Britain's (still) Got Talent

Here we go again - the curtain rose once again over the live stages of ITV's fourth series of popular reality show Britain's Got Talent. 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 Britain's Got Talent.  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.
The only small - and it is small - qualm we have with the series is its use of the Requiem for a Dream 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 Carmina Burana and wanted something new, yet equivalently epic. What can you do?

Well, maybe use an extended or looped version of the actual Britain's Got Talent 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, The X Factor and the american version of Britain's Got Talent. They also co-wrote the single Upside Down from Paloma Faith's debut album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?. So, there you have it...

WWTM x


PS: That's actually a great album, check it out: Do You Want the Truth Or Something Beautiful - full review to follow.

You 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 2012, and on release date too. All is well. Then along comes the trailer for Richard Kelly's new The Box picture.
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 Saw 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 too iconic. Okay, rant over. The trailer's here, if you want to check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVK-hVGqCpo

2012 was epic, by the way. So was Thomas Wander's (of 10,000 BC and Buffy fame) soundtrack, out now on Columbia.