Soundtrack News & Reviews
Reviews of BSX Records’ well-done re-recording of Vangelis’ Blade Runner score + Cliff Martinez’ Arbitrage (Milan Records), and quick soundtrack news.
The Mystique of Denmark’s The Killing / Forbrydelsen
Review of the Danish TV series The Killing / Forbrydelsen: Season 1, which U.S. network AMC recently remade with very mixed results. Søren Sveistrup’s 3-season series is superb, and Sophie Gråbøl found the role of her career as divorced single mom Det. Lund in this lengthy ode to complex, infuriating and addictive detective thrillers.
Hiss (and Boo)!
Reviews of Hisss (2010), Jennifer Chambers Lynch’s disastrous Bollywood supernatural shocker, and an expanded review of Penny Vozniak’s making-of documentary Despite the Gods (2012), which screened in April at HotDocs. Also included: excerpts from the audience Q&A with director Vozniak.
One Last Buh-Buh Bah-Boo
Some quick TIFF Bell Lightbox news, and a review of Twilight Time’s High Time (1960), one of Bing Crosby’s last major roles during the sixties, co-starring a bevy of young snots including Fabian, Tuesday Weld, Yvonne Craig, and Richard Beymer.
Bobby Johnston – Scoring the Independents
Podcast with composer Bobby Johnston (Mother’s Day, No Impact Man: The Documentary), who discusses his preference for using acoustic instruments, and working with iconic independent filmmakers such as Stuart Gordon.
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