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February 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Eagles Fly Alone
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 […]Archive
February 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: VINYL (Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 1)
Various Artists: VINYL (Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 1) Atlantic Recording Corporation & Warner Bros. Records, Inc/WEA International Inc. The much-hyped Martin Scorsese/Mick Jagger-executive produced VINYL has debuted – bringing with it a first volume of soundtrack recordings. The plan – for a show called VINYL – is to have digital-only releases popping […]Archive
January 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Elaine Shute
Elaine Shute is a volunteer programmer at WERU-FM, a community radio station in Downeast Maine. Her show ‘On the Wing’, a three-hour eclectic mix of music, airs on alternating Mondays, and can be streamed on demand. Here are five films that have stayed with her…. 1 – Breaking Away: I love a coming-of-age story, and – along […]Archive
July 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: The Wolf of Wall Street [OST]
Various Artists The Wolf of Wall Street Virgin Records Martin Scorsese films typically rely on a pulsing, driving rock’n’roll soundtrack – hints of the jazz and blues that have informed classic rock’n’roll too of course. And though this isn’t quite as good as his classic film soundtracks it does come close, at times, to the […]Archive
December 31, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Wolf of Wall Street: Film
The Wolf of Wall Street Director: Martin Scorsese Red Granite Pictures Martin Scorsese’s new film, The Wolf of Wall Street, much hyped, reduced down to 180 minutes of screen time after the first cut that was handed in ran towards five hours, arrives at just the right time to call it the last great film […]Archive
October 5, 2011 by Simon Sweetman