First... many thanks to siochembio for encouraging me to write this post.  You're awesome!

In the interest of full disclosure....   My love of movie music started at a relatively early age when my father played his collection of movie and TV soundtrack albums every Saturday morning. His collection was rather wide-ranging, from Jerry Goldsmith's earliest ( Read more... )

Music in Film - Category 3 - The Movie Theme
To see the genesis of this article, read the original post
To see my thoughts on Category 1, the Movie Musical, check out part 1 and part 2
To see my thoughts on Category 2, Uses of Previously Written Music as Soundtrack, check it out hereThis article deals with the incredibly powerful yet brief Movie ( Read more... )

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Horo, my nut brown maiden
Hiri, my nut brown maiden
Horo, ro maiden
For she's the maid for me.

I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
Director: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Starring: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey


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OK, I love lists about movies. I'm addicted to them. And IMDB usually posts the most recent ones created. So here we go!

Top 100 Movie Soundtracks

This one is nice in that it isn't ranked, and there's a very good mix of the modern with the classic. Includes some of my personal favorite soundtracks (A Clockwork Orange, Topsy Turvy).

Totally awesome filmic experience.

I just went to see Lonesome, a rare 1927 film, at the Dryden tonight. Now, the film was surprisingly funny and charming, and the photography was spectacular considering it was made in 1927. However, Lonesome was not the main attraction. That was instead The Alloy Orchestra. I've watched probably a half dozen ( Read more... )

Of the movies you love (or the movies critics love) what are some of the great overlooked performances? They can be from great actors with small parts (Donald Sutherland in Pride and Prejudice), or the supporting cast, or even extras in the background! (You know, like those great stuntmen who die the dramatic falling-over-the-railing-while-screamin ( Read more... )