ost-dreams

(500)

2009-07-16T12:36:00.003+03:00

(500) Days Of Summer [Mychael Danna & Rob Simonsen ~ 2009]

1. A Story of Boy Meets Girl - Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen
2. Us - Regina Spektor
3. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
4. Bad Kids - Black Lips
5. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
6. There Goes The Fear - Doves
7. You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
8. Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
9. Quelqu’un M’a Dit - Carla Bruni
10. Mushaboom - Feist
11. Hero - Regina Spektor
12. Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel
13. Vagabond - Wolfmother
14. She’s Got You High - Mumm-Ra
15. Here Comes Your Man - Meaghan Smith
16. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - She & Him

Manderlay

2008-05-04T03:18:00.004+03:00

Tracklist

1.Dogville Overture
Vivaldi Concert in G major. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
2.Thoughts of Tom
Haendel Concerto Grosso in D major. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
3.Happy at Work
Oboe Concerto Albinoni Concerto for Oboe in D minor. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
4.Dogville Theme
Vivaldi Concert in G major. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
5.The Gifts
Flute and cembalo Vivaldi Concerto for Flute in D minor. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
6.Happy Times in Dogville
Albinoni Concerto for Oboe in D minor. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
7.Fast Motion
Vivaldi Concert in G major. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
8.The Fog
Vivaldi "Madrigalesco" RV 139. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
9.Grace Gets Angry
Vivaldi "Nisi Dominus" RV 608. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
10.Change of Time
Pergolesi "Stabat Mater". Arr.: Joachim Holbek
11.Manderlay Theme
Vivaldi Concerto for Basson in A minor. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
12.Mam's Death
Vivaldi Concert in G minor. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
13.The Child
Vivaldi "Al Santo Sepolcro" and "Quando Corpus Morietur". Arr.: Joachim Holbek
14.The Swallows Arrives
Händel Aria. Arr.: Joachim Holbek
15.Young Americans
Written and Performed by David Bowie

Manderlay [Joachim Holbek] (Milan Records,2005)

200 Cigarettes

2008-05-04T02:18:00.002+03:00

Track listing

1.Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
2.In The Flesh - Blondie
3.Just What I Needed - The Cars
4.Save It For Later - Harvey Danger
5.Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's
6.I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
7.I Don't Care - The Ramones
8.Boogie Wonderland - Girls Against Boys
9.Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang
10.It's Different For Girls - Joe Jackson
11.Nowhere Girl - B-Movie
12.More Than This - Roxy Music
13.Romeo & Juliet - Dire Straits
14.(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding - Elvis Costello, The Attractions
15.Blondie Medley - Rapture, Maria, No Exit (The Loud AllStar Rock Remix)
Blondie, Coolio, The Loud AllStars (Havoc, Prodigy Of Mobb Deep, Inspectah Deck, U-God Of Wu-Tang Clan)

200 Cigarettes [Mark Mothersbaugh] (Mercury Records,1999)

Bettie Page

2008-04-22T22:22:00.003+03:00

Η απόλυτη bondage θεά των 50's σε μια πολυ καλή βιογραφική ταινία, με την Gretchen Mol να ενσαρκώνει την Bettie Page, ίσως το πρώτο sex symbol της Αμερικής.

Tracklist

1.Opening (Mark Suozzo)
2.Sexy Ways (Hank Ballard & The Midnighters)
3.Blues In (Art Pepper)
4.One Kiss Too Many (Eddy Arnold)
5.Waiting Room / Nashville Memories (Mark Suozzo)
6.Life’s Railway To Heaven (Patsy Cline)
7.Sashaying On The Sabbath (Mark Suozzo)
8.Skokiaan (Pérez Prado)
9.An Occasional Man (Jeri Southern)
10.Jordu (Clifford Brown & Max Roach)
11.I Surrender, Dear (Artie Shaw)
12.Smut Probe (Mark Suozzo)
13.Mucha Muchacha (Esquivel)
14.Love Chant (Charles Mingus)
15.Dance Of The Insects (Jean-Claude Petit)
16.Gone With The Wind (Julie London)
17.Dress For The Lord (Mark Suozzo)
18.Blue Tango (Leroy Anderson)
19.(Do You Intend To Put An End To) A Sweet Beginning Like This (Fats Waller)

The Notorious Bettie Page [Mark Suozzo](Lakeshore Records,2006)

Lisbon Story

2008-04-22T19:04:00.004+03:00

Wenders' story of Lisbon is not your average film portrait. It is a portrait of a city done in sound, through a soundman discovering one of Europe's most dazzling metropoles. Asked for help by his Lisbon-based director friend Monroe (Patrick Bauchau), German sound specialist Philipp Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) travels to Lisbon where he finds the flat of his friend deserted: Monroe has mysteriously vanished and left only his unfinished film behind him. Philipp takes on a unique excursion through the Poruguese capital, strolling aimlessly through Lisbon, capturing with his microphone a wide scale of city sound - Lisbon, the way you've never heard (or seen) it before.

After concentrating on the human eye and visual perception in his films, Until the End of the World (1990) and Faraway so Close (1991), German director Wim Wenders, formally one of the leading representatives of young German cinema of the 70s and a respected and influential filmmaker of the 80s and 90s, now centres on the world of sound: giving it song and noise, the melodies and voices which accompany the urban experience proving an unusual cinematic exposure.

Although Wenders, who won the Palme d'Or for Paris, Texas in 1984, and the Best Director award three years later in Cannes for Wings of Desire, confesses that Lisbon Story was shot without script, his portrayal of the city is dominated by characteristic Wender motives and themes as anxiety and alienation. Dedicated to the late Frederico Fellini, Lisbon Story can also be understood as a homage to the centenary of film: in its shots, which resemble the charmingly awkward style of movies from the pioneer days of filming, soundman Philpp's eccentric humour recalls the king of slapstick, Buster Keaton. Developing slowly and focussing more on images, emotions and thought than on action, Lisbon Story holds a special gimmick for Wender's film buffs: Monroe is a character from Wender's 1980 film State of Things.
As ever, the soundtrack for Wender's latest is distinctive: Lisbon Story features the popular Portuguese band, Madredeus, a band which combines traditional folklore material with elements of modern music, created by using acoustic guitars, a cello accordion, keyboards and the clear voice of Teresa Salgueiro. The importance of this lively and breathtakingly melancholic music is underlined by the fact that only after Philipp Winter has fallen in love with the lead singer's voice does he then fall in love with Teresa Salgueiro, the band's lead singer Silke Schütze.

filmfestivalspro.com

Tracklisting

1.Guitarra
2.Milagre
3.Céu da Mouraria
4.Miradouro de Santa Catarina
5.A Cidade e os Campos
6.O Tejo
7.Viagens Interditas
8.Alfama
9.Ainda
10.Maio Maduro Maio

Lisbon Story (Ainda)[Madredeus] (Blue Note Records,1996)

Madredeus - Guitarra (scene from the movie)

This is England

2008-04-20T12:10:00.003+03:00

"..Μια απο τις καλύτερες βρετανικές ταινίες απο την εποχή του Trainspotting.."

Tracklist:

01-Toots & The Maytals – 54-46 was my number
02-Dexys Midnight Runners – Come on Eileen
03-Soft Cell – Tainted love
04-Underpass/flares (movie dialogue)
05-Nicole Gravenhurst
06-Cynth/Dad (movie dialogue)
07-Al Barry & The Cimarons – Morning sun
08-Shoe shop (movie dialogue)
09-Toots & The Maytals – Louie Louie
10-Toots & The Maytals – Pressure drop
11-Hair in Cafe (movie dialogue)
12-The Specials – Do the dog
13-Ludovico Einaudi-Ritornare
14-This is England (movie dialogue)
15-The Upsetters – Return of Django
16-Uk Subs – Warhead
17-Ludovico Einaudi-Fuori dal mondo
18-Strawberry Switchblade-Since yesterday
19-Tits (movie dialogue)
20-Percy Sledge-The dark end of the street
21-Ludovico Einaudi-Oltremare
22-Clayhill-Please please please let me get what I want
23-Ludovico Einaudi-Dietro casa
24-Gavin Clark-Never seen the sea

This is England [Ludovico Einaudi] (Universal UK,2006)

The Brown Bunny

2008-04-19T13:08:00.003+03:00

Tracklisting

1. "Come Wander With Me" (Jeff Alexander)
2. "Tears for Dolphy" (Ted Curson)
3. "Milk and Honey" (Jackson C. Frank)
4. "Beautiful" (Gordon Lightfoot)
5. "Smooth" (Matisse/Accardo Quartet)
6. "Forever Away" (John Frusciante)
7. "Dying Song" (John Frusciante)
8. "Leave All the Days Behind" (John Frusciante)
9. "Prostitution Song" (John Frusciante)
10. "Falling" (John Frusciante)

The Brown Bunny [John Frusciante] (Tulip Records,2004)

