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With a CD of music from Season 1 just released, fans can finally enjoy some of the most refreshing music in TV, and in our conversation with Lisa Coleman, you’ll get some insight into how the sound of Heroes was created...[read full interview] |
Austin Wintory discusses the unique styles of his latest scores: the Jordanian film Captain Abu Raed (2007), the horror film Grace (2009), and a concert piece inspired by Joss Whedon's cult TV series, Angel...[read full interview] |
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Published in 1997, Album Cover Art of Soundtracks is an 11"x11" book showcasing some of the fine work by the largely ignored graphic designers that worked for various labels as staff or freelancers. Written and compiled by disc jockey Frank Jastfelder and graphic designer Stefan Kassel, the book could easily have run much longer, but the dilemma in crafting a quality publication for a reasonable SRP means keeping the page counts fairly low. [read full interview] |
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| Education of Charlie Banks, The (2009) | Bergman Island (2004) | ||||||||
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Fred Durst’s direction is assured in the way he handles his excellent cast of relative feature film newcomers, and Peter Elkoff’s script often steers away from predictable moments that could’ve turned this self-proclaimed ‘coming of age’ tale into a teen... |
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Journalist Marie Nyreröd directed a trio of hour-long interviews for Swedish television, and Criterion’s DVD (available separately, and with the 2009 re-release of Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal) presents the interviews in a linear feature-length edit for the... | ||||||
| Table for Three (2009) | Ladies or Gentlemen (2008) | ||||||||
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Writer/director Michael Samonek’s feature film debut is a twisted spin on the prolific romantic comedy genre where apparent misanthrope Scott Teller (Superman Returns’ Brandon Routh) ultimately teaches his meddlesome, married roommates (Sophia Bush and Jesse... |
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A Starz Inside production, Ladies or Gentlemen is a concise history of cross-dressing in cinema, tracing the roots of men dressed as women and visa versa in Greek and Shakespearean theatre to present day films such as White Chicks (a film that makes... | ||||||
Addicted to Plastic (2008) --- Broken, The (2008) --- Candy (1968) --- Conquest of Space (1955) --- Deadly Sweet / Col cuore in gola (1967) --- Dead Sleep Easy, The (2007) --- Destination Moon (1950) --- Died Young, Stayed Pretty (2008) --- Dive, The / Dykket (1989) --- Gran Torino (2008) --- JCVD (2008) --- Laid to Rest (2009) --- Look (2007) --- Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009) --- Red Riding: Parts 1974, 1980, and 1983 (2009) --- Taken (2008) --- Vampiro: Angel, Devil, Hero (2008) --- Viva! (2007) --- Voyeur, The / L'Uomo che guarda (1994)--- We All Fall Down (2000) --- Wrestler, The (2008) --- Yella (2007) |
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| Caprica (2009) | Stand By For Action: The Music of Barry Gray (2009) | ||||||||
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Bear McCreary’s Caprica theme is based around a simple set of notes that lend themselves to diverse moods, and while La-La Land’s album has some thematic repetition, the Caprica score is... |
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There’s a marked difference between the epic sound of Barry Gray’s scores during the mid- to late-sixties versus the early years (1957-1964), even though he worked almost exclusively... |
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| Star Trek Album, The (2003) | Defiance (2008) |
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Silva America’s 2003 themed compilation is all things Star Trek, with an emphasis on the main and end themes of the entire theatrical run prior to J.J. Abram’s 2009 reboot, as well as some excellent ... |
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James Newton Howard’s makes excellent use of a large orchestra for his brooding, dour score for Defiance (2008), and the few overt electronic elements don’t disengage the listener from the film’s... |
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Angels & De,opns (2009) --- Battle of the Somme, The (1916 / 2008) --- Heroes, Season 1 (2006) --- JCVD (2008) --- Just Buried (2007) --- Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) --- Little BIG Music (2008) --- Loft (2008) --- Max Manus (2008) --- Music of Batman, The (2009) --- Punisher: War Zone, The (2008) --- Rebel, The (2006) --- Red Riding (2009) --- Secret of Moonacre, The (2008) --- Shifty (2008) --- Sim Animals (2008) --- Splinter (2008)--- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) --- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) --- They Live (1988) - 20th Anniversary Edition --- 24: Redemption (2008) --- Valkyrie (2008 |
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