Music Monday - Song of the Sea

I finally got this movie from Netflix and am now rather enamoured with the soundtrack. The movie itself is also lovely. Go watch it!

Music Monday - Song of Lonely Mountain

Sorry I'm running behind. But *today* the Hobbit soundtrack has been released in a sneak peek, er, listen. You can hear it in its entirety here.

Or if you'd just like to hear the Neil Finn ballad of awesome, try here.

You can pre-order the soundtrack now, although it won't be officially ready until next month. Looking forward to it!

Music Monday - Ladyhawke

The transformation scene three quarters of the way through the dark medieval fairy-tale of an 80s movie, Ladyhawke, is possibly one of the most wrenching thwarted-love scenes in all of cinema.


I believe this movie holds up quite well despite the intervening decades. The cast is is strong (and features an incomparably beautiful young Michelle Pfieffer), the locations stunning, and the story full of action, pathos and humor in nearly equal parts. I've always held an affection for its Alan Parson's produced soundtrack - albeit, so very 80s in feel. The opening credits are still a nice watch - they are designed so beautifully.

Music Monday - Time

I'm a sucker for a building, crescendoing, climactic soundtrack theme. There are many composers who do this well. One of my favorites is Hans Zimmer's 'Time' from Inception:

(If you want to hear it in the background of the actual footage, see here).

Music Monday - Inception

I took my son to see the last big-screen-IMAX viewing of Inception last week (he's got 2 years of pop-culture to catch up on!)  Being that it was my second time seeing it, I was more able to pay attention to the amazing soundtrack - the most moving of which is the finale climactic piece, "Time":


It's worth the 4 minutes and 42 seconds of listening time....