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FILM
Ave Satani: diabolic essence of The Omen theme song
Ave Satani is a choral work written by the prolific American composer Jerry Goldsmith for the 1976 supernatural horror...
SONGWRITER
Porque Te Vas: origin and meaning behind Jeanette's best song
Porque Te Vas is the most influential ballad recorded by Janette Anne Dimech, known professionally as Jeanette, which...
FILM
Hedwig’s Theme: magical mood cast by the celesta melody
Hedwig's Theme, also known as the main theme of all eight Harry Potter films, was the first piece written by John...
SONGWRITER
Ferry Cross the Mersey: Merseybeat classic arranged by the Fifth Beatle
Ferry Cross the Mersey is the best-known track of the Liverpool rock band Gerry and the Pacemakers released in the...
ORCHESTRA
Handel's Sarabande: obscure keyboard suite that found its iconic orchestration in Barry Lyndon movie
The sarabande is a fiery carnival dance that originated in the 16th century in Central America and then spread to Spain...
ORCHESTRA
Lully's Passacaglia of Armide revised by Bear McCreary in Outlander score
The passacaglia is a slow dance that originated in Spain at the very beginning of the Baroque era, initially performed a...
FILM
The necessity of undramatic humanity in Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch
A set of 11 short stories collected in the film Coffee and Cigarettes depicts the nostalgic era every older smoker might...
Band
CAN: from the mind of Czukay to the golden age of krautrock
German band Can established themselves as pioneers of experimental avant-garde by seamlessly combining their influences...
SONGWRITER
La Mer poem became an international hit after years of searching for a melody
Charles Trenet was one of the most influential popular French songwriters in the mid-20th century. A performer of...
FILM
The drama of The Chain kept alive on the big screen
The Chain, included on Fleetwood Mac’s classic 1977 Rumours album, has retained that particular brand of culturally...
FILM
Young Adam score captures the desolate landscape of the 50s Scotland
An adaptation of Scottish writer Alexander Trocchi's loosely autobiographical novel, Young Adam is a harsh portrait of a...
FILM
Instrumental simplicity of the quiet piano drama Breathe In
In the intimate story of a foreign exchange student who causes a deep and devastating rift in a close-knit upstate New...
FILM
Accordion for Amélie was discovered by a lucky accident
Amélie is a 2001 French romantic comedy classic directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet that depicts a contemporary yet...
FILM
Full-method approach to the score for Shakespeare's play
The classic Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice had seen many adaptations, one of them a 2004 venture for the big...
FILM
Vintage synthesizers alleviate the Blade Runner sequel
Blade Runner 2049 is the long-anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 iconic film which defined a whole generation of...
FILM
Orlando's director sang the score's leitmotifs
Sally Potter’s film Orlando follows the life of an eponymous, time traveling, androgynous nobleman who transforms from a...
FILM
[H]ouse playlist is a remedy for everyone
American medical drama House, M.D. is not just an excellent guide to understanding actual diseases, but it also contains...
FILM
The Blues Brothers' greatest gamble becoming one of their most enduring hits
The Blues Brothers were once the stars of their era, listed among the most popular groups of the late '70s. Vocalist...
FILM
New pragmatic Bond score by Thomas Newman
Thomas Newman, having never written a proper action score before Skyfall, succeeded in updating Bond's aesthetic with a...
FILM
The classic Morricone flavor in Tarantino's spaghetti western
The soundtrack for Django Unchained contains both original and existing works, featuring songs Quentin Tarantino...
FILM
Man of Constant Sorrow revived in the Coen brothers' classic
Man of Constant Sorrow is a traditional American folk song first published by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler...
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