Reviews Archives
Evita Soundtrack, Evita: The …
Madonna’s stylistic conservatism continued from 1994′s Bedtim… more »
Madonna, Who’s That Gir…
Ostensibly a soundtrack for the summer 1987 flop caper comedy in which sh… more »
Alexandre Tharaud, Soundtrack…
Mere months after Le Boeuf sur le toit, the young French pianist Alexandr… more »
Various Artists, West of Memp…
West of Memphis: Voices for Justice, which is not quite a soundtrack to t… more »
Broadcast, Berberian Sound St…
When it came to soundtracking Peter Strickland’s horror film Berber… more »
Various Artists, Quentin Tara…
We can call the Quentin Tarantino soundtrack a legitimate subgenre of its… more »
Sufjan Stevens, Silver &…
Brooklyn indie darling Sufjan Stevens will probably never finish his one-… more »
Tig Notaro, Live
2012 has been Tig Notaro’s year; 2012 has not been Tig Notaro… more »
Sonny Rollins, Alfie
A brilliant film score that stands alone on its brash musical merits, Alf… more »
Megson, When I Was A Lad…
Stu and Debbie Hanna, the married duo from Teeside known as Megson, have … more »
Various Artists, Lost Highway…
Who could forget the Rolling Stone cover that featured a young David Lync… more »
Michael Nyman, Nyman / Greena…
English composer Michael Nyman can’t complain when people call him … more »
Various Artists, Natural Born…
In some ways, Natural Born Killers was a warm-up session for the David Ly… more »
Lee Hazlewood, A House Safe f…
The grizzled Lee Hazlewood loved to play up his beast status by pairing h… more »
Various Artists Set it Off …
Soundtracks have always provided opportunities for labels and crews to te… more »
David Lynch and Alan R. Splet…
Thirty-five years after it first flummoxed undergrads, weirdoes, film sch… more »
Various Artists, Shutter Isla…
Fans of Martin Scorsese know that the director is almost as creative with… more »
Rodriguez, Searching for Suga…
If Sixto Rodriguez had come up in today’s all-knowing digital lands… more »
The Cinematic Orchestra, The …
Back at the dawn of Ninja Tune just over two decades ago, critics often t… more »
Tenacious D, Rize of the Feni…
The album art for Tenacious D’s latest is disgustingly appropriate … more »
Tenacious D, Rize of the Feni…
The album art for Tenacious D’s latest is disgustingly appropriate … more »
Johann Johansson, The Miners…
Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson has built a sizable reputation on th… more »
Various, Rushmore: Original M…
Few directors define their characters through music as succinctly as Wes … more »
Clint Mansell / Kronos Quarte…
It may be Darren Aronofsky’s most (wrongly) maligned movie, but eve… more »
