I came across this quite funky remake of Harold Faltermeyer's The Discovery score track.
Awesome just doesn't justify how cool this is!
I could imagine the next Beverly Hills cop sequel with this along with updated versions of the original score themes.
Monday, 30 May 2011
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Romina Danielson - Passion (1988) - Definition of 80s
One of the rare cuts from the late 80s. Great synths, and with a coked out video, this is the way to do it in style.
According to one of the people who filmed this, the story goes like this!
"I was the Director of Photography on this 80's music video mullet-headed awesomeness. The guy in the video is Jerry Buss' son-- ala the owner of the Lakers. Shooting the shower scene I kept saying she had to cover up her boobies but she kept forgetting and exposing herself. This was a godsend for me. I had just moved back to LA from NY, had no car, no home and $37 in my pocket. This job just fell in my lap and paid $3000 a day. Bam! I was back in business, just like that."
"I only met her on the set and only saw her during the 2-day shoot. I suspect she found some gold somewhere and is digging a cozy life. It was so wacky how that puny video encapsulated every aspect of the 80's-- bad hair, gaudy clothing, cheezy music, coke snorting, off-screen break dancing for some reason, tacky cars and noses stuck high in the air."
Half the extras kept retreating to a room to snort coke; chez 80's. Romina was the reason Joan Collins divorced her husband at the time, famously fainting on the witness stand during the highly publicized trial. She hated everyone on the set and loudly said so. She pointed at me and said in her thick accent, "This wonderful man is the only one I like!" Good times...
Good times indeed!
According to one of the people who filmed this, the story goes like this!
"I was the Director of Photography on this 80's music video mullet-headed awesomeness. The guy in the video is Jerry Buss' son-- ala the owner of the Lakers. Shooting the shower scene I kept saying she had to cover up her boobies but she kept forgetting and exposing herself. This was a godsend for me. I had just moved back to LA from NY, had no car, no home and $37 in my pocket. This job just fell in my lap and paid $3000 a day. Bam! I was back in business, just like that."
"I only met her on the set and only saw her during the 2-day shoot. I suspect she found some gold somewhere and is digging a cozy life. It was so wacky how that puny video encapsulated every aspect of the 80's-- bad hair, gaudy clothing, cheezy music, coke snorting, off-screen break dancing for some reason, tacky cars and noses stuck high in the air."
Half the extras kept retreating to a room to snort coke; chez 80's. Romina was the reason Joan Collins divorced her husband at the time, famously fainting on the witness stand during the highly publicized trial. She hated everyone on the set and loudly said so. She pointed at me and said in her thick accent, "This wonderful man is the only one I like!" Good times...
Good times indeed!
Friday, 13 May 2011
Fright Night 2011 Trailer Bites You, Is it any good?
The trailer for the new remake of Fright Night has just been released.
It stars Colin Farrell as Jerry Dandridge and Anton Yelchin as Charlie Brewster, with the infamous Evil Ed played by McLovin (Christopher Charles Mintz-Plasse). Judging from the trailer, it looks dark, serious and has some nice location settings in there. There isn't much showcase of Peter Vincent who is now played by David Tennant (Dr Who), who apparently is a Criss Angel type magician rather than an old TV host.
I like that they have used the original logo and font for this remake, at least the designer had good taste to realise they couldn't improve upon perfection! You can see how it holds up well today. It's a lot better than the generic fonts they've been using on so many remakes of classic movies. You can see the original one from 1985 below which is virtually indentical.
Overall, we're not going to expect any of Brad Fiedel's masterpiece synth music to show up anywhere in this! "Come To Me" was the theme of Fright Night in both the original in 1985 and sequel in 1988, so a new version would be welcome, but so far we don't know who is doing the score for this remake.
I'm sure most fans though would have enjoyed a Fright Night 3, a sequel featuring the original Charlie Brewster coming back to help a new generation of kids. Then again, money talks in Hollywood, and remake's are on the rise.
As long as the movie is good and entertaining, and offers something new, then hopefully it should be an interesting result.
Here is the trailer for the original 1985 movie, and some of Brad Fiedel's music.
It stars Colin Farrell as Jerry Dandridge and Anton Yelchin as Charlie Brewster, with the infamous Evil Ed played by McLovin (Christopher Charles Mintz-Plasse). Judging from the trailer, it looks dark, serious and has some nice location settings in there. There isn't much showcase of Peter Vincent who is now played by David Tennant (Dr Who), who apparently is a Criss Angel type magician rather than an old TV host.
