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April 24, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

John Williams / Berliner Philharmoniker: The Berlin Concert

John Williams / Berliner Philharmoniker The Berlin Concert Deutsche Gram France John Towner Williams is on a victory lap – and rightly. He’s just turned 90. His influence is everywhere in film scoring and his work continues. Here in celebration of some of his finest work, the Berliner Philharmoniker presents a towering program of highlights. […]
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October 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 237 – Star Wars A New Hope In Concert w/ NZSO, Wellington, 2018

That’s right, it was the first Star Wars film aka Episode IV with the NZSO live in concert. You sat and watched the film on the big screen with a giant orchestra – our biggest and best-known covers band – playing the score live. There were moments. But I didn’t really like it. I was, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), A New Hope, Arts Festival, Episode IV, Family, Gig Review, John Williams, Kids, Live Film With Orchestra, Live Soundtrack, NZSO, Oscar, Review, Star Wars, Star Wars - A New Hope In Concert, Star Wars A New Hope In Concert w/ NZSO, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 237, Stubs: # 237 – Star Wars A New Hope In Concert w/ NZSO, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Star Wars – A New Hope In Concert w/ NZSO (March 11, Wgtn)

Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert – Movie w/ Live Score performed by NZSO (Conducted by Hamish McKeich) TSB Bank Arena Sunday, March 11 I was looking forward to this – the nostalgia of the original Star Wars film (episode IV: A New Hope) with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra performing John Williams’ full […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), A New Hope, A New Hope In Concert w/ NZSO, Concert, Episode IV, Film, Gig Review, Gig Review: Star Wars - A New Hope In Concert w/ NZSO (March 11, John Williams, Live Gig, Live Score, March 11, Movie, NZ Festival, Orchestra, Star Wars, Star Wars - A New Hope In Concert, Sunday, TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Wilco: Schmilco

Wilco Schmilco Anti./Epitaph I had a wee hissy-fit the first couple of times I listened to this – Tweedy is out front and centre and almost all of the songs are acoustic-driven, so where’s the really great guitar of Nels Cline (I mean it is there but just not doing what I want it to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Album Review, Glenn Kotche, Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, Schmilco, Sky Blue Sky, Star Wars, Wilco ·

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November 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Andrew Paul Wood

Andrew Paul Wood is a Christchurch-based writer, cultural critic and freelance curator. He writes for The Press, the Listener, Urbis, Architecture New Zealand, and a host of others. Recent work includes a translation into English of the New Zealand poems of German-Jewish poet Karl Wolfskehl, Under New Stars: Poems from the New Zealand Exile (Holloway, 2012, edited by Friedrich Voit), and a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 'Three Colours', 2001: A Space Odyssey, Adam Sandler, Alien, Aliens, Andrew Paul Wood, Andrew Wood, Art, Art Critic, Art History, Blade Runner, Blazing Saddles, Bridesmaids, Critic, Cultural Critic, District 9, Film, Film Review, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Ghostbusters, Hannah Montana, Hollywood, Jem and the Holograms, Josie and the Pussycats, Jupiter Ascending, Labyrinth, Lord of the Rings, Melancholia, Metropolis, Movie Review, Movies, Paul Feig, Queen Margot, Remake, Sequel, Special Guest, Star Wars, The Dark Crystal, The Hobbit, The Karamazovs, The Man Who Fell To Earth, The Matrix, The NeverEnding Story, The Princess Bride, The Ridiculous 6, The Shining, Watership Down, Willow, Writer ·

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November 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Peter Baillie

Peter Baillie is a small, slightly sticking cog in the wheels of government (a considerable distance from the loud, flashy bit that makes all the unpopular decisions). In his spare time, he MCs music events, plays in a couple of bands, and has almost finished recording what he thinks will be a very good album. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A New Hope, Attack of the Clones, Brand New Testament, Downfall, Film, Films, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Peter Baillie, Four Lions, Hugo, Movie, Movie Review, Music, Musician, Peter Baillie, Sophie and The Realistic Expectations, Special Guest, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back ·

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August 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Samuel Walters

Samuel Walters lives in Sydney Australia. He is the saboteur of his own desires and dreams, here are five films that have stayed with him… 1 – Star Wars: It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships striking from a hidden base have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Australia, Boyhood, Cinema, DVD, Film, Films, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Samuel Walters, Movie, Movies, Sam Walters, Samuel Walters, Special Guest, Star Wars, The Cable Guy, The Princess Bride, True Romance ·

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November 26, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Ian Doescher: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars

William Shakespeare’s Star Wars Ian Doescher Quirk Books The problem with Star Wars – to try to narrow it down to just one thing – is the extremists; that is to say people who take it far too seriously (Ronald Reagan) and those who don’t take it seriously enough (my stoned friends attended the premiere […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book Review, George Lucas, Ian Doescher, Peter Jackson, Shakespeare, Sir Ian McKellen, Star Wars, William Shakespeare's Star Wars ·

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March 23, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1566

John Williams/LSO, Star Wars (1977) I never quite became the full Star Wars geek – and if I was ever close (I certainly loved the original trilogy as a kid, went to the second and third – or fifth and sixth if you must – at the cinema; when they re-released them I made sure […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1977, Cantina Band, George Lucas, Jar-Jar Binks, John Williams, LP, Soundtrack, Star Wars, The Imperial March, Vinyl ·

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June 26, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1953

Original London Cast, Les Miserables (1985) I have never seen Les Miserables – nor do I really ever intend to see it, or read it or experience it in any way. I don’t feel I’m missing out – and if I did go to a production of it now it would be a bit like […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Andrew Lloyd Webber, I Dreamed A Dream, Les Miserables, MX5, Original London Cast Recording, Star Wars, Vinyl ·

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