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moviewave Movie Wave Store | Reviews by title | Reviews by composer | Articles | About Movie Wave | Links June 25 2009 - New reviews You may or may not be disappointed to hear that I'm not dead. So - sorry that new reviews have been thin on the ground just lately. I'm getting married in a few days and have been involved in the hectic preparations. Normal service will resume! If you just can't decide what wedding present to buy me, don't forget there's a Varese Sarabande CD Club announcement on Monday. Star Trek - Michael
Giacchino One Little Indian - Jerry
Goldsmith May 13 2009 - New reviews X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- Harry Gregson-Williams Coco Avant Chanel -
Alexandre Desplat Heroes - Wendy and Lisa Twilight Zone: The Movie
- Jerry Goldsmith Memories of Me - Georges
Delerue April 22 2009 - New reviews Knowing - Marco Beltrami The Home of Dark
Butterflies - Panu Aaltio Outlander - Geoff Zanelli Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- James Horner March 30 2009 - New reviews Dragonball: Evolution -
Brian Tyler I Want to Be a Shellfish
- Joe Hisaishi Lesbian Vampire Killers -
Debbie Wiseman Until September - John
Barry The Emotion and the
Strength - Maurice Jarre March 30 2009 - Maurice Jarre 1924-2009 Some very sad news. The great Maurice Jarre, one of film music's legends, has passed away at the age of 84. The Frenchman wrote a large number of wonderful film scores throughout his career, penning some of cinema's great themes in the process, and will always be best-remembered as David Lean's composer-of-choice, writing one of the genuine candidates for the all-time greatest film score, Lawrence of Arabia, in the process. For all his work in a wide variety of genres, surely Jarre's greatest strength was in the gloriously undampened romantic spirit he brought to so many scores. As with all the great film composers, he didn't sound like anyone else - you couldn't play more than a couple of bars of his music before realising, usually with a warm smile, that it was his work. Rest in peace.
March 24 2009 - New reviews The Uninvited -
Christopher Young The Lazarus Project -
Brian Tyler Body Double - Pino
Donaggio The Golden Seal - John
Barry and Dana Kaproff February 27 2009 - New reviews Valkyrie - John Ottman Gold - Elmer Bernstein Merlin - Rob Lane The Dove - John Barry February 21 2009 - New reviews Revolutionary Road -
Thomas Newman Let the Right One In -
Johan Söderqvist Pane e Liberta - Ennio
Morricone Star Crash - John Barry February 4 2009 - New reviews The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat Defiance - James Newton
Howard Milk - Danny Elfman Slumdog Millionaire -
A.R. Rahman January 6 2009 - New reviews Max Payne - Marco
Beltrami and Buck Sanders Short Circuit - David
Shire The Rebel - Christopher
Wong December 23 2008 - Merry Christmas! Everyone here at Movie Wave - and I do mean everyone - would like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas. You may have noted that updates haven't been quite so prolific as usual over the last two or three months - sorry about that, but frankly it's becoming harder and harder to find anything interesting to say about most of the stuff that gets released these days. I'm sure it won't be long before normal service resumes (and don't worry, the garish colour scheme will be gone by then too). Have a great Christmas! The Nightmare Before
Christmas - Danny Elfman Frost/Nixon - Hans Zimmer The Day the Earth Stood
Still - Tyler Bates Che - Alberto Iglesias Terminator: The Sarah
Connor Chronicles - Bear McCreary Desire Under the Elms -
Elmer Bernstein Laurette / Prince Jack -
Elmer Bernstein December 10 2008 - New reviews Bolt - John Powell Species - Christopher
Young The Express - Mark Isham Alvin and the Chipmunks -
Christopher Lennertz November 11 2008 - New reviews Quantum of Solace - David
Arnold The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas - James Horner Jack Brooks: Monster
Slayer - Ryan Shore The Boys From Brazil -
Jerry Goldsmith November 10 2008 - Ennio Morricone Today it's Ennio Morricone's turn to celebrate as the great man turns 80. Probably the greatest living film composer (quite possible the greatest film composer, period), his achievements are countless and his legendary status fully-deserved. He is understandably far less prolific these days than ever before, but it was revealed today that next year he will be scoring his highest-profile assignment in many years, Quentin Tarantino's new movie Inglorious Basterds (no, I don't understand the spelling either). As with the great John Barry, who was 75 last week, look for a number of new reviews over the coming year here at Movie Wave. Today I celebrate five classics from each man:
November 3 2008 - The Man with the Midas Touch Congratulations to the great John Barry on his 75th birthday. Few film composers have left such a mark as he, and it seems curiously fitting on the occasion of the release of another professional but largely unremarkable James Bond soundtrack to remember the man who lifted film music well beyond its usual boundaries with so many wonderful scores over so many years. His unique, unmistakable style enriched so many films; remembering the wonderful melodies he wrote cannot fail to make one wonder where all the themes have gone today. Look for reviews of some Barry classics over the next few weeks here at Movie Wave, and in the mean time, why not buy "John Barry - The Man with the Midas Touch", a deluxe new book about the composer's career written by Geoff Leonard, Pete Walker and Gareth Bramley, featuring dozens of photographs. More information - and purchasing links - are available here: http://www.johnbarry.org.uk/bab.php. October 22 2008 - New reviews Eagle Eye - Brian
Tyler Something the Lord Made -
Christopher Young Not Without My Daughter -
Jerry Goldsmith Towelhead - Thomas Newman Movie Wave was launched in October 1996, and Version 4 was launched in May 2003. Your comments and criticisms are always welcome. Content and original logos copyright (c) 1996-2009 James Southall. |
