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September 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Hildur Guðnadóttir & Jóhann Jóhannsson: Mary Magdalene [OST]
Hildur Guðnadóttir & Jóhann Jóhannsson Mary Magdalene [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] WEA International I wanted to like the film but I’m not sure it’s really up to much – despite stunning cinematography, this mesmerising score and the strong performances of its leads. That’s not quite enough to get it over the line, alas. It drags. It […]Archive
August 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
John Carpenter: Anthology – Movie Themes 1974-1998
John Carpenter Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 Scared Bones Records John Carpenter – like John Waters – finds himself at 70 years of age and with one of the sideline aspects of his filmmaking career now being the new main revenue stream. For Waters it’s writing and delivering his one-man-show, for Carpenter it’s music. They’re both […]Archive
June 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Marcelo Zarvos: Z – The Beginning of Everything [OST]
Marcelo Zarvos Z: The Beginning of Everything Varese Sarabande The single-series period drama Z: The Beginning of Everything was an enjoyable watch; based on the novel of the same name, a fictionalised account of the lives of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and the dawning of the jazz age, it featured a strong effort from […]Archive
March 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Elvis Perkins: The Blackcoat’s Daughter
Elvis Perkins The Blackcoats’s Daughter [OST] Death Waltz Recording Company In the mid/late 2000s Elvis Perkins made a couple of terrific singer/songwriter albums – he was part Paul Simon, part Van Morrison – but most importantly the biggest part of him was something other; was Elvis Perkins. He arrived on the scene back-loaded with back-story, […]Archive
March 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Mica Levi: Delete Beach [OST]
Mica Levi Delete Beach [OST] DDS Following on from the incredible scores to Under The Skin and Jackie Mica Levi returns to the world of movies and moving images for another soundtrack, this one the score to an anime short.Archive
February 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Randy Newman: The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected) [OST]
Randy Newman The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Lakeshore Records I enjoyed the film (look, it’s good not great, it’s got problems, is a bit long, is missing some actual bite but has a tender, surprising performance from Adam Sandler and has some astutely drawn observations around prickly, selfish characters). I don’t know […]Archive
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.Archive
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
January 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Jonas Struck & Vladislav Delay: Borg McEnroe [OST]
Jonas Struck & Vladislav Delay Borg McEnroe [Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture] Sound by Struck The film is a masterpiece, I’m quite sure of that after two screenings. And one crucial component of this great movie is the score. That was obvious almost immediately. Also obvious was the fact that this music […]Archive
October 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 478
James Horner, The Name of The Rose [OST] (1987) I haven’t seen this film but I see it’s based on a book by Umberto Eco so that’s at least slightly interesting. And then I get this soundtrack – the score – James Horner a name you can trust. And this is a wonderful score, I love […]Archive
October 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman