The Heart Asks Pleasure First, by Michael Nyman
In 1991, after the release of the soundtrack to Prospero’s Books, the fifth full length movie collaboration with director Peter Greenaway, Michael Nyman needed a little break from film scoring. After...
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“Between two Aprils I lost two friends/Between two Aprils magic and loss…”. The short inscription Lou Reed wrote in the liner notes to his 1992 album Magic and Loss is the backdrop to one of the most...
View ArticleThe soundtrack to Wim Wenders’ Until The End Of The World
The use of period rock and pop songs as film soundtracks is a powerful tool that movie directors utilize to create a strong sense of time and place by connecting with a widely recognized cultural...
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