What concerns me here is when this issue is set alongside the movie industry lobbying over illegal downloads of
films and music there appears to be a double standard.
Not exact matches
He quotes Salieri's envious description of Mozart's
music in the
film Amadeus: «Displace one note
and there would be diminishment.
With the advent of the professional youthworker,
there also came the danger that the church as a whole
and parents of teens in particular would feel that they couldn't do the discipling job, that we needed people who watched the same
films, wore the same clothes, could bear to listen to the same
music,
and could actually get as far as Level 2 on a computer game.
The minister said that
there would also be waivers for shipment of imported
music and films production equipment.
I can't even begin to describe the guest list — other than the head of any arts,
music,
film etc organisation you can think ofwas
there — from Sir John Tusa, Alan Yentob
and Sir David Putnam to Michael Wolff, Sir Christopher Grayling
and Mark Thompson (
and loads more).
There are
films, plays, comedy shows,
music events
and a whole lot more at this community - focused location that gives plenty of reasons to come along
and have some fun.
Sugar Club is Dublin's most creative nightspot, where the very slick theatre - style venue hosts an array of events from
music to comedy to classic
film - themed nights
and there's even some saucy cabaret
and sexy burlesque dancing shows to heat up your evening.
Bluegrass
music is at the heart of the
film, as it was of «Bonnie
and Clyde,»
and there are images of chain gangs, sharecropper cottages, cotton fields, populist politicians, river baptisms, hobos on freight trains, patent medicines, 25 - watt radio stations
and Klan rallies.
The
film doesn't hold your hand,
and while Cave may drop a first name here or
there, or make mention of a band or hit single,
there's nothing on screen spelling out for you a traditional Behind the
Music - friendly history of Nick Cave.
Despite snatches of songs here
and there, it is not until the end that the
film bursts into a flood of
music with a symphonic performance by Mr. Cave
and the Bad Seeds at the Sydney Opera House: a grandiloquent finale in which his agonized introspection finds transcendent release.
There is also the not unimportant matter of the need to communicate to people all over the globe the complexities of American life, thus contradicting the deliberate «pro-American» falsifications spread by the US
film and music industries, media
and government (see the delusional State of the Union address), as well as its «anti-American» counterpart abroad (which portrays a contented, prosperous population solidly backing official chauvinism
and militarism).
Before Talkies
there was an amazing array of silent
films set to
music,
and we've discovered these in the FilmOn library vaults.
What is most interesting about the
film are the number of cameos from famous stars of stage
and screen including Rodgers
and Hammerstein who perform
There's
Music in You.
Borrowing a name from a Roxy
Music tune (I'm assuming that the
film makers got sued because it has been re-titled as Addicted To Her Love) the
film is interesting
and develops quite well, yet
there's a ton of little things that just drag it down.
The whole
film is a lively lesson in
music history that should stimulate renewed interest in Native American artists
and convince other documentary filmmakers that
there is still much more to explore.
There's a real joy to this
film, a love of the
music and an appreciation of the band's eccentric humor.
If you're wondering why
there are shouts of jubilation from
film buffs
and aficionados of pre-swing-era
music it's because the Criterion Collection has released a beautiful Blu - ray
and DVD of King of Jazz (1930), The movie features Bing Crosby's first appearance onscreen, as part of the Rhythm Boys trio, jazz giants Joe Venuti
and Eddie Lang,
and a spectacular rendition of George Gershwin's «Rhapsody in Blue» by Paul Whiteman, the orchestra leader who commissioned the piece just six years earlier.
Of course,
there are plenty of books
and articles on
film noir's use of the voice - over, but Miklitsch takes a different approach, primarily focusing on sound effects
and music's contribution to the overall dark ambience of the
films of this period.
Despite writing the book
and screenplay of «Fast Times At Ridgemont High» (1982), the
film that established the parameters of»80s teen movies; despite establishing or redefining a host of contemporary
film stars; despite major box office success, despite an Oscar, despite his role as a pop
music shaman —
there's little written about Crowe's work as a writer
and director.
Additionally, in no particular order,
there were vocal supporters of the Ralph Jones «incongruously great score to «Slumber Party Massacre ``; «Phantasm» «s heavily «Exorcist «- indebted score from Fred Myrow
and Malcom Seagrave; Danny Elfman «s channelling of Bernard Herrmann for «Nightbreed ``; Wojciech Kilar «s bombastic, often recycled
music for «Bram Stoker's Dracula ``; John Harrison's score for Romero's anthology
film «Creepshow ``; Richard Band «s better - than - deserved compositions for the terrible «Troll ``; the great Lalo Schifrin «s score for the original «The Amityville Horror ``; a more recent example in Climax Golden Twins»
music for Brad Anderson «s now cultish «Session 9 ``; Pino Donaggio's terrific work with de Palma's «Dressed to Kill ``; Gene Moore's classic church organ scares in «Carnival of Souls ``;
and while we've featured Bava fils above, we could easily have found room for his father Mario Bava, probably with the funky original
music by Libra for his final
film «Shock.»
There are two alternate soundtracks with which you can enjoy the
film: an audio commentary by Tim Burton
and a
music - only track isolating Danny Elfman's score
and songs in full Dolby TrueHD 5.1.
That's pretty prolific for someone who offers up quality work each
and every time out, rather than coasting on simplicity like a few other hard - working
film music composers out
there.
Still, if you typically like live - action Disney fare, you may find it all innocuous fun, but as a
film,
there is little more to it that regurgitated themes from the previous
films wrapped around
music video style montages all meant to make you tap your toes
and have a reasonably enjoyable time.
There is almost no music in the film (and when there is, it's little more than an ambient throb), and there are long stretches devoid of dial
There is almost no
music in the
film (
and when
there is, it's little more than an ambient throb), and there are long stretches devoid of dial
there is, it's little more than an ambient throb),
and there are long stretches devoid of dial
there are long stretches devoid of dialogue.
«
There is a silent side of the characters,
and the
music in this
film is trying to connect with the silence,» Iglesias said.
There are minor quibbles — particularly with the use of
music in certain parts of the
film (though you'll never guess that one of the most touching moments is soundtracked to Katy Perry, go figure)-- but by the picture's twisty finale, in which Audiard navigates a late - stage twist with ease
and emotion, you know you are in the hands of a master who is directing with the confidence
and command that few possess.
Behind the
music of Childish Gambino, Chance the Rapper,
and the
films of Ryan Coogler,
there is a 33 - year - old Swede
Les Affamés definitely isn't the gore fest the Romero - type zombie movies usually are, but
there are still plenty of jump scares throughout the
film, although, to be fair, they mostly do these well, thanks to a sparse use of background
music and some well - paced scenes.
Likewise,
there's no cause for complaint about the lossless DTS - HD Master Audio 5.1 mix, which ably adds body to the
film's
music and effects while keeping the dialogue above it all.
The tone of the movie (
music, atmosphere, tension), while not as effective as the 1982
film, is still
there and works quite well.
There have been short
films and music videos, but it has been four years since Spike Jonze «s last feature
film, Where the Wild Things Are.
There's a reasonable base of material, but 55 minutes is far too long to present it in its best light,
and it's a pity that this
film - one which seems most unlikely to have a lengthy soundtrack made up exclusively of original score - is the one whose
music has been released, when the infinitely - superior Remember the Titans score is unreleased.
There's a bit on her
music near the end, but the interview subjects mostly stick to discussing their experiences on this
film and what it meant to them.
There isn't much to the mix: the occasional bit of unidentifiable pop
music and dialogue in which the
filming location has more of a presence than most.
Although he became a star with three
music - oriented
films in quick succession — in addition to «Saturday Night Fever,»
there were «Grease»
and «Urban Cowboy» — Travolta was also quick to credit director Brian De Palma, who cast him in his first major
film role in the Stephen King shocker «Carrie.»
