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January 18, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Nicholas Britell: Don’t Look Up (Soundtrack From The Netflix Film)
Nicholas Britell Don’t Look Up (Soundtrack From The Netflix Film) Maisie Music Publishing, LLC, under exclusive license to Republic Records, a division of UMG Recording, Inc. First off, I loved the film – good fun, sharp, cruel, cutting and above-all, disturbingly accurate. But this is a review of the film’s score. Something I can’t say […]Archive
January 16, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Best Part About Aging
There’s a guy in a documentary about movie fanatics. He collects the soundtracks on vinyl. Has hundreds. When asked, on camera, about his favourite – he points out that he doesn’t have one. Because he doesn’t have a turntable. When I saw that film, in a crowded cinema, everyone laughing, I thought he was a […]Archive
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 […]Archive
January 6, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich has died. He was 82. The acclaimed film director, writer and actor burst onto the scene in the early 1970s with his adaptation of the Larry McMurtry novel, The Last Picture Show. A film school classic, this introduced the world to Cybill Shepherd (it also starred Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman and Ellen Burstyn […]Archive
January 5, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
House of Gucci: Film
House of Gucci Director: Ridley Scott Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Bon Creative/Scott Free Productions / Universal Pictures I really loved House of Gucci. I was interested enough in it anyway, but the thing that totally amped me for it was this advance nonsense about Lady Gaga being the only good thing in it; about it being a load of […]Archive
December 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
What A Good Score! – #2: The Piano by Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman’s score for the film The Piano was my introduction to the music of Michael Nyman – amazing composer. I had in fact, as is so often the way, actually heard some of his music previously (having seen some of the earlier films he’d scored – but I didn’t know that at the time). […]Archive
December 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
What A Good Score! – #1: Local Hero by Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler’s score for the film Local Hero was one of the first full instrumental scores I can remembering purchasing – and one of the first things I wrote about for my Vinyl Countdown. Because it was one of the things that sol me on listening to soundtracks away from the film; in fact I […]Archive
December 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Beatles – Get Back: Film
The Beatles: Get Back Director: Peter Jackson Walt Disney Studios / Apple Corps Ltd. WingNut Films / Disney+ Peter Jackson’s much-hyped dig into the vaults of the footage that already gave us the Let It Be film (whatever that was) and the Rooftop Concert, was released over American Thanksgiving weekend on the streaming service Disney […]Archive
November 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Collecting Film Scores Gives Me A Reason To Reconnect With The Movies
I wrote a piece recently about how the soundtrack makes me want to see the film again. Specifically, I’m talking about my record collection. I’m going all in on collecting up movie scores. There are obviously some great soundtrack albums where it’s about the songs – I wrote about the impact of Tour of Duty […]Archive
November 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Soundtrack Makes You Want To See The Film (Again)
So I’m listening to the soundtrack to Last Tango in Paris the other day – I picked up the LP more because I was on a Gato Barbieri kick, rather than for any nostalgia for seeing the film. I’ve seen Last Tango, I guess I enjoyed it – can acknowledge its classic/controversial status – but I can’t say […]Archive
October 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman