Tuesday, May 24 2011
Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi: Rome
The Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi collaboration is a soundtrack for a movie that doesn't exist.
Monday, November 1 2010
His Dark Exotica: Ennio Morricone - “Night Flight” / “Exorcism”
"Night Flight" and "Exorcism" form the a- and b-sides to the imaginary 7” single that could have come from Ennio Morricone's soundtrack to The Exorcist II: The Heretic.
Monday, October 25 2010
His Dark Exotica: Ennio Morricone - “Seduction and Magic”/ “Dark Revelation”
Save for “Magic and Ecstasy”, “Seduction and Magic” is perhaps the most Goblin-esque of the thirteen tracks on Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack to Exorcist II: The Heretic. The piece's second inclusion, “Dark Revelation”, could remain at home on the next Burial album.
Monday, October 18 2010
His Dark Exotica: Ennio Morricone - “Pazuzu (Theme From Exorcist II)”
“Pazuzu (Theme From Exorcist II)” is about channeling. The track does not play prominently in the film. Rather, it emerges in aural corners and suggests all the witchery, locust-vision, and demonic possession that Regan and crew play out on the screen.
Monday, October 11 2010
His Dark Exotica: Ennio Morricone - “Little Afro Flemish Mass”
"Little Afro Flemish Mass" begins with the soul of a Massive Attack sample, emerging beautifully through glossolalia backed by hand drum passages and full choir ululation. It’s a great piece, haunting in an unexpected way.
Monday, October 4 2010
His Dark Exotica: Ennio Morricone - “Rite of Magic”/ “Great Bird in the Sky”
Reedy and sustained, “Rite of Magic” and “Great Bird of the Sky” make for both of Ennio Morricone’s most focused coda-laden contributions to his soundtrack for the ill-received 1977 horror psychedelia sequel 'Exorcist II: The Heretic'.
Monday, September 20 2010
His Dark Exotica: Ennio Morricone - “Interrupted Melody”
Irrespective of its placement in 'Exorcist II: The Heretic', both “Interrupted Melody” and its sister track, "Interrupted Melody (Suspended Sound)", work astoundingly well as `70s film-culture quantifiers, delivering Ennio Morricone’s ability to challenge us not only with atonality, or in this case, clearly presented tonality in contrast to his more abstract works.
Monday, September 13 2010
His Dark Exotica: Ennio Morricone - “Magic and Ecstasy”
Somewhere on the downbeat in Ennio Morricone's soundtrack to 'The Heretic's' "Magic and Ecstasy" are the ghost notes that the film's teenage Regan must find alarming, like a Trashmen record played at the wrong speed.
Tuesday, September 7 2010
His Dark Exotica: Ennio Morricone - “Regan’s Theme” (Floating Sound and Finale)
Ennio Morricone's score to the 1977 film 'The Exorcist II: The Heretic' is anything but predictable. The man responsible for that bravado-ridden whistle we all know from 'The Good, the Bad & the Ugly' does something on this soundtrack that might be truly hellish if not for its roots in exotica.
Thursday, January 21 2010
Mi Loco Tango: Del Diablo Y Del Angel/Il Cinema: Il Paradiso!
Two discs from these master interpreters -- one of Piazzolla tango works, the other of film music.
