Vietnam meets Wagner
Review of Apocalypse Now - Original Soundtrack by
JSpencer
Advantages: Great choice of tracks to accompany the film
Disadvantages: No Beatles (revoution/helter skelter etc!!)
You have to admire Francis Coppola's nerve - using everything in his record collection from The Doors to Richard Wagner to accompany his breathtaking vision of the Vietnam war on acid. From the opening scene, with his brilliant use of Morrison's 'The End' you instantly get the feel of this movie, you aren't in for an easy ride. It does seem though that most of the time music is actually played on transistor radios by the marines or it is actually ...
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24.07.2000
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A Clockwork Orange - The Way Wendy Wanted It
Review of Clockwork Orange, A - Original Soundtrack by
Potless
Advantages: Highly original realisation, still sounds fresh today
Disadvantages: None
...symphony (entitled "March From A Clockwork Orange") way back in the early 1970's, when a clip from the movie was shown on the BBC's "Film Night” (the part where the anti-hero Alex ambles through the music store, dressed in the “height of fashion”, and looking for willing young ladies to join him in the bedroom ). I was completely bowled over by Anthony Burgess' vision of a moribund future Britain, brought to the screen through Stanley ... ...2. March From A Clockwork Orange (7.00)
For me, this has to be the highlight of the entire album. Here, Carlos has made use of the vocoder (or “Spectrum Follower”) to magnificent effect, recreating the choral parts of the Fourth Movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in a totally new way (well, for 1972 anyhow). The music is performed as Beethoven wrote it (albeit in an abridged form), but the electronic performance adds a completely ...
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02.01.2004
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LOVE IT. HOT HOT HOT
Review of Step Up 2 The Streets - Various Artists by
gaetana
Advantages: Dancing
Disadvantages: No organized plot
WOW love this DVD cannot get enough of it. It's quite different to the first though.More dancing, BETTER dancing. I was watching this with my sister and my friends I just can't get enough of it. It's one to watch if you're either at home with friends or partner. If you like films such as Oceans eleven and thrteen then you'll love this. Though the dacing is good, wait no good is an under statement it's FABULOUS but it's got no organised story plot ... ...Definitely one to watch. It's aimed at teenagers more than grown adults.
I would most definitely recommend this to any on to watch either on a night in.
all in all i love it for me the film is the one of the most compared to 'save the last dance'. ...
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06.10.2008
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Dubstep dramatics
Review of Dubstep Drama - Various Artists by
mistersnowman
Advantages: Classic dubstep tracks featured
Disadvantages: not purely dubstep
...as maniac and wiley and dubstep artists like skream and benga.
This is a nice chilled out album thats a good listen.
doesnt really represent dubstep as a unique sound very well as it still has grime elements on the cd but never the less the two genres are closely in twinned a purchase for any urban fan ...
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24.09.2008
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Wicked Musical!
Review of Wicked - Various Artists by
charly148
Advantages: brilliant songs, singing!
Disadvantages: you want to see it again and again!
...boyfriend took me to see Wicked as an early Christmas present last year and I have to say it was one of the best Christmas presents ever. I didnt really know what to expect and from the moment it started I was blown away. The singing and the music is just incredible and the story is moving as well. I would definitely recommend for anyone, even those who dont like the ideas of musicals to go and see this. The story links well with the Wizard of Oz ... ...tell her story about the wicked witch as it turns out she used to be friends with her. It then goes back in time and shows how the wicked witch was born and what happened to her and then goes to college and meets Glinda. The story then goes on to tell how the wicked witch wants to meet the wizard of oz and her journey to meeting him. I dont want to give too much away, as I think everyone should go to see this and see the story unfold for themselves. ...
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24.09.2008
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