The new Permanent Vacation compilation ‘Space Oddities Vol.2′, compiled by Alexis Le-Tan & Jess, is a brilliant collection of spaced-out, cosmic, groovy library music from the 70s and 80s. More psychedelic and proggy than Vol.1, it features some killer tracks from some of the finest soundtrack libraries in the world (CAM, Telemusic, Crea etc). ‘Equilibrium’ [...]
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Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Cat o’ Nine Tails (Dario Argento, 1971) So what’s been happening since the last time I did a Morricone Monday? Well, Michael Jackson died, of course. You may have noticed that this website was probably the only media outlet in the world that didn’t register some kind of tribute to the self-proclaimed “King of Pop”, [...]
Single of the Day – Henry Mancini – Experiment In Terror
Composer Henry Mancini first encountered director/producer Blake Edwards in 1958. Teaming up, they began operations under the theory that dramatic background music be fresh. modern and listenable in its own right. As a result of this attitude, Mancini went on to have incredible success with Edwards, in television (‘Peter Gunn’ and ‘Mr Lucky’) and film (‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’). [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968) Hands up who likes Austin Powers? Well, I know I do! Not the wretched sequels of course, but the first film in the series, which was an incredibly smart and rather heartfelt parody of a period of filmmaking stretching from the mid to late 60s. With the Cold War approaching its 20th year, international espionage and patriotic derring-do [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968) There are certain films that have endings so unique, distinctive and downright unexpected that these endings often become the most famous thing about the films themselves. Think Planet of the Apes. Think The Wicker Man. Think Don’t Look Now. The last 5 or 10 minutes of all those films are so [...]
(Not) Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) There are two kinds of 100 Greatest Ever-type film lists, aren’t there? First of all, there are the ones voted for by the general public. These generally appear in magazines like Total Film or are broadcast in whopping 3 to 4 hour specials on Channel 4. The kind of [...]
Maurice Jarre Monday
I’ve just heard that Maurice Jarre has passed away. As a mark of respect for the film composer extraordinaire (and dad of Jean Michel) we’re going to roll forward our weekly tribute to Ennio Morricone til tomorrow. Born in Lyon, France in 1924, Jarre would gain international fame, legendary status, and not one, but two Oscars [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel, 1970) Anyone fancy playing a quick game of Going for Gold (semi-legendary UK quiz show in which contestants had to guess the identity of someone or something from a brief spoken description) as a “fun” way to introduce this week’s Morricone scored motion picture? Thought not, but we will [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982) When Aneet and myself challenged each other to name our Top 5 favourite film composers recently(that’s the sort of crazy shit we get up to), rather interestingly, other than the legendary Ennio Morricone, subject of our regular Monday salutes, the only “scorer” we picked in common was John Carpenter. The horror [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Dario Argento, 1970) Ennio Morricone is most famous for his work with Sergio Leone. Si? The films of Dario Argento are most closely associated with the music of Italian prog-rock monsters, Goblin. No? However, if we set aside these widely known and universally acclaimed creative partnerships for a moment, it may come as something [...]
