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WaterTower Music today announced the release details of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for New Line Cinema’s highly anticipated It, the movie based on the iconic Stephen King novel of the same name which has been terrifying and thrilling readers for decades. Double CD and Digital versions of the album will be released worldwide on September 8, the same day the film opens in theaters. Special vinyl picture disc and double vinyl versions arrive just in time for Halloween, on October 27.

Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Benjamin Wallfisch (A Cure for Wellness, Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation), widely acknowledged as one of Hollywood’s most exciting and innovative composers, has assembled a thrillingly unsettling 38-track Original Soundtrack for It with a palpable spirit of suspense, adventure and anarchy, using powerful themes, a full symphony orchestra and children’s choir.

“Every now and again, you come across a movie where the storytelling is so powerful,...

With the season of apple cider-soaked gatherings nearly upon us, Real Gone Music is making sure you have the appropriate tunes for party time with their announcement of four October album releases, including The Return of the Living Dead soundtrack, the Cujo score, and more.

"Real Gone Music announces several Halloween-themed albums available this October including the soundtrack to Stephen King's Cujo, Zacherle's Monster Gallery from the Cool Ghoul, John Zacherle, the sole studio album from one of the great 80s goth/death rock bands, 45 Grave, and another eagerly awaited repress of the cult soundtrack to Return of the Living Dead.

Charles Bernstein

Cujo—Music from the Motion Picture

Available October 6 Limited Edition "St. Bernard" Vinyl First Ever Vinyl Reissue Includes New Cover Art and Production Stills

Ah, life in the country…such bucolic bliss. Until your neighbor’s dog contracts rabies, kills its owner, and then comes after you!

The Wandering Soap OperaThis year at the Locarno Festival I am looking for specific images, moments, techniques, qualities or scenes from films across the 70th edition's selection that grabbed me and have lingered past and beyond the next movie seen, whose characters, story and images have already begun to overwrite those that came just before.***The camera’s brief tracking movements in Jacques Tourneur's Appointment in Honduras (1953). This filmmaker, to whom Locarno is devoting an extensive retrospective, is not a formalist like some of his more acclaimed contemporaries like John Ford, Otto Preminger, or Hitchcock, whose overt and idiosyncratic use of the camera makes far more obvious each director’s perspective on their stories. But that doesn't mean Tourneur didn't have formal flourishes, and none are so lyrically charged as the subtle and surprising times in his films when there’s a cut and suddenly the camera is floating...

Later tonight, close to 2,000 moviegoers will fill Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn to watch Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life,” set to a live score played by a 110-piece orchestra and choir. It’s the seventh live score production by the New York-based Wordless Music Orchestra, which has previously staged live music productions of other modern day classics like “There Will Be Blood” and “Under the Skin.”

For the founder of Wordless Music, Ronen Givony, the need to create a heightened sense of occasion with a live event is vital in the age of Netflix and Spotify.

Read More: Howard Shore, Composer for Cronenberg, ‘Spotlight’ and Scorsese, on the Creation of Diverse Scores

“I think it’s fair to say that whether it’s an orchestra concert or a rock concert or a movie, it seems like especially in New York, the simple act of going out and seeing...

Losing a loved one is a tragedy and sometimes the grief that overcomes a person is so intense that they don’t know how to move forward. In David Frankel’s latest drama “Collateral Beauty,” Will Smith experiences those feelings when he portrays Howard, a successful businessman who has slipped into a depression after the death of his child and doesn’t know how to handle the situation.

The film follows him as his friends, portrayed by Kate Winslet, Micheal Peña and Edward Norton, devise a drastic plan to force him to confront his grief, until something unexpected happens. In a sort of “It’s A Wonderful Life”/“Christmas Carol” twist, Howard, who writes letters to various objects and themes, is visited by three special “people”: Death (Helen Mirren), Love (Keira Knightley) and Time (Jacob Latimore). Together these forces try and show Howard that life is worth living.

Warner Bros. released the new trailer,...

Watch a movie scored by Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrmann or John Williams and you instantly recognize the composer’s signature sound.

Having just received the prestigious Vision Award at the Locarno Film Festival, Howard Shore has amassed a body of work that requires him to be mentioned among those fellow composing legends. From the ominous underbelly he gave “Seven,” to the magical rhythms that drive “Hugo,” to the dour tones encapsulating the reporters’ struggle in “Spotlight,” to the music that brought Tolkien’s Middle Earth to life, Shore has been behind some of the very best film scores of the last 40 years.

Read More: Legendary Composer Ennio Morricone Is Releasing A Greatest Hits Album

Yet what’s remarkable about Shore’s body of work, and what separates him from the other scoring legends, is that there’s nothing instantly recognizable binding together his diverse scores.

Growing up in Toronto, the...

Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.

Queer Genius

Logline: “Queer Genius” explores the lives of four visionary queer artists: Eileen Myles, Barbara Hammer, Jibz Cameron and Shannon Funchess.

Elevator Pitch:

“Queer Genius” is a cinematic exploration of four visionary queer artists breaking down barriers in their creative fields as they confront fame, failure, censorship, family, gender, and sexuality. The film embraces the communal possibilities of “genius” from a particularly queer perspective crossing genre and generational perspective.

The film features intertwined portraits of Eileen Myles, Barbara Hammer, Jibz Cameron (Dynasty Handbag), and Shannon Funchess of Light Asylum.

Production Team:

Catherine Pancake – Director/Producer

L.A. Teodosio – Consulting Producer (“Little Men”)

Laura Terruso – Consultant,...

Rob Leane Aug 15, 2016

The Doctor Who TV movie is heading to Blu-ray, with extensive extras, on Monday the 19th of September...

The Doctor Who TV movie is heading to Blu-ray. An 'upscaled' version of Paul McGann's debut as the eighth Doctor (and Sylvester McCoy's last on-screen appearance as the seventh one, to date) will be available on Blu-ray disc from Monday the 19th of September, with this extensive list of extras...

Disc 1 Extras

• Commentary #1

From director Geoffrey Sax (recorded 2001)

• Commentary #2

By Paul McGann and Sylvester McCoy, moderated by Nicolas Briggs (recorded 2009)

• The Seven Year Hitch

Documenting the return Doctor Who to the screen. Narrated by Amanda Drew.

• The Doctor’s Strange Love

Writers Joe Lidster and Simon Guerrier discuss The TV Movie with comedian Josie Long.

• The Night of the Doctor

The Night of the Doctor was a mini-episode released in 2013 in the run-up to the show’s 50th anniversary special.

Soundtracks don’t get much better or more distinct than Nick Cave and Warren Ellis‘ work as such. The duo has contributed music to films like “Lawless,” “The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford,” “The Road,” “The Proposition,” among others. Their work is often evocatively haunting, gritty and intimate, and they bring those qualities […]

The post Exclusive: Hear 2 Tracks By Nick Cave & Warren Ellis From The ‘Hell Or High Water’ Soundtrack appeared first on The Playlist.

Miami Music Week is just around the corner, but Protocol Recordings signees Florian Picasso and Blinders want to get you in the mood for the festivities early. The two progressive house artists have compiled a mix titled Miami 2016 sure to make you feel like you’re already at one of the city’s sunny beach parties.

Tracks like the Ben Lemonz remix of Volt & State’s “Sandcastles” and Arno Cost’s “Coming Alive” set a melodic tone at the beginning of mix, but its energy continually rises. The middle part is characterized more by big room bangers with massive synth leads and monstrous bass kicks, with more of an emphasis on singalong anthems near the end.

Of course, Florian Picasso and Blinders’ tracks receive tasteful placement in the Miami 2016 mix as well. The former artist’s “Final Call” and “Want It Back” can be heard, as well as “You Don...

Almost three years ago, Django Lives! was announced and the timing couldn’t have been more fortuitous. Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained was just about to hit theaters and people – normal people! – were actually interested in the spaghetti western icon whose name inspired Jamie Foxx’s slave-turned-bounty-hunter. But that was three years ago and this sequel, the […]

The post ‘Django Lives!’ Finally Tracks Down a Screenwriter in John Sayles appeared first on /Film.

Furious 7 to Receive the “Hollywood Blockbuster Award,” While Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth Receive the “Hollywood Song Award” for Their Hit “See You Again” From the Furious 7 Soundtrack Asif Kapadia to Receive the “Hollywood Documentary Award” for Amy Additional Honorees Announced in the Categories of Cinematography, Composer, Editing, Visual Effects, Sound, Costume Design, Make-Up & Hairstyling and Production Design Hollywood, CA, (October 5, 2015) dick clark productions (dcp) announced today that Universal Pictures’ box-office smash Furious 7 will receive the “Hollywood Blockbuster Award,” while Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth will receive the “Hollywood Song Award” for their massive hit “See You Again” from the film’s soundtrack.In addition, the “Hollywood Documentary Award” will be bestowed on director Asif Kapadia for his work on Amy. The “19th Annual Hollywood Film Awards” will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on November 1, 2015. The Hollywood Film Awards, the official...

UK electronic music trio Nero has certainly been one of the more highly anticipated acts to pop back up on the Edm world’s collective radar in 2015. This weekend saw the release of a their new full-length effort, Between II Worlds, and they’ve followed it up with a spectacle of a BBC Radio 1 essential mix.

Four years after having played such a memorable role in the dubstep breakthrough of 2010-11, the outfit returned to the mainstream consciousness with an update production style. The mix builds on this hype by showcasing their how their dynamic song selection could complement the change in direction. Regarding the mix, Joe Ray explained:

The idea behind this mix was to create a journey through some older tracks that we love, going back as far as the ’70s right through present day. Tracks on there span from Kraftwerk and Depeche Mode to Björk, and Underworld...

From Muppet Treasure Island to Speed, we take a look at the 90s soundtracks that deserve another listen...

Ah, the 1990s. The decade that brought us The Lion King. Titanic. Quentin Tarantino. That wordless bathroom scene in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peaks. Duel of the Fates from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. In the Mood for Love.

It was a good 10 years for film music, no doubt.

But scratch the surface of 1991 through 1999 and there are tons of good scores ready to spring a surprise on your ears. Some were attached to sorely underrated movies, others were overshadowed by wildly successful ones, and some have simply been forgotten in the passage of time.

Here, in no particular order, are the top 25 underappreciated film soundtracks from the 1990s.

1. Chaplin - John Barry

Okay, let's start with a big one. Richard Attenborough. Robert Downey Jr. John Barry.

Opening in theaters on Friday, March 13th is Run All Night. The action thriller stars Oscar nominees Liam Neeson and Ed Harris and is directed of Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-stop).

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon (Neeson), once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective (Vincent D’Onofrio) who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. Lately, it seems Jimmy’s only solace can be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass.

But when Jimmy’s estranged son, Mike (Joel Kinnaman), becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. With Mike on the run, Jimmy’s only penance for his past mistakes may be to keep...

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By Mark Mawston

Ennio Morricone, one of the most celebrated film composers in cinema history, appeared to a packed 02 arena in London’s Docklands on February 5th 2015. The venue, (formally The Millennium Dome) normally a mainstay for Boy Bands and Revered Rockers, seemed Cathedral -like, not only due to its sheer size and capacity, but mainly due to the soaring music which filled it over two hours. This concert, unlike other Morricone concerts I’ve had the pleasure to attend, had a reverential feel to it, one of reflection. The music that the 100 strong orchestra and 75 piece choir gave life to wasn’t simply the most popular from the composer’s incredible body of work but obviously the ones that meant to most to him personally. Tracks from films such as Casualties Of War, 1900, The Mission and Cinema Paradiso were the ones given centre stage.

While some people's idea of the perfect New Year's Eve is to stay in and watch the ball drop in Times Square on TV with Ryan Seacrest (or Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin), all cuddled up with a loved one and a bottle of Cabernet, many others will dance 'till the sun comes up.

DJs are the new rock stars -- and they're the tastemakers of the year's biggest party night. So what constitutes the perfect New Year's Eve playlist? ETonline reached out to the world's biggest DJs -- many of whom regularly play to crowds of tens of thousands -- to get their go-to tracks and tips for curating the soundtrack for the perfect New Year's party.

Pics: Which Celebrities Can Drop a Beat? Check out 9 Star DJs!

1. The Chainsmokers: This DJ duo had a huge 2014 - cracking DJ Mag's prestigious Top 100 list for the first time at No. 97 riding support...

You only have to look at Zane Lowe's re-scoring of Drive to see how impassioned fans get about film soundtracks. In fairness, that was a brave undertaking, and swapping College & Electric Youth's sublime 'A Real Hero' for The 1975 in that aqueduct scene aside, it wasn't a total disaster. But the DJ's reimagining of the ineffably stylish thriller was still met with widespread scorn.

Admittedly, it was a strange choice of project (why mess with perfection?), although it's perhaps stranger still that altering the soundtrack from a film just three years old could be branded an act of sacrilege and defacement. But it's proof if proof were needed that scores worth their salt can quickly wedge themselves into the Zeitgeist and become as revered as the films themselves.

So will the same be said of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 in a few years' time? Lorde only knows…...

A simple listing, duplicated from the homepage, of new theatrical releases and other films currently available, for the benefit of those playing along by RSS or keeping up via the Daily Digest emails.

new Us/Can Oct 03 wide Annabelle Gone Girl Left Behind limited Drive Hard new UK Oct 01-03 wide Dracula Untold Gone Girl Dolphin Tale 2 Draft Day Life After Beth

also playing Us/Can Begin Again Boyhood The Congress Dawn of the Planet of the Apes The Fault in Our Stars Frank How to Train Your Dragon 2 If I Stay Life Itself Lilting The Lunchbox A Most Wanted Man Only Lovers Left Alive Pride The Purge: Anarchy Rich Hill Snowpiercer Swim Little Fish Swim Tracks 20,000 Days on Earth 22 Jump Street X-Men: Days of Future Past Advanced Style Believe Me Earth to Echo Guardians of the Galaxy Hercules Honeymoon The Hundred-Foot Journey Life of Crime Magic in the Moonlight...

Even with another flood of specialty film debuts, The Skeleton Twins, the dramedy starring Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader, had another impressive box office showing in its third weekend. Meanwhile, another dozen films tried to elbow past last week’s 14 newcomers and numerous others already in the market, to middling success among those reporting.

Other than Twins, the holdovers that look like they’re gaining some autumnal momentum include IFC Films‘ The Trip To Italy with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, and more niche-oriented films such as American Experience/PBS Films’ doc Last Days In Vietnam and Oscilloscope’s Art And Craft. Starz Media also scored a robust gross for the second week of Not Cool, featuring YouTube star Shane Dawson, as it migrated east to New York and was also profiled on a Starz channel doc series.

CBS Films’ Pride can be proud of scoring the weekend’s highest average among new titles.

"The Hunger Games" and "Divergent" just got a new partner in the field of successful young adult novel adaptations.

"The Maze Runner" pulled in a very solid $32.5 million domestic opening over the weekend, easily taking the top spot at not just the American box-office but in fifty other markets around the world. Globally it managed an $81.5 million debut, not bad for a film that cost only a fraction of most young adult novel adaptations.

The Liam Neeson-led R-rated crime thriller "A Walk Among the Tombstones" came in a distant second with $13.1 million - only half the opening of his PG-13 in-flight thriller "Non-Stop" from earlier this year. The film isn't expected to fare well in coming weeks.

The ensemble comedy "This is Where I Leave You" also disappointed with an $11.9 million debut and poor reviews. In moderate release, Kevin Smith's "Tusk" premiered to just $886,000 across 600 screens - another disappointment.

Our International Sales Agent (Isa) of the Day coverage resumed for this year's Cannes Film Festival. We feature successful, upcoming, innovative and trailblazing agents from around the world (during and after the festival) and cover the latest trends in sales and distribution. Beyond the numbers and deals, this segment will also share inspirational and unique stories of how these individuals have evolved and paved their way in the industry, and what they envision for the new waves in global cinema.

Other Angle Pictures is a fresh and energetic film sales and acquisitions company with a welcoming boutique approach and an unparalleled and eclectic slate. Based in Paris, it was started by the husband and wife team of Laurence Schonberg and Olivier Albou.

It's impressive that Other Angle Pictures has only been around for five years; this family style company has been on a steady climb and has scored great success with films that most thought would never succeed. At last year's Cannes Film Festival, cop comedy “On the Other Side of the Tracks" starring Omar Sy of "The Untouchables", sold to over 40 territories and was picked up by The Weinstein Co.

This year, sales have also been solid with Asia Argento’s Un Certain Regard entry "Incompresa" starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, "Babysitting", the second highest grossing French comedy of the year, and "Go Go Boys", a documentary about legendary producers Menachem Golam and Yoram Globus (which was in Cannes Classics and is getting ready for a solid international rollout).

Other Angle Pictures intends to develop its slate with more English language projects moving forward. The company is also producing its first film "The Beggars," which is in a similar vein as "The Band's Visit". It will star "Monsieur Lazar's" Fellag and will be directed by Daniel Cohen who directed "Le Chef" (recently released by Cohen Media).

General Manager Laurence Shonberg and head of Sales and Acquisitions Nathan Fischer took time to share their backgrounds, success and intentions moving forward...

Laurence: We decided to create our company because we had the vision of bringing something new to the market. Since then, we decided to focus on finding films that no one expected to break out. We started with a comedy called "The French Kissers", which was in the Cannes Director’s fortnight in 2009. It sold two million tickets in France and was distributed worldwide.

This year is a breakout year for us. We had three movies in Cannes. Two were chosen for Un Certain Regard, and one was a Cannes Classique. We're a small family company, and we're very excited and proud of this. It has a lot of heart, and that's what Other Angle is looking for - films with heart, films that aren't expected to do well in the beginning, films that are going to be something special to the audience, and films that are funny, moving and sincere. Our films speak to what's important in life.

We are leading in French comedies, but we're definitely moving towards more international, director-oriented films. We hope to be a magnet for international directors looking for co-production opportunities. I think that's really the way to evolve right now, and getting involved in sales at an early stage.

We also have French mainstream comedies that are great potential remake movies, like Babysitting, or "The Last Diamond", by Barbier Eric, which was recently acquired by Cohen Media. My First Star is a story of a family on a ski trip for the first time. It's based on a true story of a guy from Martinique who came from a poor family. We sold the remake rights to Chris Rock, and he's working on it right now. It's a very funny and moving story.

Nathan: I first lived in Los Angeles when I was 20 and worked as a production assistant for Anonymous Content. It was a great place, and I realized that I only wanted to be in film. I kept doing internships, and started doing international sales with Wild Bunch. They had "The Artist", "Polisse" and a number of great films that broke out of Cannes. This is how I learned how exciting international sales could be. After this time, I traveled in Asia for a year, before coming back to Los Angeles where I had stints with Endgame Entertainment, Voltage Pictures, and went on to work for the producers of The Lunchbox.

This gave me a better understanding of the leading markets. I think that international sales are great when you're passionate about film, but you also have to be passionate about your distributors and your territories.

Laurence: Olivier started with Ugc as the head of international sales, and sold "Amelie" worldwide. Following this, he was hired to work at Warner Bros as the director of international distribution in the Us for three years and then moved on to be the director of acquisitions at TF1 in France.

We care about our films. It's not just one more film; we have strong relationships with our producers, and keep them updated every step of the way. We form a community with our clients and treat them like family. It's more than a business for us; it's our life.

More about Other Angle Pictures:

Other Angle Pictures is an international sales and acquisitions company involved in features films from France and other countries. We are not handling more than 10 films a year for foreign sales, in order to provide filmmakers and our clients with the best possible care and service. We also acquire foreign films for France, and are involved in international co-productions...

Rik Mayall, who played the pompous, poetry-spouting anarchist Rick on the early Eighties U.K. cult comedy The Young Ones, has died, according to a statement his manager shared with the BBC. He was 56. The cause and circumstances of Mayall's death have not yet been revealed.

