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Screen Jams is our recurring look at the most buzzworthy new music featured in movies, TV shows, and video games—pretty much any form of entertainment you can enjoy with your eyes.
When Lewis Carroll's vivid and colorful Alice's Adventures In Wonderland is the source material, you'd assume creative minds would be spinning with new ways to tell the story's sense of fantasy, whimsy and delirium. We won't know whether Tim Burton's cinematic reimagining of Alice's adventures down the rabbit hole accomplishes this task until the film is released in theatres this Friday, but the movie's inspired-by soundtrack, Almost Alice falls short of evoking Alice's strange and twisted journey. There are a few tracks that win us over, but ultimately, we're the ones mad at a hatter that such a promising opportunity was wasted on generic rock-lite tunes and throwaway Wonderland references.
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Screen Jams: ‘Valentine’s Day’
Thu Feb 11 2010 by Becky Bain
Screen Jams is our recurring look at the most buzzworthy new music featured in movies, TV shows, and video games—pretty much any form of entertainment you can enjoy with your eyes.
Garry Marshall’s cinematic ode to romance, Valentine’s Day, isn’t getting a whole lot of love from the critics. But can the film’s tunes prevent this overstuffed package of A- and B-list actors from becoming the movie equivalent of a stale box of chocolates? Check out our review of the aww-inducing collection of of love songs—featuring the likes of Taylor Swift, Jewel and Joss Stone—included on the Valentine’s Day soundtrack below. More »
Garry Marshall’s cinematic ode to romance, Valentine’s Day, isn’t getting a whole lot of love from the critics. But can the film’s tunes prevent this overstuffed package of A- and B-list actors from becoming the movie equivalent of a stale box of chocolates? Check out our review of the aww-inducing collection of of love songs—featuring the likes of Taylor Swift, Jewel and Joss Stone—included on the Valentine’s Day soundtrack below. More »
Screen Jams: Badly Drawn Boy’s ‘Is There Nothing We Could Do?’
Thu Dec 31 2009 by Becky Bain
Screen Jams is our recurring look at the most buzzworthy new music featured in movies, TV shows, and video games—pretty much any form of entertainment you can enjoy with your eyes.
British singer and songwriter Damon Gough – aka Badly Drawn Boy – is no stranger to soundtracks. He composed the score and songs for 2002’s About a Boy, and he's back after a three-year break (his last studio release was 2006’s Born in the U.K.) with the soundtrack for Is There Nothing We Could Do?, music from and inspired by the British TV movie The Fattest Man in Britain. Does it stand up against his first foray into movie music magic? Indulge yourself in our take on the Brit singer's latest cinematic offering, below. More »
British singer and songwriter Damon Gough – aka Badly Drawn Boy – is no stranger to soundtracks. He composed the score and songs for 2002’s About a Boy, and he's back after a three-year break (his last studio release was 2006’s Born in the U.K.) with the soundtrack for Is There Nothing We Could Do?, music from and inspired by the British TV movie The Fattest Man in Britain. Does it stand up against his first foray into movie music magic? Indulge yourself in our take on the Brit singer's latest cinematic offering, below. More »
Screen Jams: ‘Nine’
Thu Dec 17 2009 by Becky Bain
Screen Jams is our recurring look at the most buzzworthy new music featured in movies, TV shows, and video games—pretty much any form of entertainment you can enjoy with your eyes.
We kick off our new soundtrack column with a visit to Hollywood, by way of Broadway. We dived into the music of Nine, Rob Marshall’s film adaptation of the stage production, that stars pretty much everyone who won an Oscar, ever. But can any of them channel the swingin’ 60s better than Fergie? See below to hear our verdict:
