The last major project from Danny Boyle was, of course, the stunning London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony. Its musical directors were long-time Boyle collaborators Underworld - Karl Hyde and Rick Smith. Like all their previous work, that night's music was very much a partnership, but with Rick getting sole writing credit for the two new pieces ('Caliban's Dream' and earthshattering Industrial Revolution soundtrack 'And I Will Kiss'), there were the first signs that both parties were looking to forge an identity away from their Freur frère.
So, with Karl off working on his own solo debut Edgeland, Rick has reunited with Danny to score his Olympics' evil cousin, mindbending heist thriller Trance. Those expecting the pop jukebox of Trainspotting or banging 4/4 dance of Underworld will be surprised. Aside from a small clutch of carefully-selected songs, Smith has composed a restrained-but-powerful, twisting and turning keyboard-heavy soundtrack. Like Boyle's film, it's flawed, a...
So, with Karl off working on his own solo debut Edgeland, Rick has reunited with Danny to score his Olympics' evil cousin, mindbending heist thriller Trance. Those expecting the pop jukebox of Trainspotting or banging 4/4 dance of Underworld will be surprised. Aside from a small clutch of carefully-selected songs, Smith has composed a restrained-but-powerful, twisting and turning keyboard-heavy soundtrack. Like Boyle's film, it's flawed, a...
- 3/30/2013
- Digital Spy
With the recent DVD release of the Ryan Reynolds-vehicle Buried, and the upcoming DVD release of Let Me In, I decided it would be a good time to publish Episode #16 of Sordid Cinema again:
We apologize for the bad sound quality on this show. We tried something new and we promise it won’t happen again.
One of the most important film festivals in the world, the Toronto International Film Festival combines the prestige of Cannes with Sundance’s Blackberry-clicking dickbags in boat shoes and scarves. Plus, if you wander past any of the red carpets at Tiff’s innumerable premieres, you’ll get to experience a media whirlwind not unlike watching the entire cast of Entertainment Tonight blowing the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
But while the stars may be in the spotlight, the films are still the highlight, with top notch programming that includes major works of world cinema,...
We apologize for the bad sound quality on this show. We tried something new and we promise it won’t happen again.
One of the most important film festivals in the world, the Toronto International Film Festival combines the prestige of Cannes with Sundance’s Blackberry-clicking dickbags in boat shoes and scarves. Plus, if you wander past any of the red carpets at Tiff’s innumerable premieres, you’ll get to experience a media whirlwind not unlike watching the entire cast of Entertainment Tonight blowing the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
But while the stars may be in the spotlight, the films are still the highlight, with top notch programming that includes major works of world cinema,...
- 1/31/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Underworld singer Karl Hyde has admitted that he and Rick Smith have not always been the best of friends. The musicians have been working together for over 30 years, initially forming as The Screen Gemz, before founding Freur. In September, they released Barking, their eighth studio album as Underworld. Asked for the secret behind the length of their musical partnership, Hyde quipped: "We've had loads of fallings out - We just decided not to split up! It really was as simple as that. A long time ago we said that even if we're not friends it shouldn't stop us making music. "You don't have to be friends to make music. That's a great fallacy, that everybody has to be a buddy and get on and agree and like each other's taste in music and each other's girlfriends or whatever. It's (more)...
- 12/7/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
With Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Grace Moretz, Elias Koteas and Richard Jenkins; directed by Matt Reeves.
By Kevin Bowen - October 6, 2010
Life is unfair to middle children and remakes.
If Matt Reeves’ vampire coming-of-age story "Let Me In" had been made before the Swedish original--Tomas Alfredson’s “Let the Right One In”--would we automatically think it was the better of the two?
It didn’t work that way and we’ll never know. What I can say? "Let Me In," written and directed by "Cloverfield"’s Reeves, underlines and capitalizes so much of what was wonderfully understated about the original. Still, this creepy vampire flick, set in 1983 small town New Mexico, is better than most horror films that Hollywood will release anytime soon.
Alfredson’s 2008 original has a real genius for holding sick or horrifying scenes and daring you to laugh. A great example: a sweet dog stumbles onto...
By Kevin Bowen - October 6, 2010
Life is unfair to middle children and remakes.
If Matt Reeves’ vampire coming-of-age story "Let Me In" had been made before the Swedish original--Tomas Alfredson’s “Let the Right One In”--would we automatically think it was the better of the two?
It didn’t work that way and we’ll never know. What I can say? "Let Me In," written and directed by "Cloverfield"’s Reeves, underlines and capitalizes so much of what was wonderfully understated about the original. Still, this creepy vampire flick, set in 1983 small town New Mexico, is better than most horror films that Hollywood will release anytime soon.
Alfredson’s 2008 original has a real genius for holding sick or horrifying scenes and daring you to laugh. A great example: a sweet dog stumbles onto...
- 10/5/2010
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
Google "M.I.A's New Album" and you get the title. That's /\/\/\Y/\, or Maya, the singer's real name. Google "/\/\/\Y/\", however, and you get just about anything but /\/\/\Y/\, says the Hipster Runoff blog. Using the forward/back slash version of the name in the search engine merely gets you Yahoo!, Yahoo! Mail, Generation Y, and the letter Y. Anyone obsessed with SEOs would be cacking their golden leggings. Anyone artistically minded wouldn't give a crap.
Back in the '80s, there was a U.K. band called Freur (some of its members went on to found Underworld) and there was, of course, Prince's tranformogrification into Symbol, both of which you can see below. Freur had to promise their label, CBS, that they would come up with a pronounceable name which, being a clever bunch of neologists, became Freur.
Twenty-five or so years ago, none of this really mattered,...
Back in the '80s, there was a U.K. band called Freur (some of its members went on to found Underworld) and there was, of course, Prince's tranformogrification into Symbol, both of which you can see below. Freur had to promise their label, CBS, that they would come up with a pronounceable name which, being a clever bunch of neologists, became Freur.
Twenty-five or so years ago, none of this really mattered,...
- 5/20/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
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