tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11271588931732583092023-11-15T08:09:19.668-08:00WHO WROTE THE MUSICMusic, Movies, Culture. You'll love it.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519755086247599670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127158893173258309.post-34909255631052447202010-06-01T17:21:00.000-07:002010-06-01T17:21:34.209-07:00Copywatch 1: Daniel PowterDaniel Powter: he's had a bad day. He's taking one down (whatever that means). He sings a sad song just to turn it around.<br />
<div>Well, not exactly a sad song.<br />
<div>Think about putting on your blue suede shoes, and boarding a plane. Touching down in the land of the delta blues, in the middle of the pouring rain?</div><div>Yep, in his second single, Mr Powter took significant "inspiration" the intro from Marc Cohn's 1991 hit "Walking in Memphis". Check it out, Cohn's first:</div><div><br />
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</div><div>We know you've had a bad day, Daniel - what with that being your only hit and all.</div><div>But there's really no need to take it out on Marc Cohn, is there?</div><div><br />
</div><div>-Copywatch: Cracking down on unoriginality since... I don't know, yesterday? x</div></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519755086247599670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127158893173258309.post-34403320739566492452010-06-01T13:46:00.000-07:002010-06-01T15:08:28.613-07:00Britain's (still) Got TalentHere we go again - the curtain rose once again over the live stages of ITV's fourth series of popular reality show <i>Britain's Got Talent</i>. Refreshingly (we hope) this post isn't your typical "overproduced!/rigged!/unrealistic!/degrading!/scam!" outcry - the likes of which all too often dominate the media coverage of such programming. Actually, we quite like <i>Britain's Got Talent</i>. It's been another bumper crop of talent from the fruitful fields of blighty this year, and we'll be looking forward to the rest of the week on ITV. It's great entertainment.<br />
The only small - and it is <i>small</i> - qualm we have with the series is its use of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Requiem-Dream-Directors-Ellen-Burstyn/dp/B00005Q4CS?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969"><i>Requiem for a Dream</i></a><i> </i>soundtrack. That's literally it - it just seems odd to feature the music from such a psychologically disturbing movie within the first ten minutes of a primetime and relatively light-hearted TV talent show. Though it seems producers were bored with <i>Carmina Burana </i>and wanted something new, yet equivalently epic. What can you do?<br />
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Well, maybe use an extended or looped version of the actual <i>Britain's Got Talent</i> music? Which brings us neatly to the little bit of BGT trivia we have for you: Andy Love and Jos Jorgensen are the two composer/producers behind the actual BGT title music. They're also credited as the composers of the equivalent music for ITV's other large-scale talent search, <i>The X Factor </i>and the american version of <i>Britain's Got Talent</i>. They also co-wrote the single <i>Upside Down </i>from Paloma Faith's debut album <i>Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?.</i> So, there you have it...<br />
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WWTM x<br />
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PS: That's actually a great album, check it out: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/You-Want-Truth-Something-Beautiful/dp/B00292BYO8?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Do You Want the Truth Or Something Beautiful</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00292BYO8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> - full review to follow.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519755086247599670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127158893173258309.post-4821727396046895882009-11-13T17:05:00.000-08:002010-06-01T17:39:21.658-07:00You just can't do that.So I'm in the movie theatre today and the pre-feature trailers are playing. Avatar looks amazing, and that Sherlock Holmes flick seems pretty neat too. I'm settling down to watch <span style="font-style:italic;">2012</span>, and on release date too. All is well. Then along comes the trailer for Richard Kelly's new <span style="font-style:italic;">The Box</span> picture.<br />
Now, don't get me wrong, the concept of this movie is nice - a woman given the option to effortlessly kill a random stranger in order to win $1million. The first minute and half is an enticing piece of trailer editing. Then they play the <span style="font-style:italic;">Saw</span> Theme Tune. WTF? Seriously? I know it's an awesomely terrifying and claustrophobic little theme, and it seems to fit with the movie's concept, but... you just can't put it in a trailer for any movie other than Saw. Especially not when Saw VI was released not a month ago. It would be like using the Star Wars theme in a trailer for Lord of the Rings, the week after Clone Wars was released. It's just <span style="font-weight:bold;">too</span> iconic. Okay, rant over. The trailer's here, if you want to check it out:<br />
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2012 was epic, by the way. So was Thomas Wander's (of <span style="font-style:italic;">10,000 BC</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Buffy</span> fame) soundtrack, out now on Columbia.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519755086247599670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127158893173258309.post-77087104104083661402009-10-12T18:02:00.000-07:002009-10-12T18:53:08.687-07:00Twilight New Moon Soundtrack is awful already, say fans<div>30-second clips of each song on the Twilight: New Moon soundtrack have been posted on the UK Amazon website. Bad times.</div><div><br /></div><div>Unpredictably however, the fanbase has erupted not with excitement, but with... criticism? :S</div><div><br /></div><div>A YouTube video featuring all 15 clips, while it has received nearly 120000 views in 3 days, has been met with fan comments like "wow this really sucks ass" (pun unintended), <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">"this suks i loved the twilight album :( this one just sucks", "I don't like the choice of songs" and of course the inevitable "Full Movies @ Watchitfree/org Lots of movies to choose from!". Tut.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>But these Twilighters are actually criticising something bearing the sacred brand?? WWTM had to check it out.</div><div><br /></div><div>They're pretty much right, actually. To summarise, the album consists mainly of generically angsty indie and alternative tracks, with a couple of slower, more indulgent songs (notably "Possibility", in which unknown singer/songwriter Lykke Li drowns dramatically in her own reverb) and the ONE score track by Oscar-nominated composer Alexandre Desplat (of <i>Golden Compass </i>and <i>Benjamin Button </i>fame) - "The Meadow". With a late classical melancholy character, this one's actually quite pretty, but it's the best of a bad bunch.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to check it out go <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh2NWFxObZ4">here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Otherwise, you'd be better off getting a look at Michael Giacchino's adorable soundtrack to <i>Up, </i>released on EMI tomorrow.</div><div><br /></div><div>-WWTM x</div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519755086247599670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1127158893173258309.post-5025461716926219872009-09-04T08:31:00.001-07:002009-09-04T08:38:50.791-07:00WELCOME to Who wrote the music? - a regular blog on the what's-what and who's-who (and occasionally the when and WHY??) of Musical and Movie soundtrack music. I shall endeavour to keep both you and I entertained, educated, amused and informed on the global happenings and releases of note.<div><br /></div><div>If you're a keen songwriter/lyricist/librettist yourself, I'd (gently) urge you to check out our sister site over at www.musicaltheatrewriters.com for a community of friendly musical-writers just like us!</div><div><br /></div><div>WWTM out.</div><div><br /></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519755086247599670noreply@blogger.com0