Charlotte’s Web is a book that I believe is assigned in pretty much every American elementary school. Whether it is assigned in other countries’ classrooms is not something that I know, but what I do know is that there is a movie out now that brings this book to life. Tied to this movie is a soundtrack that is created by Danny Elfman, often considered one of the most magestic…
There are a number of individuals that make their bread and butter playing music that do not really excite me. While this list may include some of rock’s greatest axe men (and women), suffice it to say that Eric Johnson is not one of those individuals. Most casual fans will know Johnson for 1990’s “Cliffs of Dover”, but the simple truth is that ey has had a tremendous career. Up…
I don’t know how I feel when it comes down to soundtracks. Specifically, I am not sure whether I prefer more albums that have a mix of previously recorded and fresh songs by established band, or those cases in which a master musician is given the reins for the entirety of the CD. For those that are not familiar with this soundtrack, “Catch and Release” has 17 cuts by a…
The style of music is fairly docile in this musical, as a great number of these tracks act in forwarding the plot instead of trying to wow the viewers. Of course, some tracks do happen to impress listeners; this can first really be noticed during songs like “Shine”. The female vocals that take such a major part in the first half of this soundtrack should make individuals recall Beauty and…
Seven CDs worth of material is absolutely amazing, and this fact becomes more amazing when individuals realize that the quality of these recordings does not slack at any point. The main discs comprise their original albums, with a number of live or otherwise demo tracks taking residence at the end of the disc. This means that the first disc provides listeners with 2005’s compilation “The Glasgow School” while adding on…
It is always difficult to go forth and give a review to a soundtrack that I haven’t seen the movie for. However, “Babel”’s soundtrack is masterful in having listeners understand what exactly is going on during that specific track. However, there is enough variation in the disc’s 37 tracks that individuals will be able to glean a great deal of detail from each of the compositions. The movie has a…
I’m not sure how many of the readers of NeuFutur actually saw Apocalypto, but the movie is Mel Gibson’s latest offering, about essentially Mayan Jesus. The soundtrack itself was composed by James Horner, who individuals may know from eir scores going all the way back to 1980, with notable soundtracks including An American Tail, Glory, Field of Dreams, Legends of the Fall, Apollo 13, and Braveheart. Hell, all those movies…
This is the score for the 1957 version of “Around The World in 80 Days”. The disc was re-released on the 50th anniversary of the film being released. In the last few years, copies of the CD version of this score became increasingly hard to find, as there was only one run of the discs. This album, which became the #1 album of 1957, had to be re-released to its…
Osaka Popstar is one of the few all-star bands that exist in punk rock. The band has a number of legends (members of Misfits, Black Flag, The Voidoids, and The Ramones). In this sense, the band does a number of covers, ranging from anime theme songs (Astro Boy, Sailor Moon), to classical tracks (“Man of Constant Sorrow) and punk classics (“Blank Generation”, “I Live Off of You”). This means that…
It is always sad when someone dies, and while I had no real connection to Elliot Smith’s music, I can honestly say I felt bad when ey died. We can only assume that Chistopher O’Riley felt the same way; I mean, why else devote an entire album of piano-lead instrumental covers of eir music if not for that? At some point, the emotive style of O’Riley’s composition sound like those…
