in the UK, it is not quite rude or explicit enough to warrant …
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 …
Jul 24
Mar 26
The Godfather has always been an example of a film that, wrongly or rightly, takes violent and criminal themes and makes them seem beautiful. Its score is a reflection of this. It isn’t utopian, but it has a serene and magical quality that the real mafia just doesn’t come near to. …
Feb 06
For nearly twenty years, movie buffs and college students everywhere have been quoting meaningless lines from Quentin Tarantino’s most acclaimed movie, the formidable Pulp Fiction. Reasons why the film is so repeatedly watchable and quotable vary wildly, but people seem to be in no disagreement about how enjoyable it is. As always, here is my …
Nov 28
How does one go about representing rape and ultra-violence with music? In 1971, your best bet would have been to use the strange and relatively new instrument called the synthesizer. This is exactly how Wendy Carlos (then Walter) created the score for Stanley Kubrick’s infamous Clockwork Orange, producing a harsh and hypnotic sound collage …
Nov 07
Sometimes great films come along out of nowhere. Reservoir Dogs was Quentin Tarantino’s debut feature film, made on a minuscule budget when he was virtually unknown, yet for twenty years it has endured nothing but acclaim. The movie’s soundtrack enjoys a similar story; no big name Hollywood film composers were hired …
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