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In addition to The Young Ones, Mayall appeared on the U.K. sitcoms Blackadder, The New Statesman and a show with his Young Ones costar Adrian Edmondson, Bottom. His best-known movie role was playing opposite...

Lana Del Rey has announced the release date for her new album Ultraviolence: June 16, 2014.

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— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) May 9, 2014

Del Rey made the announcement on Wednesday, posting a link to her official website, which is selling a special Box Set for the singer’s third record. The Box Set includes two LP’s, a “Deluxe CD digipack” and art prints.

The Ultraviolence tracklist has also been revealed and appears as follows:

“Cruel World”

“Ultraviolence”

“Shades of Cool”

“Brooklyn Baby”

“West Coast”

“Sad Girl”

“Pretty When You Cry”

“Money Power Glory”

“F--ked My Way Up To The Top”

“Old Money”

“The Other Woman”

Bonus Tracks include “Black Beauty,” “Guns and Roses,” “Florida Kilos,” but it is unclear whether these will be available on digital download or CD versions of Ultraviolence.

Presently, only the $99 box set is available for pre-order on Del Rey’s official website,...

Lana Del Rey has set a June 17 release date for “Ultraviolence,” as well as released the album's cover art. In addition to standard and deluxe editions on download, CD, and vinyl, there will also be a Collectors Box edition that will include a deluxe LP Picture disc, a deluxe CD digipak and art prints, which was assume are suitable for framing. In addition to first single “West Coast,” the new album contains some intriguing titles, including “F*cked My Way To The Top,” “The Other Woman” and bonus track, “Guns And Roses.” Del Rey is current on tour in the U.S. Her remaining dates are listed below the track listing. 'Ultraviolence' Tracklist: 1. Cruel World 2. Ultraviolence 3. Shades Of Cool 4. Brooklyn Baby 5. West Coast 6. Sad Girl 7. Pretty When You Cry 8. Money Power Glory 9. Fucked My Way Up To The Top 10. Old Money 11. The Other Woman Bonus Tracks: 12. Black Beauty 13. Guns And Roses...

It may not have an official release date just yet ("next month," she claimed, this month), but Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence now has a track list. The singer born Lizzie Grant is more Lana Del Rey than ever — all caps and all cool. Which will be the Song of Summer? (Clearly, it's "Fucked My Way To The Top.")Cruel World Ultraviolence Shades Of Cool Brooklyn Baby West Coast Sad Girl Pretty When You Cry Money Power Glory Fucked My Way Up To The Top Old Money The Other Woman Bonus Tracks: Black Beauty Guns And Roses Florida Kilos...

Transcendence | Exhibition | The Other Woman | Tracks | The Infomant | We Are The Freaks | Cupcakes | You & Me Forever

Perhaps an expensive, twisty conceptual thriller with a big, abstract title wasn't the best way for Christopher Nolan's cinematographer to distinguish himself as a director. Unlike his mentor, Pfister can't keep the silliness from going viral, as professor Depp's uploading of his consciousness provokes technophobic panic, existential questioning and way-cool special effects. It's a breakthrough in science-nonsense.

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"Funny" is not the first adjective most people would use to describe Beck, especially around the release of his achingly earnest new album Morning Phase. But the singer-songwriter cracked a joke on a promo for his appearance this weekend on Saturday Night Live.

50 Greatest 'Saturday Night Live' Sketches of All Time

In the clip, Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons, this week's host, notes his ubiquitous catchphrase "Bazinga!" before asking SNL cast member Cecily Strong and Beck their own phrases. After Strong exclaims, "This is gettin' ca-ray-zy," Beck stoically replies,...

In February 1994, we were just over a year into the first Clinton administration, Nancy Kerrigan’s knee was still healing, and a strangely compelling hipster urged us to get crazy with the Cheez Whiz. Twenty years ago this week, Beck sat atop Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart with his breakout single, “Loser.” As we prepare for the release of Morning Phase, let’s flip through the February 19, 1994 issue — which featured telling headlines such as “House Panel to Examine Gangsta Rap Lyrics” and “Blockbuster Tops $2 Billion: Revenues Rise 70% During 1993” — and check out what other alternative gems were lurking in the top 30 that week.30. The Other Two, “Selfish” In the early ’90s, the two most-famous founding members of New Order turned their attention to side projects: Singer-guitarist Bernard Sumner teamed with Johnny Marr to form Electronic and bassist Peter Hook was dabbling in Revenge. This left the other two...

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After recently cancelling their European tour for the second time it is obvious that Lemmy Kilmister, one of the immortal gods of rock n’ roll, is finally paying the price for a life of hard living and the herculean consumption of his beloved Jack Daniels. Are the last 40 years finally catching up with him?

Lemmy is a bonafide living legend, revered by his peers and loved by his legions of fans. In the annals of rock history very few can compete with his undying commitment to loud music and defiantly raising the middle finger to social airs and graces; Lemmy does want he wants and he wants to rock ‘n’ roll, at any cost.

Motörhead were formed in 1975 when Lemmy was fired from space-rockers Hawkwind for apparently ‘taking the wrong drugs’ (seriously), and his response was to form Motörhead, a band who pursued a raucous, speed-obsessed rock ‘n’ roll path.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

The Manic Street Preachers have so far spent twenty one years creating brilliant and important records. Unlike most bands that break into their third decade they have flourished rather than becoming stale. This time around the Manics have taken a breath and ‘Rewind The Film’ is a record that for a moment pauses and looks back nostalgically on youth in small welsh towns and the happiness and contentment that could be gleaned from simpler times. The anger of youth is still burning in everything the Manics produce but this time it is seen from a new perspective. Getting old is lamented but the blunt and defiant lyrics remain.

Clearly the brilliance of Ian McCulloch’s appearance on ‘Some Kind of Nothingness’ encouraged the band to feature more guest vocalists and this time around there are three who each have been expertly paired with their tracks. ‘This...

The fun of watching a week's worth of new movies that almost no one has seen is the unknown -- you're not sure which ones will be great, which ones will move you to tears, or which ones will make you get up and walk out of the theater.

In other words, going into this year's Toronto International Film Festival, I expected the same thing I always do at events like these: to see a few good movies, one-to-two outstanding ones, a couple of hidden gems, and a whole lotta' duds. After returning from Canada last Wednesday, I am happy to admit that I was wrong.

Of the 20 films I saw at Tiff this year, two of them were bad, one was downright weird, two more were so-so, and the other 15 (15!) were spectacular. This is a phenomenal track record for a film festival, even one as distinguished as Toronto's.

As...

Weather permitting, Franz Ferdinand are Scotland’s The Strokes – except catchier, funkier, and (maybe) better looking. Find this statement as shallow as possible. The band’s hiatus left us feeling a little bland and bored, but now that their newest album is out, we’re all revitalized with the zany insanity of hooky material that we’ll be listening to for a long while. The band finds the right thoughts, right words, and right actions throughout this LP with very few missteps or jarring content.

One of the better and easier listens of this year, Franz Ferdinand avoids playing it safe with boisterous, thrillingly fun songs. The band’s fourth album just might be their best one yet, and I’m bringing a track-by-track breakdown to really get into the swing of thalbum.

1. Right Action

There’s very few tunes that are better than this one on this LP. We...

Kevin Macdonald, Jim Jarmush and Asghar Farhadi all have films in competition in the Adelaide Film Festival.Scroll down for full list

UK features How I Live Now, directed by Kevin Macdonald, and Clio Bernard’s The Selfish Giant are among the 12 films in competition in the Adelaide Film Festival (Aff) (Oct 10-20).

Aff director Amanda Duthie has also included two films from France: Claire Dennis’ Bastards and Stranger By The Lake, which earned Alain Guiraudie the directing prize at Cannes in Un Certain Regard. France was also the location for another competition film, Asghar Farhadi’s The Past.

“The international feature competition covers the globe with big bold stories created by masters through to first timers,” Duthie told ScreenDaily.

“Included in the mix is Dance Of Reality, for example, directed by Alejandro Joderowsky, a master filmmaker at the height of his power and in his eighties, and These Final Hours, directed by Australian...

Calvin Harris spent the past year spinning his way to becoming the highest-paid DJ in the world, according to Forbes' latest rankings. The other spots in the top 12 belong to the likes of Deamau5, Skrillex, David Guetta and -- yes -- "Jersey Shore" alum Pauly D.

Anyone who thought DJing wasn't a lucrative art form should reconsider, as Harris tops the list with a $46 million salary -- placing his earnings ahead of those of Jay Z, Katy Perry and Beyonce (data for the latter artists is from Forbes' 2012 list; they may have grossed more this year). The 29-year-old spinmeister and producer has released three of his own albums, one of which debuted during the qualifying period for this Forbes roundup, and has recently worked with Rihanna, Ne-Yo and Florence Welch. Harris didn't earn a spot on 2012's highest-paid list, but he now dethrones previous champ Tiesto, whose $22 million intake last...

Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity, one of many Special Presentations at this year's Tiff.

The Toronto International Film Festival has begun to announce its lineup for its 2013 edition, beginning with Gala and Special Presentations. To browse the festival's programming on their web site, visit here.

Gala Presentations

American Dreams in China (Peter Chan, China)

The Art of the Steal (Jonothan Sobol, Canada)

August: Osage County (John Wells, USA)

Cold Eyes (Cho Ui-seok & Kim Byung-seo, Korea)

The Fifth Estate (Bill Condon, USA)

The Grand Seduction (Don McKellar, Canada)

Kill Your Darlings (John Krokidas, USA)

Life of Crime (Daniel Schechter, USA)

The Love Punch (Joel Hopkins, France)

The Lunchbox (Ritesh Batra, India/France/Germany)

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (Justin Chadwick, South Africa)

Parkland (Peter Landesman, USA)

The Railway Man (Jonathan Teplitzky, Australia/UK)

The Right Kind of Wrong (Jeremiah Chechik, Canada)

Rush (Ron Howard, UK/Germany)

Shuddh Desi Romance (Maneesh Sharma, India...

With dramatic fare such as August: Osage County, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Dallas Buyers Club, 2013′s Toronto Int. Film Festival once again will be shelving a wide-ranging quotient for Oscar-buzz titles. In the 70 plus title announcement made this morning, Tiff is chock-full in the type of titles that will essentially be putting the distribution companies in the dual modes of: a. buying up available items to stock up their 2014 slate, and b., launching their campaigns for the award season and giving their fall calenders an extra push.

Some might want to call this a Cumberbatchian type edition (Benedict Cumberbatch appears in August: Osage County, Tiff opener The Fifth Estate, and the Venice-bound 12 Years a Slave) but with only David Cronenberg (currently in production with Maps to the Stars) and Guy Maddin (currently in creative overdrive with Seances a.k.a Spiritismes), 2013 will be looked back upon as a...

I must admit, I found this list rather difficult to compose. As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and when it comes to our go-to guilty pleasure songs that statement is oh so true. The issue with lists of this nature is generally something a guy struggles with. The fairer sex will never have to say sorry for listening to anything, ever. And that is something that all guys secretly resent and realize. The other thing I recognized is that there’s one key element in classifying a song as a real guilty pleasure: The song must have something to substantiate the pleasure plea.

For example, “Friday” (by Rebecca Black) is a song so ghastly, that it simply cannot support such a declaration. I can’t see a situation where anyone would say, “But seriously, this song makes me so happy!” Anyway, unless you...

Twi-boycott of MTV prize-giving ceremony following Stewart-Pattinson 'Best Kiss' snub this year Whatever you say about the Twilight Saga fans, there's one thing you must admit: they do take their sacred idols quite seriously. Pictured above: A very casually dressed Logan Lerman on the Mma red carpet. Please scroll down to check out more Mma 2013 pictures. This year, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were not to be found among the 2013 MTV Movie Awards' Best Kiss nominees. That's incomprehensible -- well, until one comes to the realization that the MTV powers-that-be who handpick the nominees in each category most likely felt that the MTV Movie Awards had been transmogrified into the Twi-Movie Awards, and as a result felt it necessary to expand the show's viewership, especially considering that Twilight is now a movie series of the past. Indeed, this marks the first time that a Stewart-Pattinson kiss has gone un-nominated in the past five years.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Release date: Monday 25th February 2013

Each year the British music press gather to collectively invoke the spirit of Orpheus, most beloved of all musicians, in their efforts to discern which up-and-coming band should be anointed this year’s ‘saviour’ of rock and roll. Such a label simultaneously serves as a curse and blessing, for messianic crowns are spiked with thorns and chalices emblazoned with the inscription Next Big Thing are inevitably tainted with poison: previous custodians of the title have imploded under the weight of expectation or failed to further bottle the magic of their first few hit singles. Sometimes mediocre bands get handed the chalice and attain unwarranted levels popularity, which goes to show that consulting with Orpheus is an erroneous task: there can there be no one saviour of rock and roll, nor indeed does indie-rock as a genre currently need saving.

Enter band of the moment Palma Violets,...

Because, looking forward, 2013 promises to be such a fruitful cornucopia of cinema, we were excited to be able to easily list an additional 100 titles we are eagerly looking forward to catching in the new year. From these 200-101 titles, we’re happy to list several projects featuring the extremely busy Isabelle Huppert, include two English language projects, Ned Benson’s split film project The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby His/Hers and the Niels Arden Oplev film, Dead Man Down (and don’t forget her French projects, a starring turn in Serge Bozon’s followup, Tip Top as well as Guillaume Nicloux’s The Religious).

Additionally, the horror genre should be extremely noteworthy in the coming year, with new projects from Neil Marshall (The Descent), Alexandre Aja (High Tension), Fabrice Du Welz (Calvaire), Lucky McKee (May) and directing team Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury (Inside). We’ve got two Australian beauties playing...

Over the past two days The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences listed both the score and song from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as eligible for nominations in both the Best Score and Best Original Song categories for the 85th Academy Awards in February. I can’t even begin to fathom any of the movies in the Lord of the Rings trilogy without the soaring soulful works of Howard Shore. It undoubtedly stands as his most towering achievement to date. He won three Academy Awards® for his music for those films, two for Best Original Score, and one for Best Original Song. Shore has also won numerous other honors for his film work, including four Grammys and three Golden Globe Awards.

WaterTower Music has released The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack today and once again composer Shore’s score is a triumph.

In the early part of this century, Lynch spent a lot of time putting together his website David Lynch.com. Embracing the internet and the opportunities his own website afforded him, Lynch would make his own shorts available via this medium as well as the weird sitcom Rabbits and animated series Dumbland. Lynch also branched out into coffee sales as his own brand was launched and available through the website. His next film was an even more polarising and baffling effort than anything he had previously made.

Inland Empire (2006)

Financed completely independently and filmed over a period of two years on new digital HD camera’s Inland Empire was initially a collection of scenes cobbled together from both Lynch’s own website (the Rabbits shorts) and scenes he would film with Laura Dern. Eventually the project started to take on some form of narrative plot and Lynch filmed scenes involving...

