I quite like Guy Ritchie's frenetic style. Most of his films have a cool vibe and I think his best work is when he tackles the London underworld. His humorous gangster movies always feature a great cast and witty dialog, and Rocknrolla is no different. His movies aren't for everyone though, I remember dragging some …
Continue reading Music Break & Scenes Spotlight: Guy Ritchie’s Rocknrolla
HAPPY FRIDAY!! It's been a sweltering Summer the past week, so I'm gonna cool off tonight watching ... you guessed it, Pacific Rim once again at the IMAX, wahoo! I was gonna do a Music Break in honor of Guillermo del Toro's movie, but since I've been so sporadic with posting my regular series, I …
Continue reading Everybody’s Chattin’ & Music Break: ‘Pacific Rim’ by Ramin Djawadi
I've been wanting to feature this haunting score for a while now, and since Easter was just a few days ago, I thought it'd be fitting to feature it this week. Ennio Morricone is one of my favorite composers of all time, with Cinema Paradiso being one of my favorite scores ever. There's something so …
Continue reading Music Break: Ennio Morricone’s The Mission – Gabriel’s Oboe
Ang Lee's beautifully-made Life of Pi's released on Blu-ray/DVD this week, and since I had just been talking about Asian directors, might as well feature his film on today's music break. Canadian Composer Mychael Danna has won a Golden Globe and Oscar for his astounding soundtrack work for this film. This is Danna's third collaboration …
Happy Labor Day my fellow American & Canadian friends! Hope you are enjoying your day off, but if you somehow have to work today, well hats off to you and I hope you are well-compensated for it! 😀 In honor of labor day, I thought I'd post a couple of soundtracks from two workplace movies …
Continue reading Labor Day Music Break: 80s Workplace Movies
I learned of Mr. Armstrong's death this afternoon as I was on my computer break all day yesterday. He died from complications from a heart surgery, he was 82. I felt a sudden loss of words reading that the first man on the moon has now passed on. Though I hadn't been born on July …
Continue reading Music Break: Apollo 13 Main Title – RIP Neil Armstrong
The choice for this week's music break is quite an easy one. This is my hubby's iPhone's ring tone and it's been that same one for years. It's undoubtedly one of the most memorable theme songs featured in a trilogy... and beyond. If you read my review of The Bourne Legacy, it's still one of …
Continue reading Music Break: Bourne theme song ‘Extreme Ways’ by Moby
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