Les Petits Vacances

2008-04-18T20:25:00.003+03:00

"Anchored by a superb performance from the veteran French New Wave actress Bernadette Lafont (The Mother and the Whore), Les Petites Vacances is an absorbing road movie from debut writer/director Olivier Peyon. Lafont plays a sixtysomething ex-teacher, Danielle, who takes her two grandchildren Marine and Thomas (Adele Csech and Lucas Franchi) on an impromptu summer holidays trip to Haute-Savoie region, but is mysteriously reluctant to tell the kids' divorced parents of her itinerary"

BBC

Tracklisting

1.Les petites vacances - ouverture
2.Kantele
3.Tango de l'ombre - la fuite
4.Les vacances
5.La camisa negra (Juanes)
6.Une ville la nuit
7.La fugue
8.La traversée
9.Vague à l'âme
10.Tango de l'ombre - le tunnel
11.Le tourni
12.Despuès la fiesta
13.Como la mariposa (Leyanis Lopez)
14.La traversée - générique final

Les Petits Vacances (Jerome Baur] (Peermusic Recordings,2006)

Pan's Labyrinth

2008-04-18T19:31:00.003+03:00

Ο υποψήφιος για Όσκαρ ισπανός συνθέτης Javier Navarrete συνεργάζεται για δεύτερη φορά με τον del Toro (η πρώτη ήταν στο "Devil's Backbone") και βασίζει όλο την μουσική σύνθεση πάνω σε ένα νανούρισμα που πρωταρχικό ρόλο έχουν οι μελώδιες του πιάνο και των βιολιών αλλά και οι παιδικές φωνές που σε μερικά σημεία θυμίζουν το "Rosemary's Baby" του Krzysztof Komeda.

O Del Toro ετοιμάζει για το 2009 και 2010, εκτός απο την δεύτερη συνέχεια του Hellboy, ταίνιες και σε επίπεδο παραγωγής αλλά και σε σκηνοθεσίας αρκετά ενδιαφέρουσες. Το 2009 θα κυκλοφορήσουν, το "3993" (.."A ghost story about 'the hostages left to fortune by the past' set in 1990's Spain and with connections with Spanish Civil War in 1939..") αλλά και το "At the Mountains of Madness" του H.P. Lovecraft. Απο εκεί και πέρα υπάρχουν ακόμα στα σκαριά άλλες δύο ταινίες : το "Doctor Strange" που αφορά έναν ακόμη ήρωα της Marvel αλλά και την συνεργασία με τον Peter Jackson για το prequel του "Άρχοντα των Δαχτυλιδιών".

Tracklisting
1.Long, Long Time Ago (Hace Mucho, Mucho Tiempo)
2.The Labyrinth (El Laberinto)
3.Rose, Dragon (La Rosa y el Dragón)
4.The Fairy and the Labyrinth (El Hada y el Laberinto)
5.Three Trials (Las Tres Pruebas)
6.The Moribund Tree and the Toad (El Árbol Que Muere y el Sapo)
7.Guerilleros (Guerrilleros)
8.A Book of Blood (El Libro de Sangre)
9.Mercedes Lullaby (Nana de Mercedes)
10.The Refuge (El Refugio)
11.Not Human (El Que No Es Humano
12.The River (El Río)
13.A Tale (Un Cuento)
14.Deep Forest (Bosque Profundo)
15.Waltz of the Mandrake (Vals de La Mandrágora)
16.The Funeral (El Funeral)
17.Mercedes (Mercedes)
18.Pan and the Full Moon (La Luna Llena y el Fauno)
19.Ofelia (Ofelia)
20.A Princess (Una Princesa)
21.Pan's Labyrinth Lullaby (Nana del Laberinto del Fauno)

Pan's Labyrinth [Javier Navarrete] (Milan Records,2006)

Breaking & Entering

2008-04-17T17:55:00.003+03:00

Την πρώτη απόπειρα των Underworld να ασχοληθούν με την κινηματογραφική μουσική την κάνουν δίπλα σε σίγουρο και δυνατό χαρτί καυ δεν είναι άλλο απο έναν απο τους καλύτερους συνθέτες που υπάρχουν,τον λιβανέζο Gabriel Yared που πρέπει να πλησιάζει τις 100 κινηματογραφικές του συνθέσεις έως σήμερα.Αδύναμη ίσως στα όρια και του αδιάφορου η ταινία του Anthony Mingella που όμως η επιλογή της ιδιότυπης αυτής συνεργασίας για την μουσική της επένδυση κρίνεται πέρα ως πέρα επιτυχημένη.

Traclisting

1.A Thing Happens
2.St Pancras
3.Sad Amira
4.Monkey One
5.Hungerford Bridge
6.We Love Bea
7.Happy Toast
8.Monkey Two
9.Will and Amira
10.Primrose Hill
11.So-Ree
12.Mending Things
13.Broken Entered
14.Piano Modal
15.Counterpoint Hang Pulse

Breaking & Entering [Gabriel Yared & Underworld] (V2 Records,2006)

Persepolis

2008-04-16T23:03:00.003+03:00

Those of you familiar with Marjane Satrapi's gorgeous and poignant comic books will no doubt be, as I am, extremely eager to see how these intimate portrayals of life as an outsider translate to the big screen. However on the evidence here in the film's soundtrack composed by Oliver Bernet, at the very least the music sums up her moods and feelings perfectly. A fitting blend of Eastern and Western musical forms, from the sleazy 'Teheran Disco' to the swooping strings of 'Manifestation' there is a sense that we are trapped in-between worlds, a sense that is absolutely aligned with Satrapi's wonderful graphic novels. She is an outsider looking in with humour, grace and mixed emotions, and to translate those feelings to music is a difficult prospect met with a level head by Bernet. With a lightness to his production style which gives the songs an almost lo-fi charm at times this carries the humour of the source material, even when the themes are darker and more melancholy. Lovely indeed.

Boomkat

Tracklisting
1. Persepolis Theme
2. Teheran Disco
3. Tout Ce Qui Est A Vous M'Appartient
4. Manifestations
5. La Bonne Lecon
6. L'Epopee D'Anouche
7. Le Proletariat
8. Va-T'En!
9. La Guerre
10. Master Of the Monsters (50 Toumans)
11. Dans La Vie, Tu Rencontreras Beaucoup De Cons
12. Marche Persane
13. Baleze
14. Rosen Aus Dem Suden (Hormones)
15. Musique De Merde
16. Frenchie
17. Flower Power
18. Love And Hate
19. Sachertorte
20. Eye Of the Tiger
21. Teheran
22. Absurde
23. Clair De Lune
24. Adieu

Persepolis [Olivier Bernet] (EMI Records,2007)

Danny Elfman & Tim Burton Tribute vol. I

2007-12-04T20:57:00.000+02:00

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory [2005]

Dir.Tim Burton
based on (Roald Dahl novel :Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (1964))

Cast.Johhny Depp,Helena Bonah Carter,Noah Taylor,Christopher Lee.

- H ταινία του Tim Burton είναι η δεύτερη που βγαίνει με ήρωα τον εκκεντρικό Willy Wonka και για πολλούς η πρώτη ταινία (1971) με πρωταγωνιστή τον Gene Wilder θεωρείται καλύτερη.

- Ο συγγραφέας Roald Dahl (1916-1990) εμπνεύστηκε την υπόθεση του βιβλίου του όταν ο ίδιος δούλευε σε εργοστάσιο σοκολατοβιομηχανίας, την γνωστή εταιρεία Cadbury.Επίσης έχει συγγράψει το επίσης πασίγνωστο βιβλίο με ήρωα την τρομερή Matilda.

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory [Danny Elfman] [Warner Sunset 2005]

Edward Scissorhands [1990]

Dir.Tim Burton
Cast. Johnny Depp,Winona Ryder,Dianne Wiest,Alan Arkin

- Πρώτη επιλογή για τον πρωταγωνιστικό ρόλο υπήρξε ο Tom Cruise αλλά εκείνος αρνήθηκε γιατί απαιτούσε ένα χαρούμενο τέλος,Δεύτερη επιλογή ήταν ο Robert Downey Jr. o οποίος αρνήθηκε χωρίς δεύτερη σκέψη.O Jim Carrey προσπάθησε πολλές φορές στα castings αλλά απέτυχε.Μόλις ο Jonny Depp διάβασε το σενάριο λέγεται οτι έβαλε τα κλάμματα σαν μωρό.

- Και όμως η ταινία ενέπνευσε μια ολόκληρη μόδα που μέχρι και σήμερα έχει πολλούς οπαδούς.Το gothic style.

Edward Scissorhands [Danny Elfman] [MCA Records 1990]

Pee-wee's Big Adventure [1985]

Dir.Tim Burton
Cast.Paul Reubens,Elizabeth Daily

- Ο H Μεγάλη Περιπέτεια του Pee Wee υπήρξε η πρώτη ταινία του Burton όταν εκείνος έφυγε απο την Disney.Συν-σεναριογράφος ήταν και ο θεότρελος Paul Reubens ο οποίος συμφώνησε χωρίς δεύτερη σκέψη να πρωταγωνιστήσει κιόλας.

- Η ταινία θεωρήθηκε μια απο τις χειρότερες ταινίες για το 1985 αλλά όσο τα χρόνια πέρναγαν έπαιρνε διαστάσεις cult.

- Ο Paul Reubens αν και εξαφανισμένος σε β'διαλογής ταινίες, ετοιμάζει την επιστροφή του για μια ακόμη φορά ως Pee Wee με την ταινία "Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie".

Pee Wee's Big Adventure [Danny Elfman] (Varese Sarabande 1985)

Batman [1989]

Dir.Tim Burton
Cast.Michael Keaton,Jack Nicholson,Kim Basinger,Robert Wuhl,Jack Palance

- Oι Mel Gibson,Charlie Seen,Pierce Brosnan,Daniel Day-Lewis,Ralph Fiennes,Harrison Ford,Dennis Quaid και Kevin Costner ήταν μερικοί μόνο απο τους ηθοποιούς που απέριψαν τον ρόλο του Bruce Wayne.

- Oι Willem Dafoe,David Bowie,Robin Williams,James Woods ήταν μερικοί απο τους ηθοποιούς που απέριψαν τον ρόλο του Joker.

Batman [Danny Elfman] (Warner Bros 1989)

Mars Attacks! [1996]

Dir.Tim Burton
Cast.Jack Nicholson,Glenn Close,Annete Benning,Pierce Brosnan,Danny de Vito,Martin Short,Sarah Jessica Parker,Michael J.Fox,Rod Steiger,Tom Jones,Natalie Portman,Pam Grier.

- H ιδεά του Burton για την ταινία βασίστηκε σε ένα παιχνίδι ανταλλαγής καρτών που έκανε θραύση στην Αμερική την δεκαετία του 60' ((Mars Attacks! Cards)

- Μεγάλη επιτυχία στους πανκ κύκλους έγινε το 1997 απο τους Misfits το κομμάτι που επηρρεάστηκε απο την ταινία (αλλά και απο το παλαιότερο παιχνίδι) με τίτλο , τί άλλο φυσικά , Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks! [Danny Elfman][Atlantic Records 1996]

Real Brasil

2007-11-27T21:10:00.000+02:00

Την είδα χθές και πραγματικά ενθουσιάστηκα..περισσότερες πληροφορίες απο το Movies for the Masses

"...Ξεπερνώντας είναι επίσημα η μεγαλύτερη φετινή βραζιλιάνικη παραγωγή (κατά τι πάνω από ένα μέσα στη βδομάδα τα δύο (2) εκατομμύρια εισιτήρια η Επίλεκτη ΔιμοιρίαA Grande Família - O Filme (2007)). Ανεπίσημα με πάνω από έντεκα (11) εκατομμύρια Βραζιλιάνους να υπολογίζεται ότι είχαν δει τη πειρατική κόπια, πριν καν ανοίξει εσπευσμένα στις 5 Οκτωβρίου, το Tropa de Elite (2007) είναι η πιο δημοφιλής ταινία όλων των εποχών στη χώρα του (ξεπερνώντας τα 10,7 μύρια θεατών του Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1976)).

Το σενάριο του Bráulio Mantovani που έγραψε και την έτερη πιο αμφιλεγόμενη ταινία ever στη Βραζιλία και μια από τις σημαντικότερες του παγκόσμιου κινηματογράφου, την Πόλη του Θεού (2002), βασίστηκε στο βιβλίο A Elite da Tropa από τον κοινωνιολόγο κι ένα φεγγάρι υπουργό Δημόσιας Τάξης του Lula, Luiz Eduardo Soares, και δυο πρώην αξιωματικούς της BOPE, της επίλεκτης και κάποτε αδιάφθορης ένοπλης αστυνομικής μονάδας του Ρίο. Η ιστορία περιγράφει την πραγματική επιχείρηση εκκαθάρισης μιας φαβέλας κοντά στη βιλάρα (μπορείς άνετα να υποθέσεις) του αρχιεπισκόπου της πόλης, το 1997 που ήταν να την επισκεφτεί ο τότε Πάπας (Ιωάννης Παύλος ΙΙ). Επιπλέον στοιχεία από τα μέσα έχει προσθέσει ο σκηνοθέτης José Padilha που είχε ξεκινήσει να κάνει ένα ακόμη ντοκιμαντέρ μετά το πολυβραβευμένο του Ônibus 174 (2002), μιλώντας με καμιά εικοσαριά στελέχη της BOPE, για να διαπιστώσει ότι κανένας δεν είχε διάθεση να τα πει και στην κάμερα..."

Waiting...

2007-11-16T19:34:00.000+02:00

Οι 14 πιο αναμενόμενες ταινίες ...

No Country for Old Men

Direction : Ethan & Joel Coen
Cast : Javier Bardem,Tommy Lee Jones,Josh Brolin,Woody Harrelson

p.s Το βιβλίο του Cormac McCarthy στο οποίο βασίζεται η ταινία είναι εξαιρετικο!

Love in the Time of Cholera

Director : Mike Newell
Cast :Javier Bardem,Benjamin Bratt,John Leguizamo,Giovanna Mezzogiorno

The Savages

Direction :Tamara Jenkins
Cast:Philip Seymour Hoffman,Laura Linney

The Kite Runner

Director:Marc Forster

Actors:Saïd Taghmaoui

Youth Without Youth

Director:Francis Ford Coppola
Cast:Tim Roth,Bruno Ganz,Alexandra Maria Lara

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Director :Tim Burton
Cast:Johnny Depp,Helena Bonham Carter,Alan Rickman,Timothy Spall,Sacha Baron Cohen

The Bucket List

Director :Rob Reiner
Cast: Jack Nicholson,Morgan Freeman

El Orfanato

Director:Juan Antonio Bayona
Cast: Fernando Cayo,Belén Rueda

Cassandra's Dream

Director : Woody Allen
Cast :Ewan McGregor,Colin Farell

Cidade dos Homens

Director:Paulo Morelli
Cast:Douglas Silva,Darlan Cunha

Be Kind Rewind

Director :Michel Gondry
Cast:Jack Black,Mos Def,Danny Glover,Mia Farrow

The Air I Breathe

Director :Jieho Lee
Cast :Andy Garcia,Sarah Michelle Gellar,Kevin Bacon,Brendan Fraser,Forest Whitaker

My Blueberry Nights

Director :Wong Kar-Wai
Cast: Norah Jones,Jude Law,Natalie Portman,Rachel Weisz

Funny Games

Director :Michael Haneke
Cast:Naomi Watts,Tim Roth

p.s Πρόκειται για την αμερικάνικη έκδοση της εξαιρετικής ταινίας του Haneke με τον ίδιο τίτλο που σκηνοθέτησε το 1997.O Haneke σκηνοθετεί καρέ καρέ το remake παρ'όλα αυτά προτείνω ανεπιφύλακτα την γνήσια ταινία του για ένα ακόμη λόγο.Την εξαιρετική ερμηνεία του Ulrich Mühe,που πιο πολλοί τον μαθάνε απο το "Οι ζωές των άλλων".

Almodovar Early Films

2007-11-16T15:09:00.001+02:00

Καταπληκτική συλλογή απο τον συνθέτη Bernardo Bonezzi που συνεργάστηκε με τον Almodovar στις πρώτες του ταινίες όπως :Labyrinth of Passion (1982)(μια ταινία που δυστυχώς δεν υπάρχει σε dvd,αλλά αξίζει δείτε την πιο surreal gay ταινία του Almodovar ( o οποίος κάνει και μια εμφάνιση σε ένα τραγούδι στην ταινία όπου είναι ίδιος ο Σπύρος Ρέβης(!!) ),What Have I Done To Deserve This? (1984),Matador (1986),Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
(1988)...enjoy it

Bonezzi: Almodovar Early Films [Silva America 2005]

1. Mujeres Al Borde De Un Ataque De Nervios
2. La Mirada Indiscreta
3. Taxi Triste
4. El Telefono No Suena
5. Hacia El Aeropuerto
6. Los Tacones De Pepa
7. Taxi Mambo
(tracks 1-7 from Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown)
8. Composicion En Rojo
9. Persecucion Telepatica
10. Composicion En Ocre
11. Composicion En Negro
12. Matador
(tracks 8-12 from Matador)
13. El Lagarto
14. La Familia De Gloria
15. Madrid - Berlin
16. La Soledad De Gloria
17. Que He Hecho Yo Para Merecer Esto?!
(tracks 13-17 from What Have I Done to Deserve This?)
18. Gran Ganga
19. Suck It To Me
(tracks 18-19 from Labyrinth Of Passions)

Chan-wook Park

2007-11-11T18:22:00.000+02:00

Sympathy Mr.Vengeance [Uhuhboo Project] (Dreambeat Records 2002]

OldBoy [Jo-Yeong Wook] (EMI Korea Records 2003]

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance [Jo-Yeong Wook] (Pastel Records 2005]

I'm Cyborg but thats OK [Jung Ji Hoon (Bi - Rain) & Im Soo Jung] (M Records 2007)

Akira

2007-11-08T16:03:00.000+02:00

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Music from the films of Akira Kurosawa

Coixet

2007-11-04T12:04:00.000+02:00

Η Ισπανίδα Isabel Coixet δεν υπηρξε ποτέ γνωστό όνομα στην χώρα μας και οι πιο πολλοί την γνώρισαν απο την ταινία της το 2005,"The Secret Life of Words" (Tim Robbins και Sarah Polley)καθώς επίσης και απο το "Paris Je t'aime" που σκηνοθέτησε την Miranda Richardson και τον Sergio Castellitto σε μία απο τις καλές ιστορίες του δικού της αγαπημένου Παρισιού ("Bastille").

