Disney’s Top 10 “I Want” Songs Anna McKibbin November 24, 2020 Features, Music of the Movies, Top 10 Revisiting films from Disney’s Golden Age can feel like slipping into a pair of well-worn pyjamas. Cosy, soft and, crucially, familiar. Familiarity is the currency Disney exchanges to win over audiences....
Music of the Movies: Hustlers’ Financial Crisis Mixtape Anna McKibbin June 15, 2020 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies The opening lyrics of Janet Jackson’s ‘Control’ are the first words we hear in Lorene Scafaria's 2019 crime caper Hustlers. “This is a story about control,” Jackson declares as the camera rests on...
Music of the Movies: The Leonard Bernstein Centenary Edition Carmen Paddock August 23, 2018 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies The legendary American composer, conductor, and music educator Leonard Bernstein would have been 100 on 25th August 2018. His career was marked by its mercurial beginning – at the age of 25, he took on a...
Music of the Movies: Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer Bertie Archer July 20, 2017 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies July 21 heralds the return of Christopher Nolan. Although the eye-popping spectacle of Interstellar may still be seared onto your retinas, that film, his space-opera, came out in November 2014. Since then,...
Music of the Movies – Guardians of the Galaxy vs Suicide Squad Jack Blackwell April 25, 2017 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies In 2016, DC had its true launch of its MCU-rivaling cinematic universe and, in doing so, made two films with obvious Marvel counterparts. They actually managed to beat the Feige machine to the Hero-vs-Hero...
The Cinematic Mixtapes of Xavier Dolan Laura Davis February 22, 2017 Analysis, Features, Music of the Movies Discursive, digressive, inconsistent, incoherent. Just a few words that come to mind when listening to the soundtracks from Xavier Dolan’s first five features. Track by track, he jumps from French-Italian...
Music of the Movies: Leonard Cohen Rachel Brook November 15, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies Spoiler warning: This article features spoilers to the 2011 film Take This Waltz and 2016’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Following Friday morning’s sad news of the death of genius singer-songwriter, poet...
Music of the Movies: Nick Cave Henry Gatrell September 7, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies The south coast of England boasts one of the most vibrant and colourful cities in the country, full of life and excitement. In Brighton, everyone can be whoever they want to be with no judgment or...
Music of the Movies: Beauty and the Beast J B Queree August 9, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies It goes without saying that a good cinematic score should complement and accentuate the film hosting it, and a musical is often only as impressive as its songs. However, it’s fairly unusual that a film’s...
Music of the Movies: John Carney Calum Baker May 20, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies After a great reception at this year's Sundance, John Carney's latest film Sing Street sees the writer-director's audience potentially the largest it's ever been. Of course, even the most seasoned of...
Prince: In Memoriam – Why Purple Rain Is The Greatest Soundtrack Of All Time Eddie Falvey April 25, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies Every so often a celebrity death comes so unexpectedly that it unites the world. We saw this phenomenon occur in January with the sudden and devastating death of David Bowie; now, we witness it once again with...
The ORWAV Playlist – Oscars 2016 Calum Baker February 28, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies For the second year in a row, we've created a big bumper-size playlist for you to whack on in advance of tonight's Academy Awards! What more can we say, other than "enjoy, hope you have fun, hope you're not...
The ORWAV Playlist – February 2016 Calum Baker February 4, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...
The ORWAV Playlist – January 2016 Calum Baker January 13, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...
The ORWAV Playlist – December 2015 Calum Baker December 4, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...
