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LOOKBACK AT A SOUNDTRACK
LOOKBACK AT A SOUNDTRACK: Office Space
By Jim Shearer on 03/18/2009
Filed under: LOOKBACK AT A SOUNDTRACKIn the pantheon of film soundtracks, Office Space will not be mentioned among the greats, but discovering it while thumbing through someone's CD collection--or I guess I should say, when browsing someone's MP3 files on their desktop--will create a small chuckle and a nod of approval from a handful of people. MORE »
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LOOKBACK AT A SOUNDTRACK: Napoleon Dynamite
By Jim Shearer on 03/04/2009
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Before I take a look back at the Napoleon Dynamite soundtrack, let it be known that I am a fan of the film. The high school scenes, especially--everything from the lunchroom banter, the awkwardly dressed students, and the tater-tot-smashing bullies--felt more realistic than any made-for-Hollywood movie you'll ever see. And even though Napoleon Dynamite (2004) was paced like an art-house flick, it had enough gags, humor, quotable lines, and--most important--heart, to one day become a film with a mass cult following. MORE »
LOOKBACK AT A SOUNDTRACK: Rocky
By Jim Shearer on 02/27/2009
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The Original Motion Picture Score of Rocky holds a special place in my heart, because it was the first album I ever remember listening to as a child. Yep, my first favorite album was a movie soundtrack--I guess, technically, a movie "score." MORE »
LOOKBACK AT A SOUNDTRACK: The Blues Brothers
By Jim Shearer on 02/19/2009
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Just with its hall-of-fame talent alone, The Blues Brothers is arguably one of the best music movies ever made. It also helps that Cab Calloway, James Brown, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, and Aretha Franklin's cameos never feel forced--they're perfectly interwoven throughout the storyline and their performances are allowed to breathe without any interruption. MORE »
LOOKBACK AT A SOUNDTRACK: Garden State
By Jim Shearer on 02/05/2009
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We are in an age where indie music is expected to be heard on a national level--whether it be through a car commercial or a dramatic montage on Grey's Anatomy. Movie soundtracks are no exception. As proved by said car commercials, iPod ads, and slow-motion-theatrical-sequences, there is a want and need for indie-minded music. MORE »
LOST TREASURES: Judgment Night Soundtrack
By Jim Shearer on 01/28/2009
Filed under: LOOKBACK AT A SOUNDTRACK, LOST TREASURESThink of Judgment Night--the original motion picture soundtrack from an Emilio Estevez film that didn't do so well at the box office--as the stepchild of Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith's "Walk This Way." In 1993 (the year the album was released) it wasn't unheard of to hear rhymes behind rock riffs. Even the hip-hoppers mentioned above were doing it long before they crossed paths with Steven Tyler. But Judgment Night maintains its place in history because it fell between two periods in music where mixing your rock and rap was acceptable, and mixing your rock and rap was frowned upon (see... MORE »
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