There is perhaps 10 - 15 minutes of
music in the entire
film,
and none of it leaves an impression.
There is so much to savor — the sweat suits, the enchanting
music, Gene Hackman on a tricycle —
and the DVD is also a world of its own, as beautifully packaged as, well, a Wes Anderson
film, with Kent Jones's lucid manifesto defining Anderson's particular brand of genius,
and a great gallery of production design drawings.
Mary
and the Witch's Flower is the new
film from Hiromasa Yonebayashi, the director of The Secret World of Arrietty
and When Marnie Was
There, with
music by Takatsugu Muramatsu, based on «The Little Broomstick» by Mary Stewart.
Finally,
there's «Operator,» a
film that shot all over Chicago last year,
and now returns to the
Music Box
and CCFF for its Windy City premiere, complete with co-writer Sharon Greene, co - writer / director Logan Kibens
and star Martin Starr (another returning guest after his CCFF appearance in 2014) in attendance.
It does for me, as
there are images, pieces of
music,
and particular scenes that have stayed with me over the years,
and although I hadn't seen the
film in about two decades, it amazes me how much of it I still remember.
Shot (with one exception) in black
and white by Florian Ballhaus (son of Michael), the
film is set to a score that is more industrial sound than
music; yet, it is the combination of the clinically clean black -
and - white cinematography, the disturbing score,
and the narrative's single - minded focus on the protagonist's actions (
there is no moment when the
film seeks to psychologise him) by which the
film manages to simultaneously solicit, on the one hand, our fascination with
and, increasingly, horror about the events depicted — even long after Herold has proven how scarily easy it is for him to order mass murder (
and, whenever necessary, to set an example by killing himself)--
and, on the other hand, to ensure that we keep some intellectual distance from the diegetic events.
Next,
there is a fourth alternate way in which to experience the
film: an isolated score track that loses dialogue
and effects but keeps the
music by Chuck Cirino.
There's also a series of outtakes
and two featurettes, one on the making of the
film and the other on the
music.
But that's when I heard the very beautiful
music of RACHEL PORTMAN for the first time,
and rejoice that
there's a living
film composer able to craft thematic material that contributes so wonderfully to the scoring gestalt.
Blige, who earned a Globe nomination for her supporting role in «Mudbound,» said the Time's Up campaign
and the wear - black protest are important «because
there's so many women that don't get a chance to speak in other industries that are not the
film industry, the
music industry.
There's that great scene near the end of the
film where Chris is showing these young musicians old records in his
music shop, introducing them to Mance Lipscomb
and the like.
There's also a 7 - minute featurette on the Theremin used in the score, an 8 - minute featurette about turning Martin Landau into Bela Lugosi, the 13 - minute Pie Plates Over Hollywood, about the
film's production design, a sexy
music video starring Burton's then - wife Lisa Marie (who plays Vampira), 8 minutes of great deleted scenes,
and a theatrical trailer.
It's a dark echo in
there, side - by - side with Jimmy's grim dedication to buying up lakefront property
and turning this prelapsarian wonderland into an exclusive, members - only club, but the
film explores neither beyond their mention
and contents itself to wrap up with a few scenes of mayhem, three insipid montages set to horrible
music,
and the same finale involving the birth of a child it seems like Martin has done now in a good half of his
films.
My biggest heros in this art are Bernard Herrmann («Psycho», «Taxi Driver», «Citizen Kane», «Vertigo»)
and Jerry Goldsmith («The Omen», «Poltergeist», «Basic Instinct»,» Papillon»), both of whom were pioneers in understanding the psychology of
film and communicating drama through
music,
and I'm doing my best to follow in their example,
and try to be one of the more considerate
film composers out
there... so, I was anxious to hear back if they agreed I hit the bullseye, blind.
There are a couple of familiar key tracks here (Hank Levy «s, which gives the
film its title,
and Duke Ellington «s «Caravan,» among them), but an overwhelming amount of the
music in the
film is original
and from composer Justin Hurwitz, who played in a band with Chazelle at Harvard.