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03 Sep

Shang-Chi Soundtrack List: Every Song From the Movie Album

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One is likely to have many thoughts flit through their head while watching Marvel’s latest epic origin story Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings. “Wow, Tony Leung really is handsome.” “I didn’t realize [REDACTED] was going to be in this!” But chief among those thoughts is sure to be: “Am I crazy, or does this soundtrack slap?” Well dear, reader, you are not crazy. The soundtrack for Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings does, in fact, slap. Marvel apparently agrees as it was sure to release the 18-track album the moment the film premiered in theaters…
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28 May

How Cruella Got That Crazy Expensive Soundtrack

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Just like his previous movie, I, Tonya, director Craig Gillespie’s new interpretation of Cruella and the 101 Dalmatians mythos treats its soundtrack almost like a character—a Greek chorus of sorts. The origin story of the designer villainess who first was introduced to the world in the classic One Hundred and One Dalmatians is peppered with a non-stop river of classic pop, rock, and punk anthems from the 1960s and ‘70s, quite fitting for the chaotic backdrop of London’s fast-changing fashion and music scene of that era. Gillespie says that the way the soundtrack was used in I, Tonya was an…
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06 May

Yasuke Soundtrack: Exploring Flying Lotus’s Magical Themes

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Audio elements and sound design, especially the score, are as fundamental to animation as the visuals. The proper use of music at the right time can make the action soar and it’s genuinely exciting that more experimental and passionate creators are embracing the sonic possibilities that television allows. Flying Lotus is an innovative musician with a flair for the extraordinary that cut his teeth on many of the surreal animated series that fill Adult Swim’s programming block. In addition to his frequent collaborations with Adult Swim, Flying Lotus’ music can be heard in everything from The Boondocks, to Grand Theft…
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30 Mar

Godzilla vs. Kong: How Junkie XL Found New Themes for Monsters’ Soundtrack

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Godzilla and King Kong are not characters one approaches lightly. As two of the most iconic monsters in cinema, the big ape and even bigger lizard carry plenty of history on their shoulders as they march into Godzilla vs. Kong, the new monster mash-up from Warner Bros. and HBO Max. Composer Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) is of course keenly aware of this since he had the task of updating their sounds for 2021. Holkenborg, a lifelong aficionado of nearly every style of music, cites the composer for the original King Kong (1933), Max Steiner, as a personal inspiration and…
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29 Mar

Link Tank: The Story Behind Resident Evil’s Worst Soundtrack

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Resident Evil Director’s Cut: DualShock Edition is best remembered for its abysmal soundtrack, but the story behind how it came about is worse. “The story behind this curious misstep is even stranger, and the 25th anniversary of the original Resident Evil is a fine time to revisit one of the oddest chapters in the series’ history. Here’s how Mamoru Samuragochi, the disgraced composer once known as Japan’s Beethoven, left his mark on the iconic survival horror franchise.” Read more at Inverse. Let’s take a moment today to remember actor/singer Andy Hallett and his lovable Angel character, the green horned demon…
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05 Jan

Bridgerton Soundtrack Details: Which Modern Pop Songs Are Used?

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I love a good period drama that eschews “period-appropriate” tunes (whatever that means, when you’re talking non-diegetic music) to go with something a bit more modern. The Bridgerton soundtrack takes this route, with a twist. The Netflix series includes classical versions of a handful of contemporary pop tunes, from Ariana Grande to Shawn Mendes classical covers. “Everything on the show has a contemporary sensibility to it,” Bridgerton showrunner Chris Van Dusen told Seventeen. “Even though we’re in the 19th century, you sometimes forget about that and that’s intentional. We wanted modern audiences to relate to the show and see themselves…
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17 Dec

How the Cyberpunk 2077 Soundtrack Found Its Dystopian Sound in a Soviet-Era Synthesizer

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CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 is arguably the the biggest video game release of 2020, transporting players to a gritty sci-fi world full of bio-augmented criminals and lowlives. True to its name, the game explores some pretty deep concepts about cyberspace and what life might be like in a futuristic transhuman society where technological advancements have turned us less human and more machine. So it’s no surprise that the game’s score often sounds like something recovered from the year 2077 and brought back to our time. At its very best, the soundtrack elevates this grim dystopia. In the wake of…
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13 Dec

The Prom: Ranking Every Song in the Movie Musical Soundtrack From Worst to Best

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The 2018 Broadway musical The Prom has always had a somewhat shaky premise, combining a quartet of narcissistic Broadway stars (Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, and Andrew Rannells) looking for a way to be relevant again with a lesbian couple’s (Jo Ellen Pellman and Ariana DeBose) simple wish to attend their prom in Edgewater, Indiana. The two threads collide when the prom gets blown up into a civil rights issue. However, the stage show reconciled these seemingly disparate elements into a heartwarming tale of self-acceptance for all involved: straight or gay, closeted or out, aging star or varsity cheerleader.…
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20 Nov

Cyberpunk 2077 Soundtrack Revealed – Listen to the Songs Here

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The Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack is, much like the game itself, poised to be one of the best of the year. While composers Marcin Przybyłowicz, P. T. Adamczyk, Paul Leonard-Morgan are looking to surpass The Witcher 3‘s incredible original score, the real story of Cyberpunk 2077‘s soundtrack may be the game’s GTA-like radio stations and their lineups of licensed songs. Of course, you may not initially realize that Cyberpunk 2077‘s soundtrack is loaded with licensed hits as a quick Spotify search for in-game bands like Window Weather, Bara Nova, and Tainted Overlord yields no relevant results. Well, that’s because all of…
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11 Nov