I like that they have used the original logo and font for this remake, at least the designer had good taste to realise they couldn't improve upon perfection! You can see how it holds up well today. It's a lot better than the generic fonts they've been using on so many remakes of classic movies. You can see the original one from 1985 below which is virtually indentical.
Overall, we're not going to expect any of Brad Fiedel's masterpiece synth music to show up anywhere in this! "Come To Me" was the theme of Fright Night in both the original in 1985 and sequel in 1988, so a new version would be welcome, but so far we don't know who is doing the score for this remake.
I'm sure most fans though would have enjoyed a Fright Night 3, a sequel featuring the original Charlie Brewster coming back to help a new generation of kids. Then again, money talks in Hollywood, and remake's are on the rise.
As long as the movie is good and entertaining, and offers something new, then hopefully it should be an interesting result.
Here is the trailer for the original 1985 movie, and some of Brad Fiedel's music.
Monday, 25 April 2011
3D shows how to do a proper robot using classic Hardcastle Synths
This is a short clip of robot master 3D, quite a rare and vintage clip. No need for fancy gimicks, just the robot!
Also check out the duo Fotostat, masters of the vintage robot dance. They might have funky haircuts and wacky clothes, but they sure do a damn good robot movement.
Also check out the duo Fotostat, masters of the vintage robot dance. They might have funky haircuts and wacky clothes, but they sure do a damn good robot movement.
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Summer Job Opening Theme - 1989
An old song from a late 80s summer B movie called Summer Job which most people have never heard of, but still has some great music in it. The soundtrack is impossible to find, but has some good AOR and summer themes in there.
Chaz Jankel - Tonight's Our Night - Forgotten Classic
Chaz Jankel or Chas Jankel depending on which record you might have put out some classic albums. This is one of this best tracks from the album "Looking At You", a forgotten classic. I picked up this CD years back and its one of his best.
Some Soundtrack Classics - Montage favourites
Here are some classic montages, when songs on a soundtrack actually featured in the movie!
Sunday, 27 February 2011
The Principal (1987) - How to deal with disobedience
If you like the good old school based ghetto movies, then make sure you watch Jim Belushi is his legendary role as "The Principal". It features action, plenty of great one liners, and villians with greased up jheri curls to match the Soul Glow look.
You can just feel the energy when Jim Belushi literally kicks the crap out one of the pupils, and then gets on a motorbike to teach these asswipes a real lesson!
Check out some of these legendary scenes. Even Louis Gossett Jr makes an appearance as a hard ass caretaker. This movie also features a scene where Strafe's Set it Off is played, a great example of motion pictures and music as an artform.
You can just feel the energy when Jim Belushi literally kicks the crap out one of the pupils, and then gets on a motorbike to teach these asswipes a real lesson!
Check out some of these legendary scenes. Even Louis Gossett Jr makes an appearance as a hard ass caretaker. This movie also features a scene where Strafe's Set it Off is played, a great example of motion pictures and music as an artform.
Friday, 25 February 2011
Commando (1985) - The Arnie Show - The Almighty One Liners
You don't need to say anything to describe this ultimate macho masterpiece. Its the one liner king as Arnie shows today's "action" failures how to do proper action scenes.
The only modern movie which even comes close is Liam Neeson in Taken, but none of Neeson's lines can match such legendary quotes as "WRONG" and "I eat green berets for breakfast, and right now i'm very hungry", not to mention the way Arnie skilfully snaps the neck of his "Dead Tired" friend.
This movie also features the pounding action classic by James Horner where he improves his 48 Hours score by giving us more tropical and jungle flavours than ever before. Bask in the glory of the one of the greatest action scores known to mankind.
It ends with a hard hitting Power Station classic to close out this masterpiece of film making.
This is how you make a proper action movie Hollywood, now give us another one like this and stop pussying about!
Check out Commando Fans for more great entertainment. http://commandofans.com/
The only modern movie which even comes close is Liam Neeson in Taken, but none of Neeson's lines can match such legendary quotes as "WRONG" and "I eat green berets for breakfast, and right now i'm very hungry", not to mention the way Arnie skilfully snaps the neck of his "Dead Tired" friend.
This movie also features the pounding action classic by James Horner where he improves his 48 Hours score by giving us more tropical and jungle flavours than ever before. Bask in the glory of the one of the greatest action scores known to mankind.
It ends with a hard hitting Power Station classic to close out this masterpiece of film making.
This is how you make a proper action movie Hollywood, now give us another one like this and stop pussying about!
Check out Commando Fans for more great entertainment. http://commandofans.com/
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