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January 22, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
What A Good Score! – #5: The Proposition by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ score for the film The Proposition would have arrived in my letterbox; back when I inundated with CDs to review. It was a busy time. Reviewing on radio, TV, in the newspaper and for magazines. I’d also just finished a stint of music retail. And so the conditions were primed: […]Archive
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 14, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
What A Good Score! – #4: Donnie Darko by Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews’ score for the film Donnie Darko was a huge disappointment to many. Not, the music as such – but the product. People weren’t hopeful for a release of the score, what they wanted was the soundtrack. They wanted Tears For Fears and Joy Division and Oingo Boingo and The Church and Duran Duran. […]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 3, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
What A Good Score! – #3: Battlestar Galactica Season 3 by Bear McCreary
Bear McCreary’s score for the TV show Battlestar Galactica (season 3) came to me in a rather weird way. It was the era of blank CDs, making copies, giving someone a ‘burn’ – I was always loaning CDs and making copies for people to hear music, making mixtapes sometimes too. And I was receiving music […]Archive
January 1, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 52 – Various, “Arthur The Album”
Various, Arthur – The Album, 1981 I was chatting with a friend recently. He hit play on Placebo and immediately said, “objectively there’s no real reason to like them – but I do”. We talked about Security Blanket Music. The idea that something is a comfort just because it’s there, because it’s known. This of […]Archive
December 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of Paul Hertzog’s Martial Arts Soundtracks
I know I’ve told you at least once already that I’m a huge fan of listening to soundtracks and in the last couple of years I’ve really decided to embrace that. In fact part of the decision to downscale my record collection is around the focus on film scores – I’m teaching myself to be […]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 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman