Music Break: The Dark Knight’s End Credit Score

Happy almost weekend, folks! I'm flying to Chicago Friday night for a few days to attend my best friend's graduation, so for this week's music break, I choose one of my favorite movies filmed in that city. That Nolan film is extra special as my hubby and I were actually in town when they were …

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Music(al) Break: Moulin Rouge’s Come What May

I was dusting off my CD collection the other day and found my Moulin Rouge! soundtrack I used to listen every day for like two months after seeing the movie. So I've been listening to the CD in my car now. I LOVE, LOVE this movie, it's so original, artsy and passionate. In any case, …

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Music Break: Casino Royale Score (City of Lovers)

Happy Thursday everyone! It's been over a month since my last music break, and I definitely could use one today. As a preview to our monthly Bond post coming next week, I feel like highlighting one of my favorite Bond scores. I've posted my top five Bond title songs, but as far as main scores …

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Music Break: Cinema Paradiso (1988)

I'm not feeling too well today, so naturally, I turn to lush, gorgeous music to make me feel better, and this one just immediately came to mind. In fact, as I said in my Cinema Paradiso review, I had fallen in love with Ennio Morricone's soundtrack long before I finally saw the film. Of course, …

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Music Break: Top 10 Favorite John Williams Scores

I've been meaning to write a tribute for one of my favorite composers for a while and since February 8th is his 80th Birthday, it seems like a good a time as any. As I've mentioned several times on my blog, my two all time favorite music genres are classical and movie soundtracks, so naturally …

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Music Break: Mozart in the Movies

Today, January 27th, marks the 256th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth. I listen to classical NPR to and from work a lot and they're promoting a special program commemorating this event. Well, as my two of my all time favorite music genres are classical and soundtracks, I thought I'd sort of combine the two …

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Music Break: Disney’s Beauty & The Beast

Happy Friday the 13th everybody! No, there's not gonna be any horror-related post on here... actually I'm in need of a blogging break today, been so tired at work lately. Since the weather suddenly turns frigid (40 degrees swing within 48 hrs!), I thought a little uplifting music would perk up anyone's day right? Well, …

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