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Soundtrack Revealed – Listen to the Songs Here

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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is out this week, bringing a whole new webslinging adventure to the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. This time, it’s Spidey-in-training Miles Morales who will be put to the test while Peter Parker is on vacation. Trading in a sunny New York City for a wintertime city under siege by two opposing forced, Miles Morales let’s players explore Spidey’s world like never before on the PlayStation. In our review of the game, we lauded the game for its engrossing story, the care with which it fleshes out Miles as a unique superhero, and the beautiful environments…
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19 Oct

Lovecraft Country Soundtrack: Complete Details and Playlist

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HBO’s latest blockbuster drama effort, Lovecraft Country, is a unique Lovecraftian beast. As adapted by Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, the show takes classic horror, sci-fi, and adventure tropes and adapts them into a timely story of American racism. Though the series is certainly timely, it’s also timeless. As evidenced by our helpful explainer article, it wasn’t immediately clear when Lovecraft Country even took place. That’s partly because the Jim Crow era of American institutionalized racism was a lengthy one. And the fact that Atticus “Tic” Freeman was a war veteran didn’t help out much. Which war coincided…
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28 Sep

FIFA 21 Soundtrack Revealed: Listen to the Songs Here

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Soccer fans have another reason to rejoice this week aside from the fact that we’re only days away from the world premiere of FIFA 21. Electronic Arts officially announced the long-anticipated soundtrack for the latest installment of its widely popular soccer video game series. The official soundtrack, which can be streamed on Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer, features over 100 artists from 23 countries and blends grime, electronic, and hip-hop music. Grammy Award winner Dua Lipa, Brazilian pop star Anitta, Charli XCX, Disclosure, and Stormzy are among the artists celebrating the world’s game this time around.  The VOLTA game mode…
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05 Sep

Mulan’s 2020 Soundtrack & The Many Versions of Christina Aguilera’s Reflection

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Disney’s new live-action adaptation of Mulan might not be a movie musical, but that doesn’t mean it is without music. The Niki Caro-directed film, which dropped on Disney+ for “premium access” this weekend, has a score composed and conducted by Harry Gregson-Williams that makes up most of the official Mulan soundtrack. However, the film soundtrack also features two versions of “Reflection,” a tune made famous in America by Christina Aguilera for the soundtrack of the original 1998 animated feature. Twenty-two years later, Aguilera is singing another rendition of “Reflection” for the film’s soundtrack—one of two versions of the song that…
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24 Aug

Lucifer Season 5 Soundtrack: Complete Details and Playlist

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Whether it’s the Devil sitting down at the piano in his penthouse or Lilith belting out a tune in a 1940’s club, music has always played an integral role in the Lucifer gestalt. With a full blown musical episode planned for the second half of season five, and the noir homage “It Never Ends Well for the Chicken” already in the books, it’s time to reflect on some of the fantastic musical choices showrunners Joe Henderson and Ildy Modrovich have made. Series lead Tom Ellis (Lucifer) has sung on multiple occasions during the show’s five year run, and in an…
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04 Aug

Little Birds on Sky Atlantic: Book, Cast, Locations, Trailer, Soundtrack

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It’s common for channels to make hyperbolic claims when introducing a new show, but when Sky’s drama heads describe Little Birds as ‘not like anything else on telly,’ they’re not wrong.  The drama’s six 45-minute episodes inspired by a series of erotic short stories combine to form a lavish period melodrama with few points of TV comparison. Little Birds is an exploration of female sensuality and liberation set against a backdrop of colonial violence and simmering rebellion. It’s a provocative, heightened, almost cartoonish fairy tale about struggles for personal and political independence. It’s colourful and stylised, tongue-in-cheek yet earnest, with a killer 1950s soundtrack. …
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31 Jul

The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Soundtrack: Complete Details and Playlist

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Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy can’t be a cheap show to make. This superhero story is based on an ambitious, colorful comic book series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá and as such it features big action setpieces, depictions of superpowers, and even a talking chimp or two.  Still it’s hard to imagine any portion of The Umbrella Academy’s budget is larger than the music clearance department. The series features a moody score from Jeff Russo but also a truly stunning amount of pop hits. The Umbrella Academy made its musical intentions clear in its first episode with the now-beloved dance…
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03 Jul

Hamilton: Ranking Every Song from the Soundtrack

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Imagine the experience of being one of the first individuals to see Lin-Manuel Miranda’s now-classic Hamilton: An American Musical live.  The first thing you notice is the spartan, largely empty stage. Then as Leslie Odom Jr. takes the stage as Aaron Burr followed by Miranda’s Hamilton, you realize that this production about America’s founding fathers is made up almost exclusively of People of Color. That’s a lot to take in from the start. At a certain point, however, you’re bound to realize that the play is about 40 minutes in and The. Music. Has. Not. Stopped.  In addition to its…
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27 Sep

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

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Documentarian Chris Perkel catalogues the life and successes of iconic music executive Clive Davis, from his miraculous start at Columbia Records through his trailblazing work at Arista Records and J Records, with a heavy dose of outstanding music sprinkled in between. More than mere biography, The Soundtrack of Our Lives is a guided tour of cultural revolution from the ?60s to the rise of hip- hop, led by a man who consistently caught the next wave before everyone else?if he didn?t just create the wave himself. [Apple Music]Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Sep 27, 2017
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