Archive for April, 2008

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Retro Wednesday: Disney Special

Posted by Jorn Tillnes
April 30, 2008

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It’s retro Wednesday again and I thought it was time for some great Disney memories. I’m not [...]

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Soundtrack Review: The Mission by Ennio Morricone (1986)

Posted by Jorn Tillnes
April 29, 2008

This is a review of the motion picture score for The Mission by Ennio Morricone.

Ennio Morricone, what can you say? What a legend he is. This Italian composer has been entertaining us with music since ca. 1959 and he is not finished yet. He is nearly at 500 movies now, that’s probably about 450 hours [...]

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The Sunday Soundtrack Charts April 27 2008

Posted by Jorn Tillnes
April 27, 2008

Every Sunday I round up the most selling scores and soundtracks on Amazon. Here’s this week’s charts. Sorry for the lack of linkage. Some technical problems.

1. The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones & Randy Edelman)
2. The Holiday (Hans Zimmer)
3. Atonement (Dario Marianelli)
4. Pride & Prejudice (Dario Marianelli)
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of [...]

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The Sunday Soundtrack MP3 Charts April 27 2008

Posted by Jorn Tillnes
April 27, 2008

Every Sunday I round up the most selling MP3 scores and soundtracks on Amazon. Here’s this week’s charts.

Transformers (Steve Jablonsky)
Pride & Prejudice (Dario Marianelli)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)
There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Klaus Badelt)
The Mission (Ennio Morricone)
Elizabeth: The [...]

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Soundtrack Review: Blade Runner 25th Anniversary by Vangelis (2007)

Posted by Jorn Tillnes
April 25, 2008

This is a review of the motion picture score for Blade Runner 25th Anniversary by Vangelis.

After about 10 releases of this score, bootlegs and official ones, the ultimate edition finally arrived in December 2007. I say ultimate edition, because it has 2 CD’s with the music from the movie, including some unreleased material and also [...]