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July 5, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: All The Overdues

I can still remember everything about the time I first saw the movie Bloodsport. It was at a 13th birthday party for my really good mate. There was a bunch of us, we went to the arcade and played the wrestling game, we went ten-pin bowling after, then back to the orchard to throw rotten […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged & Videotape, All The Overdues, Birthday Party, Bloodsport, Film, Hellraiser, I Was A Teenage Vampire, Movies, Poem, Poem: All The Overdues, VHS, Video ·

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July 3, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Black Phone: Film

The Black Phone Director: Scott Derrickson Blumhouse Productions / Crooked Highway / Universal Pictures The Black Phone is both a chilling, cold, dark and disturbing horror film and, within it, there’s a beautifully written story of resilience and the manifestations of trauma. It is a survivor’s story. To drill down too far into either is […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Blumhouse Productions / Crooked Highway / Universal Pictures, Cinema, Ethan Hawke, Film, Film Review, Horror, Joe Hill, Movie, Movie Review, Review, Scott Derrickson, Stephen King, The Black Phone, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here ·

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June 30, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #17: Dead Man Walking by Various Artists

I know this technically shouldn’t count – since this series has the word Score so overtly in the title. But the soundtrack to the film Dead Man Walking – by “Various Artists” is a compilation album that feel like a score. Also, it’s fucking great. Ridiculously great. Sublimely great. The film was great too. I’ve […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Acoustic, Blog, Country, Dead Man Walking, Dead Man Walking by Various Artists, Eddie Vedder, Film, Folk, Johnny Cash, Lyle Lovett, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Michelle Shocked, Movie, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (w/ Eddie Vedder), Patti Smith, ruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, Suzanne Vega, Tim Robbins, Tom Waits, V/A, Various, Various Artists, What A Good Score!, What A Good Score! – #17: Dead Man Walking by Various Artists ·

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June 15, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #15: Baraka by Michael Stearns

I have no idea whether it was the film or the music that came first, for me, with Baraka – but I think, maybe, it was the music. I know I didn’t see the film until about a decade after it was released, and probably I saw it on the back of seeing a few […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Ambient, Baraka, Blog, CD, Documentary, Film, Good Score, Instrumental, Michael Stearns, Movie, Score, Soundtrack, the band and the astounding…, The Good, What A Good Score is a new series here at Off The Tracks – looking at movie soundtracks, What A Good Score!, What A Good Score! – #15, What A Good Score! – #15: Baraka by Michael Stearns ·

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June 1, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #14: Bird by Charlie Parker with Lennie Niehaus

The movie Bird was crucial for me – and so was its soundtrack – not technically ‘a score’ but I’d argue that it absolutely is, and that such a soundtrack is always the score when the film is a biopic of a musician. Bird tells (some of) the story of Charlie Parker and the music […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], 1988, Bird, Blog, Charlie Parker, Clint Eastwood, Film, Forest Whittaker, Good Score, Jazz, Lennie Niehaus, Movie, Score, Soundtrack, What A Good Score!, What A Good Score! – #14, What A Good Score! – #14: Bird by Charlie Parker with Lennie Niehaus ·

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May 16, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Where Have All The Kiwi Soundtracks Gone?

My fascination with film scores – listening to them, collecting them – began with a New Zealand movie. But you wouldn’t have such luck now. When I was a kid the Footrot Flats movie, A Dog’s Tail Tale, was a local blockbuster. It was at the cinemas, at a time when not every Kiwi film […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Albums, Blog, Dave Dobbyn, Film, Jane Campion, Jonathan Crayford, Kiwi, Kiwi Soundtracks, Michael Nyman, NZ, NZTECHNO Magazine, NZTECHO, Reissue, Rhian Sheehan, Score, Soundtrack, The Piano, Vinyl, Where Have All The Kiwi Soundtracks Gone? ·

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May 12, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Mike Post About My Favourite TV Composer

In primary school, way back a hundred years ago or so, I learned about Mike Post. He was the guy that wrote the theme tune for Hill Street Blues. I loved that show. I didn’t really understand it so well, at first. But it was one of the shows I was allowed to stay up […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Composer, Composition, Film, Hill Street Blues, Jingle, LA Law, Law & Order, Magnum P.I., Mike Post, Mike Post About My Favourite TV Composer, Television, The A-Team, Theme, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, TV ·

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May 9, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #13: Under The Cherry Moon (aka “Parade”) by Prince

The soundtrack and score for the movie Under The Cherry Moon is actually an album called Parade by star of both the film and the soundtrack, Prince. This threw me when I was a kid. Soundtracks are title after the movie. But Prince got me thinking about how the soundtrack could really live on its […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], 1980s, 1986, Blog, Film, Good, Good Score, Parade, Prince, Purple Rain, Score, Under The Cherry Moon, What A Good Score!, What A Good Score! – #13, What A Good Score! – #13: Under The Cherry Moon (aka “Parade”) by Prince ·

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April 25, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Danny Elfman at Coachella (2022)

Every year I try to get excited about Coachella – and the ability to watch it live from all the way down here in little old New Zealand, and in the comfort of my own home. But then I find there’s not much I want to actually see. This year I was a bit more […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], 2022, Alice In Wonderland, April, Batman, Blog, Coachella, Composer, Danny Elfman, Danny Elfman at Coachella, Danny Elfman at Coachella (2022), Edward Scissorhands, Elfman, Film, Gig, Live Gig, Live Set, Oingo Boingo, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Score, Spiderman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Simpsons, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here ·

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April 14, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #12: Eyes Wide Shut by Jocelyn Pook + Various

So many great soundtracks I’ve given away, lost, sold, traded, ditched. And one that springs to mind instantly, one I’ll be getting back a.s.a.f.p is Eyes Wide Shut’s soundtrack. Not a full score – it includes some songs too (but most of them are great) it’s a stunning set of music to a film that […]
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April 12, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

X: Film

X Director: Ti West A24 / Little Lamb / Mad Solar Productions Once in a while a film comes along, and you have very high expectations indeed. Almost so much so that it is a bit of a worry. But then, it’s movie night – and not only no worries, your high expectations are shot […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A24, Brittany Snow, Chelsea Wolfe, Film, Film Review, Horror, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Mia Goth, Movie, Movie Review, New Zealand, Slasher, Texas, Ti West, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, Tyler Bates, Whanganui, X, X: Film ·

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March 31, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Bernard Herrmann’s Subtle Rage

Bernard Herrmann didn’t want to be a composer. He wanted to be a conductor. He wrote the scores for so many great films but if he had only created the strings for Psycho that would have been enough. He also wrote music for many other Hitchcock films and worked with other directors. His score for […]
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