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"There's just one kind of man that you can trust, that's a dead man, or A Gringo Like Me." (1963)  A Gringo like me - Duello nell Texas - Gunfight at Red Sands A very brief glimpse into the music of Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who lived until 91, composing  over 500 film scores. In 2016 he won the Oscar for Best Original Score for The Hateful Eight  Morricone teamed up with Tarantino for The Hateful Eight - this was his first Western score in 40 Years. (2016) L’Ultima Diligenza per Red Rock  Morricone’s score, also re-using work from the 70s and 80s, plundering the soundtracks of horror movies The Thing and Exorcist II.         (2017) Kill Bill Volume 1 - Death Rides a Horse, from (1967) Death Rides a Horse.         (1964) A Fistful of Dollars          (1966) - The Ecstasy of Gold, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly * Famously used in that movie's climax. While officially part of that film's score, it has been used in various other films, tributes, and famously as the intro to Metallica concerts since 1983.             

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Reel Thing - Reel Random , 6th Feb  The one where Tanya plays a vinyl.  Legends of the Fall (1995) - James Horner - Main Theme (5.40)  Legend Of Zelda - (2002) Wind walker (videogame)  - Hyrule Castle (2.07)  - published by Scitron Digital Content, composed by Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi and Koji Kondo. The Piano - The Heart Asks Pleasure First/ The Promise - (3.14)  Break  Massive chat and thanks to my subscribers  Spirited Away (2001) - Sixth Station - Studio Ghibli's Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, features a score composed by Joe Hisaishi and performed by the New Japan Philharmonic symphony orchestra. Amelie (2001) -  La Valse d'Amélie  Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet used accordion and piano-driven music of Yann Tiersen after his production assistant indroced him to the artist, he had intended to use Michael Nyan a happy note of coincidence, since I played a track from him earlier.  Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes - used in a myriad of movies and shows, because we love a sick beat in an action movie.  You may have heard it in:  Suicide Squad (2016) in promos and the like. ( Does anyone else get peeved when the trailer song is not dropped in the movie?)  Cinderella (2021): A mash-up titled "Whatta Man / Seven Nation Army" performed by Nicholas Galitzine and the cast for this movie. Wicker Park (2004) The Science of Sleep (2006) The Bear (2023)  (TV): Throw your arms around me by the Hunters & Collectors - Used in Season 2, Episode 8, "Bolognese" performed by by Neil Finn (Crowded House, Split Enz) and Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam). We play the og Hunters and Collectors, but it's worth looking up this version for some of that Pearl Jammy twang goodness.  For FUN:  Star Wars Disco (1977) by Meco (Image Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14388196 The Vinyl Moment  Music From the Movies  The Cyril Stapleton Concert Orchestra - Op shop find by Marissa from Ska Street -  After a lengthy orchestra history with the BBC and war times, Stapleton his own group The Cyril Stapleton Orchestra. He had two chart hits in the US -  the instrumental The Italian Theme (Number 25, 1956) and The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack) (Number 13, 1959). With the second one selling one million copies!   He continued to tour and record into the 1970s.  We play out The Reel with:  Love Theme from the Godfather (1972) (Original composer Nino Rota, The Impossible Dream from The The Man of La Mancha  (1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion) and This is my song from the Countess from Hong Kong (1967 music by Charles Chaplin ).   

The Reel Thing  - The Reel Shakespeare January 31  We do movies based on or involving Shakespeare! (2006) MacBeth - Banquos death - Jed Kurzel - Geoffrey Wright of Romper Stomper recast Macbeth as an ultra-violent gangster action film.  (1996) Romeo and Juliet - Young Hearts Run Free - Cover by Kym Mazelle (1999) 10 Things I Hate About You  -  F.N.T - Semisonic Hamnet REVIEW  Hamnet is a tragedy and this one is told mainly through the lens of Agnes. Directed by Chloé Zhao, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie O'Farrell, it is based ona novel by O'Farrell.  Looking at the early family life of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes Hathaway, the two are thrown into grief after the death of their 11 year old son, Hamnet.  It stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal as Agnes and William, with Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, and Noah Jupe in supporting roles. This movie danced with feelings both powerless and powerful at the same time. It had striking visuals. The filmmaker put the viewer in a position where they had to kind of sit in grief. You just might disassociate from the stress of this and some people have walked out of this movie labelling it ‘grief porn.’ The film is slow and not mindless with its representation of the trials of early parenthood,  particularly the role of mother.  I found myself  fairly disinterested in Shakesphere played by Mescal but captivated by Buckley and the child actor playing Hamnet.  My friend who went in completely forewarned of the movie, Michelle, said it was a sock to the guts and we’re both still recovering.  Cried buckets 9/10 Shakespeare's - be gentle with  yourself but well worth a cinema visit.  (2025) Hamnet - Of Agnes, The Great Globe Itself - Max Richter and On the nature of daylight - Max Richter Orchestra.  (1999) 10 Things I Hate About You (again :) Sister Hazel - Your Winter