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(Archive) A History of Soundtrack Loving

*Reposted from my former blog* As a young child I always found myself tapping along to musical numbers, so much so that often you could find me theatrically singing and dancing to ridiculous songs such as 'I Feel Pretty' in my bedroom. At such a young age the idea of scores rarely crossed my mind, I may have realised that there even music to accompany the bittersweet scenes only once or twice. This seems so alien to me, now I look back, since I currently find it hard to not rant about a particular score from a particular film that was particularly bad. However I did listen to one spectacular piece more than intended which I'm sure you've all heard of, 'Ecstasy of Gold' by the wonderful Ennio Morricone. That one track was what my father used to play constantly in the car, and if we were travelling to Scotland from England, we would probably hear it a good ten times due to the abundance of tracks on his mix CD's. The gorgeous melody produced by the master ...
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(Archive) Lets Talk About My Copious Amount of Favourite Movies and Their Scores

*Reposted from my former blog* Ah, yes the pivotal question to the film fanatic's ear  'what is your favourite film?’  This question is often replied to with a temperamental answer. We go through a multitude of stages when settling on a decent answer to a snap shot question. Stage one, favourite genre, which often ends in a spew of nonsense because you don't have a favourite genre as such. Stage two, the flicker; where your mind scans through as many films as it can. Stage three, settling for the first sane film to pop in your head.   A serious fan would need a good week to work out their favourite film, flicking through their collection of films and critically analysing each one and then separating them in to categories of greatness. It's a long and tedious process that frankly I don't have the energy to go through. For me, my favourite films are merely the ones that have had a profound effect on me or I will watch at any given moment. Through this way ...
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Waddles' Top Ten Tunes (November 2017)

Music is an easy thing to gloss over just how integral it is to our everyday lives. How many of you listen to music in the car, on public transport, or at the gym every day? I'm willing to wager that most of you do. Music is pleasing, it can affect our mood and most of all, we love it to death. So, lets share our love together. 10. Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again - Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand  Before they sang this duet, Judy told Barbra 'you're so good that I... hate you!' Barbra followed up with the line, 'you're so good that I've been hating you for years.' That interaction itself seems to describe this duet. Charming and positive. I could swear that over the 47 years Judy Garland graced this planet her vibrato only got stronger and her tone only got richer. Sometimes, I question if the two had ever hit a bum note in their lives. Two timeless singers with unique voices that somehow come together as one perfect whole. There's so...
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