Tag Archive: Musicals

Apr 27

This Week’s Film News

LMS brings you the biggest movie industry news from the past week, in brief.

Guys & Dolls Remake?

Fox are looking into rebooting the hit musical with its Sinatra/Brano duo replaced by the much more alive Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Nothing is set in stone but, in an era when the centuries-old Les …

Continue reading »

Aug 13

Matt’s Film Soundtrack of the Week (13th Aug) – The Wall

Pink wasn't worried that his Nazi rally looked like a Kraftwerk concert

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 …

Continue reading »

Jul 23

Matt’s Film Soundtrack of the Week (23rd July) – Hairspray

Hairspray

Don’t judge a book by its cover. Hairspray is a good musical with good songs. The less said about the plot, the better, but as a conscious flow of pseudo-Sixties pop songs, the film really hits the nail on the head. It’s interesting to note that this, the 2007 Hairspray movie, was adapted from a …

Continue reading »

Mar 12

Matt’s Film Soundtrack of the Week (12th March) – Singin’ In The Rain

It's great to stay up late

Good morning, good morning. Today, my favourite musical, Singin’ In The Rain, a movie whose success surely depended on the excellence of its many songs, which justifies its position amongst the critics as one of the most important films of its genre. This year is also its 60th anniversary!

More than anything, the

Continue reading »

Dec 19

Matt’s Film Soundtrack of the Week (19th Dec) – The Muppet Christmas Carol

Kermit and Robin

Jim Henson’s most successful Muppet movie was this festive musical adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which starred Michael Caine alongside the Muppet characters as the formidable Ebenezer Scrooge. Miles Goodman, responsible for the Footloose theme song, composed the incidental music in the film, while songwriter and Oscar winning composer Paul Williams handled …

Continue reading »