Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. Dario Argento's "Phenomena"
Ben SimingtonA chilling, melancholy piece of music to Dario Argento’s oft-overlooked grim fairy tale, Phenomena (1985), by Bill Wyman and Terry Taylor.
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Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. The Uncollected Werner Herzog
Ben SimingtonA look at five varied musical compositions used by Werner Herzog as cues in his movies.
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Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. Ken Russell's "Altered States"
Ben SimingtonJohn Corigliano’s soundtrack for a world closed off to love.
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Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. David Cronenberg's "Rabid"
Ben SimingtonBrian Bennett’s piece of music used in Cronenberg’s film is hypnotic, unnerving, minimal, and with just a whisper of cold, sterile futurism.
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Records of Material Objects in Cinema #9: The Stunts of "Mad Max 2"
Ben SimingtonFrom a making-of documentary on George Miller’s Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981).
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Holy Holographs: Werner Herzog's 3D "Cave of Forgotten Dreams"
Ben SimingtonThere was a lot of confusion following last year’s announcement that Werner Herzog would be filming his next documentary subject in 3D. The confusion did not arise from the film's topic.
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Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. Masaki Kobayashi's "Kwaidan" by Toru Takemitsu
Ben SimingtonTakemitsu’s dread score distorts the director’s abundant visual imagination into something more like superstition.
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Cinematic Icons in American Law Enforcement
Ben Simington"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" —Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971) *** "Dead or alive, you're coming with me." —Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987
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Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. "Donnie Darko" and the Double Feature of the Living Dead
Ben Simington Steve Baker and Carmen Daye’s stunning track from Richard Kelly’s debut feature. -
Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. Ridley Scott's "The Duellists"
Ben SimingtonHoward Blake’s duel cues and Prokofiev pastiches for Tony Scott’s debut film.
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Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. Alternate Endings to Michael Mann's "Heat"
Ben SimingtonElliot Goldenthal’s commercially unavailable “End Titles” music to Michael Mann’s Heat.
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Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. "The Sinful Dwarf"
Ben SimingtonOle Ørsted’s music for The Sinful Dwarf.