Film Music & Soundtracks

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‘Cry Me A River’, 1955 ‘Cry Me A River’ was a US No. 2 hit single for Julie London, thanks in part to her involvement in the movie, The Girl Can’t Help It. In the film, London appears during a fantasy scene in press agent Tom Miller’s apartment and sings the song to him. Despite an extensive movie career and recording 32 albums, London will always be remembered as the sultry ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley
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‘Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life’, 1991 Despite releasing nine albums, changing the face of British comedy, creating (both as a group, and as individual members) some of the most memorable television comedy, and enjoying a string of hit movies, most people remember Monty Python for this one song. Sung by Eric Idle at the end of Monty Python & The Life Of Brian (1979 – the song was ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley
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‘Sea Of Love’, 1959 Phillips has always remained a mysterious figure, despite having an almost accidental hit with his self-penned ‘Sea Of Love’. A bellhop, he had written it after the dissolution of his vocal group, The Gateway Quartet, and it reached No. 2 in the US. It was subsequently kept alive, thanks to covers by the likes of Del Shannon (1984), and being the title song to the 1985 Al ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley
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This was a decade when the impact of dance culture on rock and vice versa sometimes led to exciting results: it opened with ‘Thriller’ and closed with the Madchester scene of Happy Mondays. Punk had subsided to become the less threatening new wave movement, which, along with the new romantics, dominated the early days of the decade. As with the 1960s, producers emerged with their own distinctive sound – none more ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley
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Originating as a device to mask the sound of a whirring projector, film music has become so much more than ‘music from the movies’. Before the advent of video and DVD, the soundtrack was the most accessible way to return to a favourite movie. It has since evolved into a multi-million dollar industry and one of the most thriving forms of modern classical music. A soundtrack provides the musical underscore to ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer
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