Whether you like rap, rock, classical or country, you’ll find your favorite music at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, MA.
Posted in Jazz, Movies, Soundtracks on Feb 23rd, 2010
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“The plot line of studious teenager Jenny, compelled to discover the larger picture of life through worldly suitor Peter circa 1961, only gets the ball rolling for the music in the soundtrack of the film An Education. Director Lone Scherfig and screenplay author Nick Hornby decided to base the backing music on jazz [...]
Posted in Movies, Soundtracks on Feb 9th, 2010
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The soundtrack features 16 songs including the original songs performed in the film by Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell.
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“Soundtrack finds Linda Eder musically “going to the movies” with a carefully selected set of songs from films that span five decades. The originals may be familiar and beloved, but Eder and her band reworked them, rendering the songs in an intimate, fireside style.”–All Music Guide
Posted in Movies, Rock/Pop, Soundtracks on Feb 9th, 2010
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“Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air is set in airports and boardrooms across the United States, opening itself up to a soundtrack like the one Randall Poster and Rick Clark assembled: a collection of songs that speak to what America is today.”–All Music Guide
Posted in Movies, Soundtracks on Jan 29th, 2010
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This film adaptation of the Tony-winning musical Nine was directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago) and features an all-star cast led by Academy Award winners Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, and Sophia Loren. Nine tells the story of a famous filmmaker (Day-Lewis) and the nine women who play pivotal roles in his life. [...]
Posted in Movies, Soundtracks on Oct 2nd, 2009
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“More than most Quentin Tarantino soundtracks, Inglourious Basterds is about the movie, not the album, standing as a companion to the film instead of as its own entity. That said, every cut here is interesting, sometimes wonderful — the Morricone is vivid, as are the obscure soundtrack selections from Charles Bernstein and the [...]
Posted in Movies, Soundtracks on Sep 30th, 2009
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Posted in Movies, Rock/Pop, Soundtracks on Jul 17th, 2009
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“Originally released in 1970 as a triple-LP, MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK AND MORE: WOODSTOCK topped Billboard’s pop albums chart for four weeks, and was a Top 20 R&B album as well. As potent a musical time capsule as ever existed, it captures the three-day, 1969 concert event that united close to half [...]
Posted in Movies, Music for Children, Rock/Pop, Soundtracks, Teen Pop on Feb 3rd, 2009
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“The soundtrack to Disney’s Camp Rock is manna for sagging tween spirits: Demi Lovato, The Jonas Brothers, and a handful of others well known among the Disney Channel-watching demographic wind their youthful voices around a maniacally catchy set of songs.”—Amazon.com
Posted in Movies, Soundtracks on Dec 11th, 2008
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“Smartly (since the film is, for all its supernatural trappings, essentially a love story) Patsavas’s soundtrack provides plenty of fist-pumping moments but far more that are just plain swoony.”—Entertainment Weekly
Posted in Movies, Soundtracks on Nov 21st, 2008
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“…it’s hard to imagine listening to it from beginning to end, but cherry-picking the best moments makes for a pleasurable experience”—All Music Guide
Posted in Movies, Soundtracks on Sep 25th, 2008
The movie soundtrack, featuring the songs of ABBA.
Posted in Movies, Soundtracks on Sep 25th, 2008
The first 11 tracks on this CD are by Edith Piaf herself, and give a good overview of her biggest hits (though we get the English version of the title track) and her feverish, ultra-dramatic style. Tracks 12-20 are made up of Christopher Gunning’s richly symphonic original score (check out “La Mort de Leplée”). The [...]