Αναμένω την καινούργια της ταινία,"Elegy" βασισμένη στην νουβέλα,"The Dying Animal" ("Το ζώο που ξεψυχά" εκδ.Πόλις) του Φίλιπ Ροθ, όπου με την βοήθεια ενός εξαιρετικού κάστ (
Ben Kingsley,Patricia Clarkson,Penélope Cruz,Deborah Harry,Peter Sarsgaard και Dennis Hopper)μας παρουσιάζει την ερωτική σχέση του μεσήλικα καθηγητή πανεπιστημίου,Ντέιβιντ Κεπές (Ben Kingsley) και της 24χρονης μαθήτριας του (Penelope Cruz).

Εν αναμονή της "Ελεγείας" λοιπόν ας θυμηθούμε το soundtrack του "Life Without Me ",την καλύτερη έως τώρα ταινία της Coixet που σκηνοθέτησε το 2003 (όποιος δεν την έχει δει και είναι σε τρελό weeping mood,η ταινία ενδείκνυται(!!)) ..enjoy it

Mi Vida Sin Mi (My life without me) [Alfonso de Vilallonga] (WEA Records 2003)

Reinaldo Arenas

2007-11-01T19:17:00.000+02:00

My Lover Sea
(by Reinaldo Arenas)

I am that child
with the round, dirty face
who on every corner bothers you with his
" Can you spare a quater?"

I am that child with the dirty face,
no doubt unwanted,
that from far away contemplates coaches
where other children
emit laughter and jump up and down considerably

I am that unlikeable child
definitely unwanted,
with the round dirty face
who before giant street lights or
under the grandams also illuminated
or in front of the little girls that seem to levitate
projects that insult of his dirty face

I am that angry and lonely child of always,
that throw you the insult and warns you:
if hypocritically you pat me on the head
I would take that opportunity to steal your wallet

I am that child of always
before the panorama of imminent terror
imminent leprosy, imminenet fleas,
of offenses and the imminent crime.

I am that repulsive child that improvises a bed
out of an old cardboard box and waits,
certain that you will accompany me

Διαβάστε επίσης ένα εξαιρετικό άρθρο απο τον φίλο του Αrenas,Jaime Manrique,την τελευταία μέρα που τον επισκέφτηκε προτού πεθάνει στις 7 Δεκεμβρίου 1990.Εδώ!

H Penguin έχει μια εξαιρετική συλλογή απο νουβέλες του Arenas που αξίζει να διαβάσετε..προτείνω :

Before Night Falls [Carter Burwell] (Blue Thump Records 2001)

Goldfrapp

2007-10-30T18:31:00.000+02:00

Σαν να μην πέρασε ποτέ απο τις ελληνικές αίθουσες πριν τρία χρόνια η ταινία του Pawel Pawlikowski,"My Summer of love" που τπροσωπικά την θεωρώ μια απο τις σπουδαιότερες Ευρωπαϊκες ταινίες της τελευταίας 5ετίας.Εξαιρετικές οι δύο αγγλίδες πρωταγωνίστριες,Emily Blunt και Nathalie Press που όπως λέει και ο ίδιος ο σκηνοθέτης πιο πολύ βασίστηκαν στον αυτοσχεδιασμό των δύσκολων ρόλων τους (υποδύονται δύο νεαρές αγγλίδες με διαφορετικό κοινωνικό και μορφωτικό επίπεδο που ερωτεύονται χωρίς βέβαια να λοίπον στο τέλος οι τραγικές συνέπειες του θυελλώδους έρωτα τους).Το δεύτερο σημαντικό που κάνει την ταινία καταπληκτική είναι το εξαιρετικό soundtrack με κομμάτια απο την Alison Goldfrapp αλλά και κλασσικά.Δεν λέω πολλά,κοιτάχτε το tracklist και βγάλτε συμπέρασμα..enjoy it

Tracklist
1.Goldfrapp - Lovely Head 2.Mona on the Tennis Court
3.Julie London - Sway
4.Meeting in the Moors
5.The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
6. Pulse
7.Blonde Redhead - Elephant Woman
8.Camile Saint-Saens - The Swan (Adagio)
9.Mona and Tamsin on a Rock
10.Mozart - Masonic Funeral Music in C Minor, K.477 (K.479a)
11.Sadie's Room
12.Edith Piaf - La Foule
13.Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso - Tres Caravelas (Las Tres Carabelas) (03:10)
14.Mona at the Gate
15.Borodin - String Quartet No. 2 in D Major

My Summer of Love [Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory] (Milan Records 2004)

Bunny Lake

2007-10-25T19:27:00.000+03:00

Τι έχουν πάθει πια στην Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες και δεν μπορούν πια να γυρίσουν μια αξιοπρεπή φρέσκια σε σενάριο ταινία? Όταν δεν κλέβουν (μαζί και τους σκηνοθέτες) ότι Ασιατική ταινία προβάλλεται,γυρνάνε πίσω,στις δικές τους ταινίες του 50' και 60' και χωρις να κάνουν ούτε την παραμικρή αλλαγή στο σενάριο,απλά αλλάζωντας τους ηθοποιούς,την ξανά-κινηματογραφίζουν.

Μια ακόμη τέτοια περίπτωση είναι και το ψυχολογικό θρίλερ του 1965 που σκηνοθέτησε ο Otto Preminger και πρωταγωνίστησε ο αξεπέραστος Lawrence Olivier.Εν έτη 2009 λοιπον το "Bunny Lake is Missing" περνάει σκηνοθετικά στον Joe Carnahan (αν δεν το γνωρίζετε εως τώρα μάλλον δεν έχετε δει το Smokin Aces αλλά don't worry σε λίγο καιρό θα είναι αυτός που θα έχει να καρατομήσει (σκηνοθετικά πάντα) μια σπουδαία ταινία (Bunny Lake is Missing) και ένα εξαιρετικό βιβλίο (White Jazz του James Elroy))που ενώ είχε την Reese Witherspoon να πρωταγωνιστεί στο ρόλο της μητέρας (την υποδυόταν εξαιρετικα η Carol Lynley) που χάνει τα ίχνη της 4χρονης κόρης της δηλώνοντας στον αστυνομικό ντετέκτιβ οτι δεν γύρισε ποτέ απο το σχολείο.Το μυστήριο της υπόθεσης όμως αρχίζεται και μεγαλώνει ύστερα απο τις έρευνες του ντετέκτιβ (Lawrence Olivier) όταν διαπιστώνει ότι δεν υπήρξε ποτέ 4χρονη κόρη και όλες οι υποψίες πέφτουν τώρα στην ψυχική και πνευματική υγεία της μητέρας...To soundtrack υπογράφει ο Paul Glass με την συμμετοχή και των Zombies σε 3 τραγούδια..enjoy it

Bunny Lake is Missing [Paul Glass] (RCA Records 1965)

Dark City

2007-10-24T19:03:00.000+03:00

Ο Alex Proyas έιναι ένας ακόμη ξεχασμένος σκηνοθέτης που κάνωντας 3 επιτυχίες μετά σταμάτησε.."Το Κοράκι" (1994),"Dark City" (1998) και η τελευταία του ταινία το "I Robot" toy 2004,και απο τότε σιωπή...Κάτι λέγεται οτι βρίσκεται σε διαπραγματεύσεις να αναλάβει το 2009 μια ταινία που θα αναφέρεται στο υπερ-ήρωα της Marvel,Silver Surfer που τον είδαμε στη συνέχεια των F4.

Αν πάρει την γοτθική ατμόσφαιρα απο το "Κοράκι",το κλειστοφοβικό και βίαιο σκηνικό της "Σκοτεινής Πόλης" και τα οπτικά εφέ του "I Robot" ,τότε μπορεί να μιλάμε για μια απο τις καλύτερες μεταφορές υπερ-ηρώων...

Dark City [Trevor Jones] (TVT Records 1998)

Funky!

2007-10-23T14:28:00.000+03:00

Finally -- the long overdue release of one of the funkiest soundtracks ever! The music to Black Belt Jones has always been the stuff of legend -- mostly only issued as a promo single back in the 70s, but funky enough that it's ranked among the best soundtracks of the decade! The score was composed and performed by Dennis Coffey and Luchi De Jesus -- the former a funk star in his own right, the latter the composer of the ultra-hip Friday Foster soundtrack -- and together, the pair have crafted some killer grooves that mix guitars, congas, and blasting orchestrations that could plow Enter The Dragon into the dust! Plus, the soundtrack nicely mixes together bits of dialogue and sound effects from the film -- making things sound a lot like some of those cool Japanese Bruce Lee soundtracks that were floating around from years back. Titles include "Love Theme", "At The Beach", "Main Theme", "Opening Theme", "Drama", "Mafia Theme", and "Sexy".

