Happy Fourth of July to my American friends! Hope you get today's off from work and get to spend sometime celebratin' Independence Day. Do you watch certain movies for the Fourth? Something with a patriotic theme perhaps? Well, instead of featuring one of those movies like I did last year, I figure why not do …
Continue reading 4th of July Music Break: Captain America End Title Sequence
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 …
Continue reading Music Break: The Dark Knight’s End Credit Score
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, …
Continue reading Music(al) Break: Moulin Rouge’s Come What May
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, …
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 …
Continue reading Music Break: Top 10 Favorite John Williams Scores
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 …
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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