One of the best composers who ever did film scores as well as concert music was Toru Takemitsu. He should be included on any list of great film composers. The proof was in his many scores, especially for Akira Kurosawa and Hiroshi Teshigahara. He could take very modern musical textures and make them work into […]
What a weird greatest sountracks list from The Observer:
The 50 greatest film soundtracks
It’s very provocative in including titles that aren’t usually associated with this distinction. Notably they include lots of pop music people who did some soundtrack work like Marvin Gaye, The Monkees, and The RZA as well as jazz greats like Miles Davis and […]
The departure from Vietnam, reexperienced
Voices (Acoustic Version) - Yoko Kanno BUY
If you hear some people wishing each other a happy new year, don’t remind them that they’re late for both the Gregorian calendar New Years and the Chinese New Years.
This weekend is Iranian New Years. Or if you like, Persian New Years.
Which brings up the perfect Persian New Years movie: 300. After all it’s got […]