Dusty Groove

Black Belt Jones [Dennis Coffey] (Warner Music 1975)

Badalamenti

2007-10-21T13:30:00.000+03:00

Ο Jean-Pierre Jeunet αν και αρκετά επιτυχημένος μετά απο τις δύο τελευταίες του ταινίες ."Amelie" και "Un long dimanche de fiançailles",απο το 2004 έχει πραγματικά εξαφανιστεί.Δεν ετοιμάζει απολύτως τίποτα λές και τον κατάπιε η γη.Οπότε αναγκαζόμαστε να γυρίσουμε 12 χρόνια πίσω και να ξανα-απολαύσουμε την ultimate ευρωπαϊκη ταινία φαντασίας,"The City of Lost Children" που σκηνοθέτησε ο Jeunet με τον μόνιμο συνεργάτη του Marc Caro.

La Cité des enfants perdus [Angelo Badalamenti] (East West Records 1995]

Sesso Matto

2007-10-18T20:19:00.000+03:00

Funky grooves, floating vocals, mellow keyboards, and a whole lot more -- easily one of the greatest soundtracks ever from the legendary Armando Trovajoli -- and certainly one of the grooviest too! There's a sublime quality to this score that's well made Sessomatto one of the best-remembered albums from the glory years of the Italian soundtracks -- a sense of space, pacing, and timing that are simply breathtaking -- and which are the perfect summation of Trovajoli's earlier experiments in music. As with his score to La Matriarca, the instrumentation here varies often -- sometimes a bit of horns, nicely compressed; sometimes a floating harmonica line; sometimes keyboards; and sometimes a funky rhythm topped with vocals -- all woven together in a rich pastiche of styles that makes the album one of the deepest soundtracks you'll hope to own from the time. The remastering here is wonderful -- way better than the previous Japanese reissues, and done in a way that really isolates the best elements of the music -- letting the simple balance of sound and space resonate beautifully, and exposing even more of Trovajoli's genius with a wealth of bonus tracks. These added numbers really open the whole thing up -- taking the album way past the familiar "Sessomatto" theme (reworked and remixed for the dancefloor often in later years), and almost creating a mini-movie in sound -- with all the requisite scene shifts and drama to match! CD features a whopping 41 tracks in all -- with titles that include "Sessomatto", "Signora Sono Le Otto", "Two Happy People", "Ammuri Ammuri", "D'Amore Si Muore", "Un Amore Difficile", "Due Cuori E Una Birra", "Bravo Balli bene", "Scappa Gilda", "Vorrei Che Fosse Amore", "Searching For Something", and "L'Ospite"

Dusty Groove

Sesso Matto [Armando Trovaioli] (Beat Records 1972)

Andrzej Wajda

2007-10-16T18:58:00.001+03:00

Με αφορμή την καινούργια ταινία του μεγαλύτερου πολωνού σκηνοθέτη Andrzej Wajda,που καταπιάνεται με τον Πολωνικό λαό στον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο και τα κατα συρροήν εγκλήματα των ρώσων στρατιωτών ενάντια των πολωνών,ας θυμηθούμε τα soundtrack 4 ταινιών του που έγραψαν ιστορία...Man of Marble (1977),Man of Iron (1981),The Birch Wood (1970) και Haunting Files (1969).Όλα του συνθέτη Andrzej Korzynski σε μια εξαιρετική συλλογή.

Music to the Films of Andrzej Wajda [Andrzej Korzynski] (Olympia Records 1993)

introducing...Roy Budd

2007-10-13T14:16:00.000+03:00

"Roy Budd was considered a child prodigy taking up the piano at four years old and making his first public performance at six. Early on he discovered and developed a love of jazz, forming his own jazz band, The Roy Budd Trio. He left school at sixteen and started a successful career as a professional jazz pianist. His first venture into film music in 1970 is legendary, convincing director Ralph Nelson to allow him to compose a score for his new and highly controversial film Soldier Blue by giving him a tape full of less well known music by Goldsmith, Williams, Schifrin and Steiner, but passing it off as Budd’s own work. The stunning score for Soldier Blue led to many more commissions including Get Carter, The Wild Geese and Fear Is The Key. Roy Budd composed for almost fifty films, sometimes with songwriter Jack Fishman, before tragically dieing from a brain haemorrhage in 1993 just after completing his ambitious project for a new score for the 1923 silent film, The Phantom Of The Opera. AK"

"Music from the Movies"

Ένας μοναδικός συνθέτης που αξίζει να τον ανακαλύψετε...enjoy

Fear is the Key [Roy Budd] (Cinephile Records 1972) (Cinephile Records 1975)

The main theme is haunting and unmistakably Budd at his best. The second track is a masterpiece of film scoring being, one of the few instances where sound effects and music work together, covering a car chase through the bayou which lasts more than ten minutes. The screeching tyres and wailing police sirens inter-link with Roy's jazz music in a strange but compelling harmony, which does odd things to your driving skills when played in the car! The later tracks project the speed and the excitement of the film and are full of rhythm and life.

Get Carter [Roy Budd] (Castle Records 1971)

This soundtrack commission was jazz musician Roy Budd's second score and it owes much to his jazz background, with the entire score being recorded by Roy Budd's trio. The inspired use of a harpsichord for the main opening theme gives a unique, unforgettable sound which still remains fresh after nearly thirty years. However, the score includes many different musical styles, themes and songs with tracks varying from sixties ballads to the Bach influenced 'Goodbye Eric', but with a recurring jazz influence. There is not a single track on this score that will not stand alone or stand repeated listening.

Diamonds [Roy Budd] (Cinephile Records 1975)

Heist films always provided some of the best soundtracks of the 70's, and this one (starring Robert Shaw and Richard Roundtree, and issued in the US as Diamond Shaft) is no exception! Roy Budd rises to the groovy occasion and scores some excellent moments that match a light orchestral sound with a throbbing electric bass and percussion underground -- in a style that's like Lalo Schifrin's best work from the time. The LP's overflowing with tracks, including a few bonus mixes, and there's even 2 vocal numbers that feature The Three Degrees. Titles include "The Thief", "Beauty & The Bass", "Diamonds", "Party Piece", "Thief On the Prowl", and more! Nice notes, and some nicely funky crime themes, too!

Roy Budd - Get Carter Theme

Verushka

2007-10-12T17:45:00.000+03:00

One of the most haunting Morricone soundtracks ever -- and one of the grooviest too! The album's a perfect blend of our two favorite styles of Morricone work -- that of the floating female vocal over a gentle groove, and the darker, tenser side of his music. The main "Verushka" theme is one of his most beautiful -- a variation of female vocals with a gentle edge, in the tradition of classic soundtracks like La Donna Invisible or Le Photo Proibite. This theme shifts from mood to mood over the course of the LP, occasionally giving way to some more atonal passages and other more jazz-based tunes -- more of which are included here than on the original release, thanks to an expanded reissue job by Right Tempo! In fact, the whole thing's bubbling over with great music -- one of the best Morricone reissues we've ever stocked -- done with great sound and a huge array of extra tracks! Titles include a number of takes on the "Verushka" theme, plus "Astratto", "La Bambola", "Le Fotografie", "Magia", "La Spiaggia", and "Dopo L'Intervista".

Dusty Groove

Verushka [Ennio Morricone] (Easy Tempo 1971)

Jobim & Bonfa

2007-10-11T16:53:00.000+03:00

One of the all time great ones! This mad bit of music was composed for the film by Luiz Bonfa and Antonio Carlos Jobim, and it's a crazy mix of batucada, samba, and a bit of bossa nova. The soundtrack takes all of the musical bits, and it mixes them up into an insane collage of sound effects, speaking, and music. It sounds incredible, and it's even more spooky than the movie. With loads of classics that you'll recognize -- but done in a crazy crazy way -- like "Felicidade", "O Nosso Amor", and "Manha De Carnaval". Plus, this CD also includes a 13-minute medley of tracks from the score, performed by Bola Sete at the 1966 Monterey Jazz Fest!

Dusty Groove

Tο απόλυτο soundtrack και άλλη μια ταινία που κυκλoφορεί απο την Criterion

1960 Academy Award Winner and winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States. Criterion is proud to present the extended international version of Black Orpheus in a gorgeous new transfer.

Criterion

Black Orpheus [A.Carlos Jobim & Luiz Bonfa] (Verve Records 1976)

Velvet by request

2007-10-10T18:26:00.000+03:00

Velvet Goldmine [Curter Burwell] (Innerstate Records 1998)

Hate

2007-10-09T18:50:00.001+03:00

Το "Mίσος" του Mathieu Kassovitz αποτελεί ακόμη και σήμερα 12 χρόνια μετά,μια απο τις πιο επιδραστικές ταινίες της γαλλικής κοινωνίας,της αληθινής κοινωνίας,εκείνης που βρίσκεται στα προάστια όπου μουσουλμάνοι,βορειοαφρικανοί,εβραίοι και εθνικότητες απ'όλον τον κόσμο προσπαθούν να συμβιώσουν - επιβιώσουν.

