Off The Tracks

Off The Tracks
  • Blog
    • Interviews
    • Miscellany
    • Special Guests
    • Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • The Vinyl Countdown
  • Back Catalogue
  • About
    • About
    • About the banner image
    • On Song
    • Advertise

Posts Tagged Blade Runner

Archive

April 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Deantoni Parks: SILVER CHORD

Deantoni Parks SILVER CHORD humani machina When Deantoni Parks released his sublime one-man-band Technoself I’d had the lucky chance to see him (as part of a band) do what he does. He’s a wonderful drummer that has worked with a great range of artists – but as a solo act he is basically sat at […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Aphex Twin, Blade Runner, Boards Of Canada, Deantoni Parks, Deantoni Parks: SILVER CHORD, humani machina, Nine Inch Nails, SILVER CHORD, Vangelis, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

July 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer has died. Sad news to wake up to – he was one of my heroes. Everyone talks about Blade Runner and fair enough – but the role that really blew me away was The Hitcher. I could watch that movie every day I think. The coldness, the surface-calm of a true maniac. I reckon that’s Hauer’s masterpiece. But […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Actor, Blade Runner, Blind Fury, Dutch, Eulogy, Film, Ladyhawke, Movies, Nighthawks, R.I.P., R.I.P. Rutger Hauer, Rutger Hauer, The Hitcher, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Wedlock, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

March 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Vangelis: Nocturne – The Piano Album

Vangelis  Nocturne: The Piano Album  Decca  The best textural work in music springs from – or works in support of – great melodies. Greek composer Vangelis has been at the forefront of great textural synth work with his incredible soundtracks (Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire, 1492: Conquest of Paradise) and non-soundtrack work too.  But for every indelible melody – and we need […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Album Review, Ambient, Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire, Classical, Decca, Mood, Nocturne, Nocturne: The Piano Album, Prog, Soundtrack, Spiral, Synth, The Piano Album, Vangelis, Vangelis: Nocturne - The Piano Album, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

November 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Andrew Paul Wood

Andrew Paul Wood is a Christchurch-based writer, cultural critic and freelance curator. He writes for The Press, the Listener, Urbis, Architecture New Zealand, and a host of others. Recent work includes a translation into English of the New Zealand poems of German-Jewish poet Karl Wolfskehl, Under New Stars: Poems from the New Zealand Exile (Holloway, 2012, edited by Friedrich Voit), and a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 'Three Colours', 2001: A Space Odyssey, Adam Sandler, Alien, Aliens, Andrew Paul Wood, Andrew Wood, Art, Art Critic, Art History, Blade Runner, Blazing Saddles, Bridesmaids, Critic, Cultural Critic, District 9, Film, Film Review, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Ghostbusters, Hannah Montana, Hollywood, Jem and the Holograms, Josie and the Pussycats, Jupiter Ascending, Labyrinth, Lord of the Rings, Melancholia, Metropolis, Movie Review, Movies, Paul Feig, Queen Margot, Remake, Sequel, Special Guest, Star Wars, The Dark Crystal, The Hobbit, The Karamazovs, The Man Who Fell To Earth, The Matrix, The NeverEnding Story, The Princess Bride, The Ridiculous 6, The Shining, Watership Down, Willow, Writer ·

Archive

September 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #142 – Heritage Orchestra: Music from Blade Runner, Sydney, 2013

I think back now and perhaps I liked this show a bit more than I let on at the time. Well, no maybe that’s not quite it, maybe I explained myself and the show just fine at the time. But I catch myself thinking about this show – Vangelis’ music from the film Blade Runner […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2013, Australia, Blade Runner, Bobby Womack's Water Bottle, Gig Review, Heritage Orchestra, Live, Live Gig, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #142 – Heritage Orchestra: Music from Blade Runner, Sydney, Vangelis, Vivid Festival ·

Archive

June 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Christina Vantzou: No. 2

Christina Vantzou No. 2 kranky There was the lovely debut solo album, No.1 – now here’s the follow-up, No.2, before either of those records there was time spent working with Sparklehorse, with The Dead Texan and around those records there’s been installations and artworks, there’s been a lot of music and yet Vantzou’s real composing/arranging […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Ambient, Blade Runner, Christina Vantzou, No. 1, No. 2, Score, Soundtrack, Sparklehorse, True Grit ·

Archive

May 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Heritage Orchestra Performs Music From Blade Runner – Vivid Festival (May 26, Sydney)

Heritage Orchestra: Music From Blade Runner Vivid Festival: Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House Sunday, May 26 Originally commissioned for the UK Meltdown Festival (by Massive Attack, no less) the Heritage Orchestra of Great Britain combines a full orchestral score and the ambient/electronica sweeps via found percussion and analogue synths. This performance of Vangelis’ Blade Runner […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Blade Runner, Classical, Concert Hall, Gig Review, Heritage Orchestra, Jules Buckley, New American Orchestra, Sydney Opera House, Vangelis, Vivid Festival ·

Archive

May 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Vivid Festival: Sydney, May 24-June 10, 2013

I’m soon to jump on a plane and head to Sydney where I’ll be covering the opening weekend of the Vivid Festival – a festival of “lights, music and ideas”. I’ll take in a few talks, the future of photojournalism, the demands of writing content for the digital world. I’ll see the Sydney Harbour Bridge […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ambiosymphonic, Bish Bosch, Blade Runner, Bobby Womack, Destination NSW, Kraftwerk, Scott Walker, Sydney, Vangelis, Vivid Festival ·

Popular

  • Janna Lapidus Leblanc: Four Years In Pictures
  • The Sad Story of Bob Welch: Fleetwood Mac’s Most Undervalued Member
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler
  • James Blunt: How To Be A Complete and Utter Blunt – Diary of a Reluctant Social Media Sensation
  • Bill And Ted Face The Music: DVD
  • Poem: Dear Ngā Mihi,
  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Way Down In The Rust Bucket
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 11 – Lindsey Buckingham
  • Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 12 – Mick Fleetwood
  • The Australian Dream: DVD

Archives

Tags

Album Review Auckland Book Book Review Chat Compilation DJ DVD DVD Review EP Film Film Review Gig Gig Review Guest Blog Guitar Interview Jazz Jon Mcleary Live Live Gig LP Movie Music NZ Podcast Poem Record Records Simon Sweetman Soundtrack Spines Spotify Stub Stubs Sweetman Podcast The Ghost of Electricity The Spines The Vinyl Countdown Vinyl Wellington Wgtn Writing You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron [OST]

Categories

  • Back Catalogue
  • Blog
  • Interviews
  • Miscellany
  • Mixtapes
  • Playlists
  • Podcasts
  • Reviews
  • Scene Of The Day
  • Special Guests
  • The Vinyl Countdown

Off The Tracks is the home of Sweetman Podcast, a weekly interview/chat-based pod. It's also home to my reviews across film, TV, music and books and some creative writing as well.

Off The Tracks aims to provide quality reviews and essays, regular blog updates about the shows, albums, books and movies you should be experiencing.

It's a passion project. Your support will help to keep Off The Tracks online.

All content © 2021 by Off The Tracks. WordPress Themes by Graph Paper Press