April 8, 2006

Weekend sounds.

For the Independent, Chris Sullivan talks with Hans Zimmer, Rolfe Kent, Harry Gregson Williams, David Holmes, Marc Evans and Clive Langer about what makes a great soundtrack.

Inside Man In the Hollywood Reporter, Sheigh Crabtree meets Terence Blanchard, who's composed several scores for Spike Lee and talks about tweaking "Chaiyya Chaiyya" for Inside Man.

Edward Copeland, no Blanchard fan himself: "One thing I don't think I ever consciously realized about Dog Day Afternoon and Network (what a helluva one-two punch Lumet produced in 1975 and 1976) is that neither film has a musical score. Both are so involving, they don't need one to emphasize points."

Bill Gibron writes up a list at PopMatters: "[A] great many of the classics in the exploitation genre contain misguided musical numbers; songs guaranteed to get both your toes tapping and your gag reflex responding with equal aplomb. Since there are so many examples to choose from, I will concentrate on the crčme de la crap, the evil earworms that, once heard, are destined to dull your brain forever."

Online listening tip.

Posted by dwhudson at April 8, 2006 1:18 PM