Πεσιμιστική,σκοτεινή,κλειστοφοβική,μια ταινία που δεν δίνει καμία λύση ενάντια στον ρατσισμό,στην αστυνομική βία απέναντι στους μετανάστες,στα ναρκωτικά γιατί πολύ απλά δεν υπάρχει λύση.

Μια ταινία αριστούργημα απο έναν 28 χρονο ,συνεχιστή του Κώστα Γαβρά και του Ζ.Πολύ απλά η καλύτερη γαλλική ταινία.

La Haine [Assasin] (Bleue Marine 1995)

Φυσικά αξίζει να την έχεις απο την Criterion.Άψογη!

When he was just twenty-nine years old, Mathieu Kassovitz took the international film world by storm with La haine (Hate), a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France, specifically in the low-income banlieue districts on Paris’s outskirts. Aimlessly whiling away their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Hubert (Hubert Koundé), and Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui)—a Jew, an African, and an Arab—give human faces to France’s immigrant populations, their bristling resentment at their social marginalization slowly simmering until they reach a climactic boiling point. A work of tough beauty, La haine is a landmark of contemporary French cinema and a gripping reflection of its country’s ongoing identity crisis.

"criterion"

Sorcerer

2007-10-06T12:42:00.000+03:00

Μία απο τις αγαπημένες μου ταινίες,που αν και το remake του William Friedkin,στην εξαιρετική ταινία του Henri-Georges Clouzot, "The Wages of Fear",δεν είναι καθόλου κακό (ο Roy Scheider πραγματικά καθηλώνει) παρόλα αυτά δεν μπορεί να πλησιάσει στο αριστούργηματικό θρίλερ του Clouzot.(Μπορείς να το βρείς στην Criterion με φυσικά άψογη εικόνα και ήχο).

"In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot."

Criterion

Το soundtrack του Scorcerer απο τους Tangerine Dream πραγματικά σε στοιχειώνει.

Sorcerer [Tangerine Dream] (MCA Records 1977)

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2007-10-04T13:54:00.000+03:00

Very tight batch of crime jazz tracks composed by the great Piero Umiliani for this lost Klaus Kinski thriller. The material is played by some of Italy's best jazz players, and the tracks have nice sax solos, brassy riffs, organ lines, and even some cool flute and vibes. The reissue's got 17 tracks in all, with a motherlode of stuff that wasn't on the original soundtrack LP, and which all sounds great. If you dig jazz thriller soundtracks, this is one of the best we've heard, and the whole thing's put together with the usual high quality you'd expect from Easy Tempo. Tracks include "Apertura In Jazz", "Tema Dell'Addio", "Very Fast", and "Swing Come Sempre"

A fab little soundtrack from one of our favorite Italian composers -- a lost gem originally issued in 1971, with a very groovy sound! The score has Piero Umiliani picking up a bit more funk than usual -- working with electric bass and keyboards to come up with some totally great tracks that kind of pick up a sexy Euro funk groove from the Serge Gainsbourg generation, and give it some excellent soundtracky touches in terms of tone, color, and melody. The tracks are all pretty darn great -- bouncy, sunny, and with funk at just the right moments -- and a few nice numbers even have a bit of scatting vocals, an element that makes them all the more pleasing to our ears! Titles include "Mah Na Cowboy", "Holiday Inn", "Love In", "Il Mondo Dell Infanzia", "Luna Di Miele", "Pepito", and "La Nuova Frontiera".

La Legge Dei Gangsters [Piero Umiliani] (Easy Tempo 1969)

Questo Sporco Mondo Meraviglioso [Piero Umiliani] (Easy Tempo 1971)

Piero Umiliani & Buster Keaton

2007-10-03T18:22:00.000+03:00

Piero Umiliani did the score for this strange film that was one of Buster Keaton's last -- and as you can imagine by the title, it's got a bit of a military theme! That theme is also touched heavily with Keaton's comedy -- and Umiliani's score responds, coming up with numbers that are a mix of parody marches, campy action themes, and a few more contemplative numbers. The overall style is certainly straighter than most of Umiliani's other work from the time, but it's still quite well-conceived -- and almost has the feel of an Italian soundtrack from a generation before. Titles include "Dedicato A Buster", "Dopo La Battaglia", "Arrivano I Marines", "Marcia Del Generale", "Marcetta Swing", and "I Due Marines". (Newly remastered edition.)

Due Marines E Un Generale [Piero Umiliani] ( Cinevox Records 1966)

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2007-10-03T15:37:00.000+03:00

One of the coolest Italian soundtracks we've heard in a long time -- a wonderful set of tunes that moves from slinky, to easy, to groovy, and beyond! The tunes start out bubbling very spare and slow -- with floating piano, moog, and other nice bits -- and as the record progresses, the sound gets heavier, with some nice funky elements thrown into the mix! The whole thing's a brilliant exercise in understatement -- not only one of the best soundtracks by Umiliani from the 70s, but also a perfect example of why we dig Italian soundtracks so much! Titles include "Volto Di Donna", "La Prima Uscita", "La Rinuncia", "Senza Tregua", "Nostalgia", "The Party", and "Maryam"

"Dusty Groove"

La Ragazza Fuori Strada [Piero Umiliani] (Easy Tempo 1975)

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2007-10-03T00:27:00.000+03:00

"Sweetly funky and very slinky -- this is one of the best early 70s scores by the great Italian composer Piero Umiliani! The record has lots of bubbling electric piano, rumbling electric basslines, warm acoustic percussion, and moody wordless vocals. At some level, the album sounds a lot like the contemporaneous work by the great Italian Fender Rhodes combo Crossfire -- but it's also filled with a spacey madness that could only come from the pen of Umiliani! One of the best of the recent Easy Tempo reissues -- and very nicely put together, with a consistent sound throughout! Titles include "The Body", "Tidal Stream", "Chaser", "White Sand", "In The End", "Free Life", "Stream", and "Dusken"

Il Corpo [Piero Umiliani] (Easy Tempo 1974)

Piero Umiliani 3 Days Tribute

2007-10-02T18:44:00.000+03:00

Και λίγες του αφιερώνω σε έναν απο τους καλύτερους ιταλούς συνθέτες της δεκαετιάς 70'...

Ξεκίνημα με το "Angeli Bianchi...Angeli Neri" που το Dusty Groove γράφει :

"Very cool, very groovy soundtrack from this Italian film about Satanic ritual and demonic possession. The great Piero Umiliani serves up a wide-ranging batch of tracks, from groovy vocal pop tracks (with vocals by Shirley Hammer), to spooky funky instrumentals with a sort of "haunted feel", to some surprisingly-placed Brazilian tracks (recorded in Brazil, with performances by Wilson Das Neves!) Insane stuff, but wildly entertaining throughout, and with a mix of material that runs from jazzy, to easy, to downright groovy. 23 tracks in all, and in a great package! Score another hit for the Easy Tempo crew!"

Angeli Bianchi...Angeli Neri [Piero Umiliani] (Easy Tempo 1970)

Confessions of a dangerous..Monday

2007-10-01T09:13:00.000+03:00

Μετά απο μια εβδομάδα γεμάτη Νύχτες Πρεμιέρας και με πολύ αλκοόλ ...after cinema,επανερχόμαστε στις συνηθισμένες Νύχτες με πολλά posts απο νέα και παλιά soundtracks..Δευτέρα δύσκολή αλλά δεν μασάμε,ακούμε ένα απο τα πιο cool ost απο την πρώτη σκηνοθετική απόπειρα του κυρίου Clooney,που αν και εισπρακτικά δεν πήγε και πολύ καλά,άρεσε σε αρκετούς...enjoy it

(Y.Σ.Διαβάζωντας απο το IMDB τις ταινίες που πρόκειται να πρωταγωνιστήσει ο G.Clooney το 2008 & 2009 δεν έχεις παρά να τους αναγνωρίσεις τις εξαιρετικές επιλογές που κάνει.Έχουμε και λέμε:Burn After Reading (των αδελφών Coen,με πρωταγωνιστές Brad Pitt,G.Clooney,John Malkovich,Tilda Swindon & Frances McDormand),The Persuaders (προς το παρών με G.Clooney και Hugh Grant) και White Jazz του James Ellroy που ακόμα δεν έχουνα ανακοινωθεί οι πρωταγωνιστικοί ρόλοι αλλά είμαι σίγουρος οτι θα είναι εξαιρετικό)

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind [Alex Wurman] (Domo Records 2003)

1. Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park
2.Donovan - Sunshine Superman
3.Esquivel - Mucha Muchacha
4.Peter, Paul & Mary - If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)
5.Vicki Carr - The Silencers
6.Alex Wurman- Cautionary Tale
7.The Moonglows - Sincerely
8.Nico Fidenco - Super Colpo da 7 Miliardi
9.Yma Sumac - Gopher Mambo
10.Alex Wurman - Berlin
11.Rosemary Clooney - There's No Business Like Show Business
12.Alex Wurman - Going Crazy Coast to Coast
13.Peas - 'Game Show' (Confessions Mix)

Very Deep

2007-09-26T20:37:00.000+03:00

New issue of the classic porn funk soundtrack -- now with the addition of music from Deep Throat II! Deep Throat is one of the most famous porn films from the early 70s -- a runaway hit that made porn star Linda Lovelace a household name at the time. But over and above the nudie images and clit-in-the-throat gimmick that got the films so much press, both movies actually had some great music too -- recorded anonymously for the films, but with a quality level that really makes them stand out. The instrumentals have a perfect porno groove to them -- lots of slinky guitar, bass, and drums -- topped with warm keyboards that snake around like some pleasure-driven blonde on the satin sheets of a shag-rugged motel room. And some of the tunes are vocal numbers -- with a silly, sexy approach that's really great -- and which only further serves to play up the gimmicks of the movies! If you've purchased the previous issue of some of the music from the first film -- throw it out -- because the audio quality for this edition is much improved -- remastered from the original reels -- and it comes in a great package with 24-page booklet and liner notes by Ron Jeremy! The music from the second film is presented first, then followed by the full score of the first film -- presented with additional dialogue bits as well! 20 tracks in all, with titles that include "She's Got To Have It", "Deeper & Deeper", "La La La", "Latino", "Deep Throat", "Saxy", "Run Linda Run", "Driving With Linda", "Deep Throat To You All", "Love Is Strange", and "Money Is No Object".