This holiday season Peter Jackson is venturing back to Middle Earth with The Hobbit, and also along for the journey is Howard Shore, who established the world’s musical parameters. Today The Film Stage posted a preview of one of the score’s complete tracks entitled “Radagast the Brown”.

This is a perfect track for Warner Brothers to release. Not only does it feature those lush string arrangements and that boys choir to harken back to the familiar sonic landscape of Middle Earth, it also pushes that sound in a new direction with uniquely rhythmic percussion and frenetic, almost jig-like violins. If this is an indication of what the rest of the score will be like then Howard Shore has definitely concocted something special.

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Last week Fandango released the official track listing and artwork for both the standard and special edition of the score, seen below.

The Hobbit Special...

Last week we gave you the official tracklisting for Peter Jackson‘s upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Now, Tolkien fans (or perhaps we should say Howard Shore fans, because that’s probably never been said), can actually listen to an exclusive slice of the sure-to-be-brilliant soundtrack before it’s even released. Woo!

Titled “Radagast the Brown”, it’s 4 minutes and 52 seconds of both beauty and malevolence. We’re describing it as “choral, earthly and tense”, which we hope will become the official description someday.

It’s composed by maestro genius Howard Shore, of course, who promises to deliver the same quality of score that helped make the original Lord of the Rings films so special.

Here it is, people:

For those who are yet to see the official soundtrack listing, here it is once again:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Special Edition Soundtrack

Disc 1:

My Dear Frodo Old...

The Hobbit’s Official Facebook page has released 17 new posters along with a little background on J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters. Safe to say Gollum needs no explanation – although I do like his snarly “Thief Baggins! Curse it and crush it! We hates it forever!” Advance tickets go on sale in 3 days.

Brother to Bofur and cousin to Bifur, Bombur is the chief cook amongst The Company of Dwarves. His immense size and voracious appetite causes frequent problems . and laughter . for himself and The Traveling Party. Despite his size he can be surprisingly effective as a fighter . and woe betide anyone who makes him late for dinner!

Younger brother to Fili, Kili is a loyal nephew to Thorin Oakenshield. Carefree and somewhat reckless, Kili has led a charmed and untroubled life to this point. Handsome and physically able, Kili possesses the invincible courage of youth. He is a skilled fighter and expert archer,...

SciFi Mafia has been the happy recipient of several soundtracks for review this year, but this one is one of the most highly anticipated. We. Can’t. Wait. And we happily note, though it is no surprise, that the composer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the man who composed the soundtrack for the Lord of the Rings trilogy: Howard Shore.

Here are the details about the soundtrack release:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Soundtrack 2Cd Set Due December 11th From Watertower Music Featuring Original Music by Academy Award™ Winner Howard Shore

With An Original Song Performed by Neil Finn 2 CD Special Edition Soundtrack Also Available

(November 1, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA) – WaterTower Music has announced the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at all retailers on December 11th. The soundtrack will be available both digitally and as a 2 CD set. A...

Ignoring the 1954 American television version of Casino Royale (and one really should), it’s been 50 years this month since James Bond first graced the silver screen and entered the world’s consciousness and collective hearts. Created by author and former secret service agent Ian Fleming, Bond was a Commander in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy who became a Double-o agent of MI6. He’s a spy who kills and loves without conscience, suave yet deadly. The classic cliché of a man who women want and men want to be. Six actors and twenty-two official movies later, and Bond is still just as popular. And now, Capitol Records and MGM Music have released a new album filled with all sorts of musical goodies from those films.

The two-disc set starts off with The John Barry Orchestra performing the now iconic “James Bond Theme”, which is just as exciting to listen to...

Now this is exciting. Though we’ve been already been treated to teasers and trailers and posters and behind-the-scenes production videos, actually getting to see soundtrack artwork and a tracklisting really puts this whole thing into perspective: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey isn’t far off, people, and it’s going to be epic.

And it’s also great to see Howard Shore’s name again, given that he crafted one of the best soundtracks ever when he composed the music for the The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Below, anyway, you can check out the official artwork for both the regular and special editions of the upcoming Peter Jackson movie. There’s also the list of tracks included on both versions of the soundtrack, which you can use to sneakily piece together the upcoming storylines (if, say, you’re a nerd).

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Special Edition Soundtrack...

2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the iconic James Bond film franchise, and in conjunction with Eon Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Capitol/Emi is proud to join the world.s celebration of 007. Best Of Bond. James Bond, a new commemorative collection of the legendary films. digitally remastered music, will be released in two configurations on October 9th (October 8th outside of North America). Best Of Bond. James Bond features the memorable theme songs from all 22 official Bond films and will be available on CD and digitally, and as a deluxe, .50 Years . 50 Tracks. 2Cd and digital collection. On October 5th, the 50th anniversary of the release of the first Bond film, Dr. No, James Bond Day was celebrated around the world.

The 23-track single-disc edition and deluxe edition of Best Of Bond. James Bond both feature the themes from all 22 Bond films released since 1962, including The John Barry Orchestra.s seminal .James Bond Theme. from Dr. No,...