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January 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 446
V/A, Great Warner Bros. Love Themes (1979) As it says really – a collection of soapy, soppy, floppy, lovely, syrupy Love Themes from movies from (mostly) the 1970s. Some big name composers that worked for big name directors on big blockbuster-types of the time. Henry Mancini and John Barry and Lalo Schifrin and Michel Legrand […]Archive
September 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Max Richter: Out of The Dark Room
Max Richter Out Of The Dark Room Milan The “post-classical” work of Max Richter was always going to be perfect for film soundtracks – his most famous composition, On The Nature of Daylight, continues to be an influence, for Richter (he’s re-used it as well as reinterpreting it, taking bits from it) across many of […]Archive
April 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
We Need To Talk About Classical Music…Because We Never Have: Our Introduction To Classical Music
I’m going to tell you a bit about my background with classical music; some of my early touchstones, how I educated myself and explored options, and some of the favourite pieces I’ve collected and my go-to composers. That sort of thing. And then you can do the same. Seem reasonable? Otherwise we’ll be here all […]Archive
July 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Rhian Sheehan: We Are Stars [OST]
Rhian Sheehan We Are Stars [OST] 360.com Fans of Rhian Sheehan’s music could sense both a fascination with space and with film scores – before he was ever overtly working in the industry. Well, it was never hidden, more a preoccupation. Those two vestiges come together perfectly for this aspect of his occupation here, with […]Archive
June 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 682
Geoff Love and His Orchestra, Big Terror Movie Themes (1976) I didn’t know he was Geoff Love at the time – or rather didn’t know who he was, whoever was at the helm of so many of these things, but I loved the records I found in my grandparents’ collections. Both sets of the grannies […]Archive
February 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 746
Cliff Martinez, Solaris [OST] (2002) I was already a Cliff Martinez fan, I found out about him through bargain-bin CD shopping; I’d pick up $1 albums to try things out (the Spotify of its day/time, the YouTube of back-then). And so I found out at Martinez, he’d scored a couple of films I liked and […]Archive
February 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight [OST]
Various Artists: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight [OST] Verve Even when I have been less enamoured with the finished film product I’ve still been impressed with the soundtracks from Quentin Tarantino films – as it happens I rather loved The Hateful Eight – but waited to hear its soundtrack for the first time up on […]Archive
January 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Zombi: Shape Shift
Zombi Shape Shift Relapse Drummer A.E. Paterra and keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Steve Moore are back as Zombi – and back for the first time in nearly a decade making music in the same room together. Here, with their latest album we’re reminded of their film-score fixation (Mission Creep feels like something by John Carpenter as interpreted by […]Archive
November 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 794
Ennio Morricone, The Mission [OST] (1986) I’ve picked up a couple of nice Ennio Morricone scores recently – Il Vizieto and Cinema Paradiso – but this was the one I was after…have seen it about on vinyl before, but now I’ve got it. I had the CD – and in fact it was the music […]Archive
February 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Antonio Sanchez: Birdman [OST]
Antonio Sanchez Birdman [OST] Milan Records Birdman is a great film – filled with great performances. But a big part of the energy of the film is the drum-heavy score by Antonio Sanchez, it not only seemed to help in fuelling the performances (or at least our perception of them) but also jogs along within […]Archive
December 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman