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April 24, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

John Williams / Berliner Philharmoniker: The Berlin Concert

John Williams / Berliner Philharmoniker The Berlin Concert Deutsche Gram France John Towner Williams is on a victory lap – and rightly. He’s just turned 90. His influence is everywhere in film scoring and his work continues. Here in celebration of some of his finest work, the Berliner Philharmoniker presents a towering program of highlights. […]
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January 11, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Frank Ilfman: Gunpowder Milkshake (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Frank Ilfman Gunpowder Milkshake (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) STUDIOCANAL under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment I sure liked the film Gunpowder Milkshake with its cartoon violence escalation, some savvy one-liners and ratcheting action. It was popcorn stuff. But made good with a strong cast and talented film crew. An absolute standout for me though […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Film, Film Score, Frank Ilfman, Frank Ilfman: Gunpowder Milkshake (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Gunpowder Milkshake, Gunpowder Milkshake (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Score, Soundtrack, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Scores

I like to live life on the edge but I take precisely no risks. So my idea of the correct level of surface tension is to soundtrack my life with the scores from horror films and thrillers, big stabs of sound. It provides the right jolt – or the very wrong one sometimes. Which is […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Film Score, Horror, LP, Poem, Poem: Scores, Record, Scores, Soundtrack, Thriller, Vinyl ·

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February 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

John Powell: Film Suites, Vol. 1

John Powell Film Suites, Vol. 1 John Powell / 5 Cat Studios John Powell is a British composer who has been based in America for most of the last quarter century. There he has quality amassed some 50 individual film score credits as sole composer and has collaborated with many other big names – including […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 5 Cat Studios, Cinema, Composer, Film Score, Film Suites, Film Suites Vol. 1, John Powell, John Powell: Film Suites, José Serebrier, Movies, O.S.T., Philharmonia Orchestra, SoundtrackS, The Philharmonia Voices, Vol. 1, Volume 1, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Rob Simonsen: The Way Back (OST)

Rob Simonsen The Way Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Watertower Music The Way Back was an okay movie, an occasionally ‘good’ or at least thoughtful movie – but where it’s been heralded as a great sports drama, the real story was the one of addiction and attempts at redemption; not really a sports drama at […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Addiction, Album Review, Basketball, Ben Affleck, Drama, Film, Film Score, Hoosiers, Movie, Movie Soundtrack, Rob Simonsen, Rob Simonsen: The Way Back (OST), Soundtrack, Sports, The Natural, The Way Back, The Way Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Watertower Music, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Alan Howarth: Live at Hollywood Theater

Alan Howarth Live at Hollywood Theater Bsx Records Inc Alan Howarth is a composer and sound engineer – best known for his work with John Carpenter (as well as several volumes of the Halloween films he has composed and/or performed aspects of the score for Christine, Prince of Darkness, Escape From New York, They Live […]
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September 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Clint Mansell: Out of Blue (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Clint Mansell Out of Blue (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Lakeshore Records One thing that will always get me to see a picture is a Clint Mansell score. And so though I’ve yet to see Out of Blue it is now on the list. Because of this soundtrack album. Oh, I mean it was probably going […]
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December 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Kyle Eastwood: Cinematic

Kyle Eastwood Cinematic DISCOGRAPH I’m a sucker for this sort of thing anyway – a bunch of great movie-score moments and themes reinterpreted in a strict ‘jazz setting’ (take my money, etc!) – but also, bass player Kyle Eastwood has a particularly special film connection; he’s the son of Clint. He has been on screen […]
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February 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Jonny Greenwood: Phantom Thread [OST]

Jonny Greenwood Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Nonesuch If The Master soundtrack was where it was confirmed that Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood was more than moonlighting, was in fact an actual film score composer, then his soundtrack for Phantom Thread certainly builds on that; is in fact his finest film score to date.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Bodysong, Composer, Film, Film Score, Jonny Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Jonny Greenwood: Phantom Thread [OST], Movie, Nonesuch, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, PT Anderson, Radiohead, Score, Soundtrack, The Master, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Film, Film Score, Great Warner Bros. Love Themes, Henry Mancini, John Barry, Klute, Klute Love Theme, Michael Small, Michel Legrand, Movie, Music, Score, Soundtrack, The Vinyl Countdown # 446, V/A, Various Artists, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers ·

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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 […]
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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 […]
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