"Dusty Groove"

Deep Throat Anthology I & II [Gerard Damiano & M. Colicchio] ( Light in Attic Records 1974)

Belleville

2007-09-24T16:41:00.000+03:00

Les Triplettes des Belleville [Benoit Charest] (EMI Music France 2003]

Pam Grier Tribute

2007-09-19T14:32:00.000+03:00

Εν αναμονή της θρυλικής ταινίας "Coffy" στις Νύχτες Πρεμιέρας,ένα αφιέρωμα στην ποιο sexy black diva των 70's και σε μερικά απο τα καλύτερα blaxploitation soundtracks...enjoy

Foxy Brown [Willie Hutch] (Motown Records 1974)

Coffy [Roy Ayers] (Polydor Records 1973)

Black Mama,White Mama [Harry Betts] (Beyod Music 1972)

Dear

2007-09-17T18:28:00.000+03:00

Ξεκινάμε την εβδομάδα με μια εξαιρετική ταινία που αν και διακρίθηκε σε όλα τα ανεξάρτητα φεστιβάλ (Heartland Film Festival,High Falls Film Festival,Jackson Hole Film Festival,Los Angeles IFP/West Film Festival,Montréal World Film Festival,Seattle International Film Festival,WinFemme Film Festival) κυρίως για την εξαιρετική σκηνοθεσία της Shona Auerbach (που υπηρξε η πρώτη της ταινία και παραμένει για αδιευκρίνιστους λογόυς χωρίς καν σχέδια για δεύτερη), δεν έκανε ποτέ αισθητή την παρουσία της στην Ελλάδα.

Δραματική,χωρίς ίχνος μελό,με εξαιρετική φωτογραφία και την καταπληκτική Emily Mortimer, το Dear Frankie αξίζει και να το δείς και να το ακούσεις...

Dear Frankie [Alex Heffes] (Silver Screen 2004)

More Dead

2007-09-16T20:51:00.000+03:00

Dead Man [Neil Young] (Vapor Records 1996)

The Dead Girl

2007-09-15T18:24:00.000+03:00

Απο τις καλύτερες ταινίες της περσινής χρονιάς (μοναδική επιλογή καστ) και ένα απο τα καλύτερα scores που έχω ακούσει..enjoy

The Dead Girl [Adam Gorgoni] (Lakeshore Records 2006]

Last Emperor

2007-09-14T18:59:00.000+03:00

The Last Emperor [Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Byrne] (Virgin Records 1987)

Jackie

2007-09-13T18:12:00.000+03:00

Tarantino's συνέχεια με ένα απο τα καλύτερα του soundtrack και μια απο τις καλύτερες του ταινίες...enjoy

Jackie Brown [Joseph Julian Gonzalez & Various](Maverick Records 1997)

Grindhouse

2007-09-12T19:36:00.000+03:00

Deathproof [Various] (Maverick Records 2007)

Planet Terror [Robert Rodriguez] (Colosseum Records 2007)

Horror Vs Elections

2007-09-11T19:23:00.000+03:00

Εκλογές έρχονται,πιστεύω οτι δεν θα μπορούσα να ανεβάσω κάτι καλύτερο απο την ιστορία των ταινιών τρόμου απο το 1921 και το Nosferatu μέχρι το 1999 και την Ένατη Πύλη.

Απολαυστικό 2πλο άλμπουμ..enjoy

cd1
1. 1921 - Nosferatu (James Bernard)
Overture: Omens of Nosferatu
2. 1925 - The Phantom of the Opera (Carl Davis)
Faust Ballet: Galop
3. 1935 - The Bride of Frankenstein (Franz Waxman)
The Creation of the Female Monster
4. 1951 - The Thing (Dimitri Tiomkin)
Main Title
5. 1955 - Godzilla (Akira Ifukube)
Suite
6. 1958 - Dracula (James Bernard)
Main Title/Finale
7. 1959 - Peeping Tom (Brian Easdale)
The Murder/A Childhood on Film/Peeping Tom
8. 1959 - Horrors of the Black Museum (Gerard Schurmann)
Overture
9. 1963 - The Haunting (Humphrey Searle)
The History of Hill House
10. 1968 - The Devil Rides Out (James Bernard)
The Power of Evil
11. 1970 - Taste the Blood of Dracula (James Bernard)
The Young Lovers/Ride to the Ruined Church
12. 1973 - The Exorcist (Mike Oldfield)
Tubular Bells
13. 1974 - Young Frankenstein (John Morris)
Transylvanian Lullaby
14. 1976 - The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Suite

cd2

1. 1976 - Suspiria (Goblin)
Main Theme
2. 1978 - Halloween (John Carpenter)
Main Theme
3. 1979 - Alien (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Nostromo/End Title
4. 1980 - The Shining (Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind)
Opening Theme
5. 1980 - Dressed to Kill (Pino Donaggio)
The Gallery
6. 1982 - Poltergeist (Jerry Goldsmith)
Main Theme
7. 1984 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
Main Themes
8. 1987 - Hellraiser (Christopher Young)
Resurrection
9. 1990 - Frankenstein Unbound (Carl Davis)
Main Titles/The Death of Elizabeth
10. 1992 - Bram Stoker's Dracula (Wojciech Kilar)
The Storm
11. 1999 - The Haunting (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Carousel/End Titles
12. 1999 - The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
Malcolm is Dead
13. 2000 - Lighthouse (Debbie Wiseman)
Lighthouse
14. 1999 - The Ninth Gate (Wojciech Kilar)

History of Horror [Various] (Silva America Records 2000)(cd1)
History of Horror [Various] (Silva America Records 2000)(cd2)

Dario Marianelli

2007-09-10T19:31:00.000+03:00

Μετά το εξαιρετικό soundtrack του V for Vendetta και το Όσκαρ για το Pride & Prejudice, ο σπουδαίος Ιταλός συνθέτης βάζει την μουσική του σφραγίδα σε μια απο τις πιο αναμενόμενες ταινίες για το 2007.Το "Atonement" του Joe Wright με τους James McAvoy και Keira Knightley που "άνοιξε" το Φεστιβάλ της Βενετίας,πήρε διθυραμβικές κριτικές (το περιμέναμε άλλωστε).

Με αφορμή το "Atonement" και εν αναμονή αυτού,ας θυμηθούμε κάποιες απο τις προηγούμενες δουλειές του Dario Marianelli...

Dario Marianelli was born in Pisa, and studied piano and composition in Florence and London.

After a year as postgraduate composer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he was also the chairman of the Contemporary Music Society, he received a scholarship from the Gulbenkian Foundation for a course held by Judith Weir and Lloyd Newson at Bretton University College, on the subject of Composition and Choreography. Other scholarships allowed him to go to Germany for a series of workshops on European Film Music, and to spend three years at the National Film and Television School, from which he graduated in 1997.

Over the last few years Dario has written music for many feature films, TV dramas, documentaries, animations, theatre, contemporary dance and concerts.

He has written orchestral pieces for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and for the Britten-Pears Orchestra, vocal music for the BBC Singers, and incidental music for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Dario has recently been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Score category for his music for the BAFTA award winning Working Title feature film: Pride & Prejudice. This score also won him the coveted ‘Classical Brit’ award in the Soundtrack/Musical Theatre Composer of the year category and has also earned him an Ivor Novello award nomination.

Film Music by Dario Marianelli

The Jazz Singer

2007-09-10T18:39:00.000+03:00

Αν και θεωρητικά ποτέ δεν υπήρξε μεγάλη ταινία, ο "Τραγουδιστής της Τζαζ" του Alan Crosland έμεινε στην ιστορία του κινηματογράφου ώς η πρώτη ταινία που χρησιμοποιήθηκε ήχος. Και όχι μόνο, θεωρήθηκε ταινία σταθμός και για ένα ίσως πιο σημαντικό ρόλο. Ο Michael Rogin,διάσημος πολιτικός επιστήμονας,υποστήριξε οτι η ταινία αντιπροσωπεύει την ένταξη των Εβραίων και των μαύρων στην αμερικανική κοινωνία και την μετατροπή της θρησκείας σε ένα δόγμα λίγοτερο αυστηρό.

