Music Break: Five Fave Scores from Gregory Peck Films

Hello all, I'm kind of taking a blogging break today... I was going to write a review of The Artist but I'll save that for next week. So how about a bit of movie music to perk up your day. As you already know, my recent Gregory Peck marathon has been a blast. Out of …

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Music Break: Top Five Favorite Hans Zimmer Scores

Happy Tuesday, folks. I don't have much time to blog today but I thought I'd highlight one of my favorite composers, Hans Zimmer, who turned 54 yesterday. Ever so prolific with over 140 works under his belt, including movies, TV and even video games, the German native is known for using tribal/ethnic sounding elements in …

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Patrick Doyle to score Pixar’s BRAVE – Five fave music from the Scottish composer

The Scottish love affair in Pixar's upcoming 3D adventure continues. As you've seen in the trailer and poster, the fairy tale story is set in ancient Scotland about a feisty Scottish princess. The film already boasts a stellar cast of talents from that neck of the woods, and now, Pixar has commissioned a renowned Scottish …

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Weekend Viewing Plans and Music Break: The King’s Speech Score

Hello everybody, happy Friday! My office will be closed for President's Day on Monday so it'll be a three-day weekend, YAY! I haven't been to the theater for a while. I think the last film I saw at the theater was The Fighter back in January, wow! Well, I don't know if I'll make it …

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Music Break: Somewhere in Time – my tribute to John Barry

One of the world's best composers John Barry died Sunday at the age of 77. The five-time Oscar winner have created some of the most celebrated iconic film scores of all time, with the most famous one being the James Bond theme. Some of his other memorable Bond scores are Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, …

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Music Break: Sleeping Beauty – Once Upon A Dream

I was driving home the other day and heard Tchaikovsky's ballet score The Sleeping Beauty and almost instinctively started humming away. It's such as highly infectious score that you'd be hard pressed NOT to hum to its waltz-like theme after you listen to it. I adore Disney's Sleeping Beauty, the music is such an integral …

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31 Days Movie Meme Day #12: Best Soundtrack

I wrote a post around the same time last year called Favorite Movie Music, where I made two different list of my favorite movie soundtrack and scores. Well, I'm going to highlight one from each list that I never grow tired of listening to: Fave film score: Somewhere in Time An unabashedly romantic film about …

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