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July 2012
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Anyone know where the Olympics are being held this year?
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I’m a big fan of film scores, and every year or so I get a bee up my bonnet to share my favorite tracks from my collection. So! Here’s 2012’s list, conveniently categorized according to the mood you might want to evoke. Enjoy!
FUN/JOY
- WALL-E — Thomas Newman (WALL-E)
- Forbidden Friendship — John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon)
- Dead Already — Thomas Newman (American Beauty)
- Discombobulate — Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes)
- Possibility — Thomas Newman (Pay it Forward)
- First Date — Thomas Newman (WALL-E)
- To the Stars — Randy Edelman (Dragonheart)
ROMANTIC
- Juliette is Happy — Niall Byrne (Cairo Time)
- Your Hands are Cold — Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Pride & Prejudice)
- Latika’s Theme — AR Rahman/Suzanne D’Mello (Slumdog Millionaire)
- The Sacrifice — Michael Nyman (The Piano)
- Define Dancing — Thomas Newman (WALL-E)
- Lovers - Flower Garden — Kathleen Battle/Shigeru Umebayashi (House of Flying Daggers)
- Married Life — Michael Giacchino (Up)
- Together We Will Live Forever — Clint Mansell (The Fountain)
HAUNTING
- Iguazu — Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel/Deadwood/24/The Insider/Friday Night Lights)
- Anne Dreams of Her Childhood — Trevor Morris (The Tudors)
- Justin Calls Iris — Jeff Beal (Carnivale)
- Ghosts — Thomas Newman (Road to Perdition)
- While Waiting — Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
- Song for Jesse — Nick Cave/Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
- Pruit Igoe & Prophecies — The Philip Glass Ensemble (Watchmen)
- Revenge — James Horner (Legends of the Fall)
TRAGIC
- Life and Death — Michael Giacchino (Lost)
- Any Other Name — Thomas Newman (American Beauty)
- Tarr and Irina — Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
- Ashokan Farewell — Jay Ungar/cover by Doc and The Lady (Ken Burns’ Civil War)
- His Name was Michael — Jeff Beal (Carnivale)
- More Prays — Trevor Morris (The Tudors)
- Valley of the Shadow — Thomas Newman (Little Women)
- Elysium — Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator)
- Brooks Was Here — Thomas Newman (Shawshank Redemption)
- Syriana — Alexandre Desplat (Syriana)
MELLOW
- George Smiley — Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
- The Ludlows — James Horner (Legends of the Fall)
- Theme for the Diving Bell and the Butterfly — Paul Cantelon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
- Melville’s Grand Armada — Brian Keane (Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World)
- The Grey Havens — Howard Shore (Return of the King)
- We Don’t Have to Think Like That Anymore — Cliff Martinez (Solaris)
- The Artifact & The Living — Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko/This American Life)
- Panoramic — Atticus Ross (The Book of Eli)
- Time — Hans Zimmer (Inception)
EXCITING
- Romani Holiday (Antonius Remix) — Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows)
- Chant — Hans Zimmer (Black Hawk Down)
- The Way of the Sword — Hans Zimmer (The Last Samurai)
- Agent of Chaos — Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight)
- Molossus — Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard (Batman Begins)
- Mombasa — Hans Zimmer (Inception)
- WALL-E’s Pod Adventure — Thomas Newman (WALL-E)
- Those We Don’t Speak Of — James Newton Howard (The Village)
- Psychological Recovery … 6 Months [2] — Hans Zimmer (Sherlock Holmes)
EPIC
- The End of All Things — Howard Shore (The Return of the King)
- Roll Tide — Hans Zimmer (Crimson Tide)
- Isengard Unleashed — Howard Shore (The Two Towers)
- Kaneda’s Death, Pt. 2 — John Murphy (Sunshine/Kick Ass/The Walking Dead)
- Death is the Road to Awe — Clint Mansell (The Fountain)
- The Battle of Kerak — Harry Gregson-Williams (Kingdom of Heaven)
- Mind Heist — Zack Hemsey (Inception Trailer)
- Helm’s Deep — Howard Shore (The Two Towers)
… AND ROLL CREDITS
- So Was Red — Thomas Newman (Shawshank Redemption)
- That Next Place — Thomas Newman (Meet Joe Black)
- Under the Stars — Hans Zimmer (The Lion King)
- The Great Work Begins — Thomas Newman (Angels in America)
- Road to Perdition — Thomas Newman (Road to Perdition)
- The Battle is Not Over — Jeff Beal (Carnivale)
- Now We Are Free — Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator)
- The Return of the King — Howard Shore (The Return of the King)
- The Book of Kells — Bruno Coulais (Brendan and the Secret of Kells)
My mum went on holiday this morning.
Her message was clear; ‘Keep the house reasonably tidy.’
I’ve just spilled red wine on the brand new living room carpet.
For fucks sake.
The only way I'd be interested in the Olympics if was if there was a plot twist and The Queen reveals that the Olympics is actually The Hunger Games and all the countries are pitted against each other.
My alarm is set for 4:50 AM.
The glittering dreams of getting 7 hours sleep has been shattered. Fucks sake.
Another Dark Knight Rises arrest.
“Police said that the fight started in a bathroom, where a child knocked on a stall door. After the man inside repeatedly told him that there was someone inside the stall, the child reportedly swore at the individual, who then confronted the boy’s mother and punched her in the face.
At some point during the argument, a moviegoer shouted “Gun!,” which sparked the panic inside the theater, sending audience members running for the exits. Some people had fallen in the aisle during the stampede, with many stating that they were “very scared.”“
WHAT ON EARTH. How did it escalate that fast? Who the fuck shouted gun?!
America, home of the brave.
Dark Knight Rises spoiler: The entire trilogy was just Joel Schumacher's nightmare.