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August 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Devonte Hynes: Palo Alto [OST]

Devonte Hynes Palo Alto [Original Motion Picture Score] Domino Perfect timing for me arriving at this on the back of revisiting the score for Only God Forgives – there’s something similar, in the gauziness perhaps; Peter Gabriel’s Slow Marimabas replaced by the different dance of almost agonisingly awkward (and slow) synth pads. But it’s full […]

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August 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Cliff Martinez: Only God Forgives [OST]

Cliff Martinez Only God Forgives [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Gaumont/Wild Bunch I’ve only just returned to this album, the soundtrack to the film Only God Forgives. That’s how torturous the movie was; I loathed the experience of watching Only God Forgives, it was painful and it felt embarrassing. I don’t know the film’s maker nor […]

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January 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Only God Forgives: DVD

Only God Forgives Nicholas Winding Refn Starz/Anchor Bay Stripped of the pulsing, often wonderful score (Cliff Martinez) and the director’s annoying but exhilarating in equal doses neon fetish Only God Forgives would be the worst film I’ve ever seen. That it comes from Nicholas Winding Refn and not, as you could otherwise presume, an audacious […]

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December 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Max Richter: The Last Days on Mars [OST]

Max Richter The Last Days on Mars [OST] Universal UK You know it’s unlikely I’ll rush to see the film – perhaps I’ll get to it, one day, on DVD, but I do like this soundtrack. It’s from Max Richter, and I’ll check out anything he’s involved with. Though many people didn’t like his reimagining […]