Tag Archives: Soundtracks

Movie News: The Hunger Games Soundtrack Full Of Muppets

  By Lisa McInerney | March 12, 2012 - 3:00 pm | Movies & TV, Music
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Well, not quite. The Hunger Games soundtrack is released this Friday, March 16th, ahead of the movie which hits screens Friday 23rd. And everyone is mad excited, so they are. The Hunger Games books have sold over 20 million copies worldwide since 2008, which is a pretty big deal, and if you’re still mourning Harry Potter and trying to salve the terrible burns you endured from Twilight, you might consider getting in on this. In the ruins of the United States, where The Capitol metropolis holds absolute power over twelve surrounding districts, sixteen year old Katniss volunteers for the Hunger Games, an annual event in which one boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle in which only one person can survive. Yes, I know it sounds just like Battle Royale, except without the cute uniforms; work with … There’s more →

Seán’s Movie Music Magorium: Hannibal

  By Seanplaywrite | October 7, 2010 - 9:30 am | Movies & TV, Music, The Culch
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Based upon the Thomas Harris novel of the same name, and released in 2001, just over ten years after The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal is the much-anticipated follow up to the characters of the Academy-Award winning Silence. Directed by Ridley Scott, this movie is a horse of a different colour. It deals more directly with the character of Hannibal Lector than the original, as he lives now in Florence. Clarice Starling returns, now a ten-year veteran, to be manipulated by corrupt politicians and police forces in the hunt for Lector. The climax, involving Lector and Starling and a heavily made-up Ray Liotta, differs from that in the book and is a very different offering from Silence. That is one word that must be kept in mind while thinking of this film as a follow up to that one – different. This is a violent film. This is a follow … There’s more →

Seán’s Movie Music Magorium: Alien3

  By Seanplaywrite | September 23, 2010 - 9:30 am | Movies & TV, Music, Soundtracks, The Culch
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This is the first of Seán Ferrick’s look at music scores from film and TV. In this series, Seán is going to look at his favourite soundtracks and scores from a range of different movie genres and television shows. Please make him feel welcome to the Culch.ie fold. - Darren Elliot Goldenthal’s score for Alien3 exists among controversy. The film itself suffered behind the scenes from day one and therefore the fact that a score so haunting, so powerful and so evocative belongs to a movie that really should never have been made is nothing short of amazing. Let me begin by saying – Alien3 is a great film. I use this term because it seemed to be a case that, where anything could go wrong, it did on this film. Featuring three directors, several heavily controlled script re-writes and a cast that all but deny the film’s existence, this … There’s more →