Όπως και να έχει ο χαρακτήρας του Jakie Rabinowitz, συγκίνησε πολλούς και ο τραγουδιστής της Τζαζ έμεινε "ζωντανός" στην κινηματογραφική του πορεία.Δύο ακόμα ταινίες γυρίστηκαν,η μία χειρότερη απο την άλλη (!).Η τελευταία προσπάθεια έγινε το 1980 απο τον σκηνοθέτη Richard Fleischer και με πρωταγωνιστές τον Neil Diamond και Lawrence Olivier.

Ο πρωταγωνιστής της ταινίας,Neil Diamond,έχει ένα μοναδικό ρεκόρ.Είναι ο πρώτο ηθοποιός (ας τον πούμε έτσι) που για την ίδια ταινία κέρδισε και την Χρυσή Σφαίρα αλλά και το Χρυσό Βατόμουρο (!!) (χωρίς σχόλια)

Παρ'ολα αυτά το soundtrack της ταινίας υπήρξε μια απο τις μεγαλύτερες επιτυχίες της δεκαετίας του 80' πουλώντας 5 εκατομμύρια αντίτυπα σε ένα χρόνο και έκανε τον Neil Diamond ένα απο τα μεγαλύτερα και διασημότερα ονόματα.

The Jazz Singer [Neil Diamond] (Capitol Records 1980)

Frank London

2007-08-25T04:08:00.000+03:00

The Shvitz film is a 50 minute documentary which looks at urban life and the art of sweating through the remaining traditional steambaths or shvitzes. Entertaining, humourous and authentic, the film has won awards as one of the most creative short works of the year, and opened festivals both in the U.S. and internationally. The Shvitz was featured on the arthouse film circuit in 1994 as NY IN SHORT. Jonathan Berman, director of the film, chose to create an enviroment that reflected both his personal identification with the Jewish men's club ambience of the baths and the current diversity/trendiness of downtown life. Berman is currently producing a New York based feature film as well as a documentary about his friend a bank robber. Trumpeter/ Composer London tours and records with Les Miserables Brass Band, LL Cool J, They Might Be Giants, David Byrne, Lester Bowie, LaMonte Young, Mel Torme and others. In addtion to The Shvitz, his film scoring credits include the critically acclaimed short film The Debt., and The Brother From Another Planet.

-http://www.klezmershack.com-

The Shvitz [Frank London] (KFW Records 1993)

Belle Epoque

2007-08-24T23:44:00.000+03:00

"Belle Epoque is the story of Paradise: too good to last. It's about the discovery of life, but the real one, I mean: freedom, art, love, sex, friendship...all the things that make life interesting. It's an oasis... Maybe it's too idealistic, but I always thought one of the reasons for cinema was to give pleasure and happiness to the audience. I don't want to make people think about how miserable life is. I prefer to leave that for tomorrow. I like to hear the audience laughing in a dark theater. That's the best music for me."

- Fernando Trueba, director/producer of Belle Epoque

Belle Epoque [Antoine Duhamel]

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

2007-08-21T21:20:00.000+03:00

Περιμένωντας την καινούργια ταινία του Jeunet το 2009 που θα βασίζεται στο γνωστο μυθιστόρημα του Yann Martel,"Life of Pi"..πάμε 16 χρόνια πίσω και και σε μια απο τις ποιο σουρεάλ ταινίες που έχουν γυριστεί..

Delicatessen [Carlos D'Alessio] (Remark Records 1991)

Arthur Honegger

2007-08-20T19:55:00.000+03:00

Mην έχοντας καμία κλασσική παιδεία,πάντα δυσκολευόμουν να εκφράσω τι ήταν αυτό που μου άρεσε πιο πολύ στις συνθέσεις του Arthur Honegger.Επηρεάζοντας σχεδόν όλη την μετέπειτα εξέλιξη της γαλλικής μουσικής.Μερικά βιογραφικά στοιχεία...

"Arthur Honegger was a composer, conductor and accompanist, of Swiss Protestant parentage. He was born in Le Havre on March 10, 1892 but lived in Paris most of the time. He married Andree Vaurabourg, a pianist and fellow student at the Paris Conservatoire. They had one daughter, Pascale, born in 1932. He also had a son, Jean-Claude, with Claire Croiza, a singer.

He studied at the conservatory in Zürich from 1909 to 1911 and then to Paris Conservatoire (from 1911), where his teachers included d'Indy for orchestration and Widor for composition. Then he returned to Switzerland for military service (1914-1915). It was also in Paris where he met the other future members of the famous 'Les Six' composers including Milhaud and Poulenc. The other members of "Les Six" French composers were Tailleferre, Auric and Durey.

Honegger also pioneered "serious" film music. His scores included those for Abel Gance's masterpiece Napoleon and the 1934 French version of Les Miserables. His inluence on American film music can be seen mainly in the aims and work of Miklos Rózsa"

Les Miserables [Arthur Honegger] (Marco Polo Records 1934)

Musique De Films Et De Scène [Arthur Honegger]

Kenyon Hopkins part 2

2007-08-19T11:42:00.000+03:00

Και όταν λέω οτι ο κύριος Hopkins είχε την τιμητική του όλο αυτό τον καιρό,το εννοώ...αλλά τέσσερα εξαιρετικά άλμπουμ στην διάθεση σας... (Τα σχόλια και η κριτική για κάθε άλμπουμ είναι απο το www.basichip.com).

Lilith [Kenyon Hopkins] (Colpix Records 1964)

Vincent Bruce (Warren Beatty) is a Korean War veteran who becomes an occupational therapist in a private mental hospital that cares for wealthy, schizophrenic clientele. He slowly begins to fall for Lilith Arthur (Jean Seberg), a patient who is mentally locked in her own little world. Vincent eventually begins his own psychological disintegration over his feeling for the woman and asks for help. This depressing psychodrama was the final film for the gifted director Robert Rossen, who died in 1966.

This Property is Godemned [Kenyon Hopkins] (Verve Records 1966)

Alva (Natalie Wood) is a beautiful woman living in a small Mississippi town in the 1930s with her manipulative mother Hazel (Kate Reid), the owner of a boarding house. Hazel wants Alva to marry the well to do Mr. Johnson (John Harding), but Alva has fallen in love with a good-looking stranger from New Orleans, Owen Legate (Robert Redford), who is in Mississippi to lay off railroad workers. Hazel is opposed to their love affair and when Owen is beaten to a pulp by a gang of workers, he decides to leave town and take Alva with him. But Hazel fools Owen into thinking Alva is engaged to Mr. Johnson. In retaliation, Alva marries Hazel's loutish lover J.J. (Charles Bronson). The next day, she abandons J.J. to meet Owen in New Orleans. Her mother, incensed at Alva's betrayal, sets out to ruin her daughter's reputation by exposing her marriage to J.J. to the world.

Panic,The Son of Shock [Kenyon Hopkins & The Creed Taylor Orchestra] (ABC Paramount 1959)

Nightmare! [Kenyon Hopkins & The Creed Taylor Orchestra] (MGM Records 1962)

This trilogy of atmospheric horror albums could be purchased from ads in monster magazines and combined Kenyon Hopkins familiar jazz beat with spooky sound effects, gasps, groans and blood-curdling screams. These are the most well known and collectible records he made appearing as a "limited edition" (bootleg) CD several years ago on a label called "Fear."

Kenyon Hopkins

2007-08-18T11:37:00.000+03:00

Νέο σπίτι για τα κινηματογραφικά ταξίδια και αρχή με τον συνθέτη που μου κράτησε την περισσότερη συντροφιά στις διακοπές.Ο λόγος για τον Kenyon Hopkins (1912-1983),που αν και ποτέ δεν αναγνωρίστηκε μέσα στους μεγάλους συνθέτες της εποχής του (βλέπε Henry Mancini,John Barry,Adolph Deutsch κ.α),παρ'όλα αυτά υπήρξε απο τους πρώτους που συμπεριέλαβε ολόκληρες jazz orchestras σε κινηματογραφικές ταινίες αλλά κυρίως σε τηλεοπτικές σειρές.

Ο ίδιος χαρακτηρίζει την μουσική του ως "smoky,gritty, rotten-to-the-core jazz" και ακούγωντας τους δίσκους απο ταινίες όπως :12 Angry Men (1957),The Hustler (1961),Lilith (1964),Mister Buddwing (1966),This Property Is Condemned (1966),νιώθεις αμέσως την μοναδική ατμόσφαιρα που δημιουργεί...μοναδικός.

Baby Doll [Kenyon Hopkins] (Columbia Records 1956)

The Hustler [Kenyon Hopkins] (Kapp Records 1961)

East Side West Side [Kenyon Hopkins] (Columbia Records 1963)

Lonelyville [Kenyon Hopkins & The Creed Taylor Orchestra] (Paramount Records 1959)