Soundtracks and Film Scores

Soundtracks and Film Scores Television 

ALBUMS: Relishing In The Sonic Eclecticism Of Stranger Things 4

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dead Or Alive, Extreme, Journey, Kate Bush, Master of Puppets, Metallica, Running Up The Hill (A Deal With God), Soundtrack, Starpoint, Stranger Things, Stranger Things 4, The Bangles, The Beach Boys

The soundtrack to the latest season of the hit Netflix series features its wildest mix yet

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Films New Wave Punk Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Giving the Kids a Voice: Fast Times at Ridgemont High at 40 

September 1, 2022September 4, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 1 Comment 40th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, CHEAP TRICK, Elvis Costello, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicolas Cage, Phoebe Cates, Robert Romanus, Sean Penn, The Go-Gos, Van Halen

A look back at the book, the movie and the soundtrack 

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Dub/Reggae Soundtracks and Film Scores 

You’ll Succeed At Last: The Harder They Come at 50

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Island Records, Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff, Kingston, The Harder They Come, The Melodians, Toots and the Maytals

Jimmy Cliff’s most essential album can still be considered the best reggae has to offer even 50 years on

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Films New Wave Soundtracks and Film Scores 

The Sounds of Times Square: The First and Best Film in Allan Moyle’s Pop Rebellion Trilogy

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 1 Comment Allan Moyle, Empire Records, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Times Square, Pump Up The Volume, Robert Stigwood, Robin Johnson, RSO, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Suzi Quatro, The Ramones, Tim Curry, Times Square, Trini Alvarado

Taking a deep dive into the 1980 cult film’s epic soundtrack

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Films Pub Rock Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Alex Cox’s Walker at 35: A Punk-Rock Western That Stands the Test of Time

May 4, 2022July 2, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Akira Kurosawa, Alex Cox, Circle Jerks, Courtney Love, Criterion, Criterion Collection, Grace Jones, Joe Strummer, Sam Peckinpah, The Clash, The Pogues, Walker

Honoring a 1987 cinematic classic that kept Joe Strummer vital in ’87

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Hip Hop Soundtracks and Film Scores 

FILMS: Still Uncrushable After All These Years

March 9, 2022April 3, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Biggie Smalls, Documentaries, I Got A Story To Tell, Netflix, Notorious B.I.G.

A touching and insightful documentary gives the story of the Notorious B.I.G. the telling it deserves

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Folk Pop Soundtracks and Film Scores 

The Endless Love of Harold and Maude

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2022, Bud Cort, Cat Stevens, Hal Ashby, Harold and Maude, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Ruth Gordon, UMe

The Cat Stevens soundtrack to the beloved cult rom-com finally gets an official release

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Soundtracks and Film Scores Television 

The Sting of the Yellowjackets Soundtrack

January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 Courtney E. Smith 0 Comments Belly, Christina Ricci, Gepetto, Informer, Juliette Lewis, Liz Phair, Showtime, Snow, Supernova, Tracy Bonham, Yellowjackets

How the music of the acclaimed and controversial Showtime series informs its dichotomy

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Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Wonderland by Night: Edgar Wright’s Delirious Mod Jukebox

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Anya Taylor-Joy, Edgar Wright, Face, Julie Driscoll, Last Night In Soho, Patti Boyd, Petula Clark, Sandie Shaw, Scott Walker, Steve Marriott, The Kinks

The acclaimed British filmmaker’s new film Last Night in Soho pulsates with the lure of nostalgia

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Broadway Pop Power Pop Rock Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Jim Steinman: The Beat Is Yours Forever

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments Air Supply, Bat Out Of Hell, Bonnie Tyler, Casey Kasem, Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf, Sisters of Mercy

A look at the superstar songwriter’s life (and hits) outside of the Loaf

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Alternative Rock New Wave Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Left of Center: the Pretty in Pink Soundtrack at 35

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment INXS, John Hughes, Molly Ringwald, OMD, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Pretty In Pink, Prince and the Revolution, The Psychedelic Furs, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Whitney Houston

Director John Hughes’s curatorial powers got college rock higher than ever on the charts

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Electronic New Wave Soundtracks and Film Scores 

ALBUMS: Every Day Is Halloween

February 5, 2021February 11, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2021, John Carpenter, John Carpenter Lost Themes III: Alive After Death, Lost Themes, Lost Themes II, Sacred Bones Records

John Carpenter’s Best Sequel Yet – Lost Themes III: Alive After Death

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Glam Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores 

It Was Great When It All Began: Rocky Horror Picture Show at 45

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1975, 45th Anniversary, Barry Bostwick, Dr. Frank N. Furter, Mick Jagger, Patricia Quinn, Richard O’Brien, Rocky Horror, Susan Sarandon, Sweet Transvestite, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tim Curry, Time Warp, Transylvania

Don’t dream it, be it as we time warp back to 1975 with Dr. Frank N. Furter and friends

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New Wave Power Pop Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Mixed-Up Kids: Times Square at 40

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment “Down in the Park, “Grinding Halt", “I Wanna Be Sedated, “Take This Town, “Walk on the Wild Side, ” Ramones, ” the Talking Heads, ” Tubeway Army, 1980, Allan Moyle, D.L. Byron, Garland Jeffreys, Lou Reed, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Times Square, Patti Smith Group, Robert Stigwood, Robin Johnson, Roxy Music, RSO, The Clash, The Cure, The Sex Pistols, The Tubes, XTC

Looking back at the quintessential rock ‘n’ rebel experience of 1980

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Beatle Soundtracks and Film Scores 

My Independence Seems to Vanish in the Haze: Help! At 55

September 9, 2020March 24, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1965, Act Naturally, George Harrison, George Martin, Help!, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Ticket To Ride, Yesterday

The Fabs’ 1965 movie/album was the last gasp of Beatlemania

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