7th December 2012

It's all about Mr Herrmann for my track of the week.

Moulin Rouge!
Elephant Love Medley, Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman

The Battle of Neretva
The Naked and the Dead, Bernard Herrmann

Queens Logic
I Want You To Want Me, Cheap Trick

Two-Lane Blacktop
Maybellene, Chuck Berry

There Will Be Blood
Proven Lands, Jonny Greenwood

Moon
Sacrifice, Clint Mansell

The Big One
I've Been Everywhere, Johnny Cash

The Mission
The Mission, Ennio Morricone

Michael
Up Around The Bend, Creedence Clearwater Revival

Dangerous Liaisons
Main Title/Dressing, George Fenton

Joe Albany...A Jazz Life
Billie's Bounce, Charlie Parker

iFeliz 2010 Cuentame
Latino, Francisco

The Saint
Da Funk, Daft Punk

Top Gun
Through The Fire, Larry Greene

30th November 2012

My track of the week goes to the cleansing Thomas Newman with his American Beauty

The King and I
A Puzzlement, Yul Brynner

Hannibal
Vide Cor Meum, Hans Zimmer

Men in Black
Men in Black, Will Smith

American Beauty
American Beauty, Thomas Newman

Aliens
Main Title, James Horner

Death Proof
Jeepster, T-rex

Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America, Ennio Morricone

From Dusk Till Dawn
Mary Had a Little Lamb, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Anarctica
Memory of Antartica, Vangelis

The Music Room
Title Music, Vilayat Khan

Little Shop of Horrors
Suppertime, Levi Stubbs and Ellen Greene

Sid and Nancy
I Wanna Be Your Dog, The Stooges

26th October 2012

Track of the week goes to the magical mermaid of Kiss The Girl

The Little Mermaid
Kiss The Girl, Samuel E Wright

Man On Wire
An Eye for Optical theory, Michael Nyman

Arth
Jhuki Jhuki Se Nazar, Jagit Singh

Farewell Waltz
Farewell Waltz, Frederic Chopin

Twilight: New Moon
Hearing Damage, Thom Yorke

Seven Guns For The Macgregor's
March of The MacGregor's, Ennio Morricone

Vertigo
Scene d'Amour, Bernard Herrmann

The Colour Purple
The Colour Purple, Quincy Jones

Genghis Blues
Kaldak Hamar, Paul Pena

The Mexican
End Credits, Alan Silvestri

15th January 2012

Track of the week = Colours of the Wind.

Hairspray
You Can't Stop The Beat, Whole Cast

The Glenn Miller Story
Pennsylvania 6-5000, The Glenn Miller Band

Starsky and Hutch
I’m A Ramblin Man, Waylon Jennings

O brother Where Art Thou
I’m A Man of Constant Sorrow, Soggy Bottom Boys

Kill Bill Vol 2
Tu Mira, Lole and Manuel

Chhalia
Gett A Dutt

Sensitive New Age Killer
A Gringo Like Me, Ennio Morricone

Rain Man
Iko Iko, The Belle Stars

ET
Flying Theme, John Williams

True Grit
Cogburn/A Warm Up Wrap, Elmer Bernstein

Pocahontas
Colours of the Wind, Judy Kuhn

Quo Vadis
Ave Caesar, Miklos Rosza

12th June 2011

We've not had a Morricone grace the TOTW for a while and this one is a bobby dazzler, all hail the Tarantella.

The Band Wagon
The Triplets, Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan

Back to the Future
Theme, Alan Silvestri

Big Night
Oh Marie, Louis Prima

Roll Bounce
Hollywood Swinging, Kool and the Gang

Ride em Cowboy
A Tisket, A Tasket, Ella Fitzgerald

Batman Forever
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, U2

Allonsanfan
Rabbia E Tarantella, Ennio Morricone

Air America
Horse with No Name, America

Where Eagles Dare
Theme, Ron Goodwin

North by Northwest
Main Title, Bernard Herrman

The Thomas Crown Affair
Windmills of Your Mind, Noel Harrison

Twilight New Moon
The Meadow, Alexandre Desplat

Detroit Rock City
Little Willy, Sweet

27th February 2011

The track of the week comes from the dudetastic The Big Lebowski courtesy of the experimentally excellent Meredith Monk

I Will Follow Him, Deloris and the Sisters
Sister Act

Main Theme, Dimitri Tiomkin
The Thing From Another World

Willie The Wimp (And His Cadillac Coffin), Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble
From Dusk Till Dawn

House of 1000 Corpses, Rob Zombie
House of 1000 Corpses

We’re Going Home, Clint Mansell
Moon

Walking Song, Meredith Monk
The Big Lebowski

March of the McGregors, Ennio Morricone
Up The McGregors

Danke Schoen, Wayne Newton
Ferris Buellers Day Off

I’m Sticking With You, The Velvet Underground
Juno

Main Theme, Danny Elfman
Beetlejuice

Sycamore Trees, Jimmy Scott
Twin Peaks, Fire Walk With Me

One Bad Stud, The Blasters
Streets of Fire

We Don't Need Another Hero, Tina Turner
Mad Max 3

Ramasutra, Car Chafe
Camping Sauvage

20th February 2011

There's no contest for Track of the Week today, Louis Jordan smashes it out the park with his Beans and Cornbread from Malcolm X.

Mein Herr, Liza Minelli and Joel Grey
Cabaret

Big Top Pee Wee, Danny Elfman
Big Top Pee Wee

Main Theme, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Little Buddha

Superfreak, Rick James
Diary of a Wimpy Kid

La Pistola Y El Corazon, Los Lobos
The Mexican

Hey Pachuco, Royal Crown Revue
The Mask

A Gringo Like Me, Ennio Morricone
Gunfight at Red Sands

Beans and Cornbread, Louis Jordan - TOTW
Malcolm X

O Death, Ralph Stanley
O Brother Where Art Thou

Carry On Wayward Son, Kansas
Anchorman

The Autobots Descend, Steve Jablonsky
Transformers

Sing, Blur
Trainspotting

13th February 2011

Welcome to the new blog for all the Sound Tracks listeners out there. I'll be listing each new show straight after it has aired so you can seek out the tracks that you loved the most or were just a trifle curious about. I'll also be highlighting my Track Of The Week (TOTW) here on the blog with a link to listen to that one again.

One Night Only, Beyonce Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Sharon Lea
Dreamgirls

Spooky, Dusty Springfield
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

The Loving Mandolin, Charles Chaplin
A King in New York

Bumpy and the Queen, Elmer Bernstein
Hoodlum

The Trap, Ron Goodwin
The Trap

Sock Puppet/Flyover, Iain Ballamy
Mirrormask

Sixty Seconds to What, Ennio Morricone
For a Few Dollars More

The Green Leaves of Summer, Nick Perito
Inglourious Basterds

She Moved Through the Fair, Sinead O'Connor with Elliot Goldenthal - TOTW
Michael Collins

Talijanska, Goran Bregovic
Time of the Gypsies

You Know My Name, Chris Cornell
Casino Royale

The .44 Magnum is a Monster, Bernard Herrman
Taxi Driver

Dracula, Wojciech Kilar
Bram Stokers Dracula