Category Archive for 'music'

Maas Attacks!

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

Mars Attacks! was in many ways a tribute to classic science fiction films of the 1950′s. However, it’s the classic sci-fi sounds (which greatly influnced the M.A. score) that drove me to spend many hours on a hunt to find the song I was after. It turns out The Man responsible for influencing this and [...]

MC Nightrider?

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

The title theme for the 80′s show (which I loved as a kid) Nightrider has been resused for many modern tunes. India based Panjabi MC on the track “Mundian To Bach Ke” uses it very well to add a good beat to traditional sounding Indian chanting. Timerland, one of the true masters of unusual and [...]

Yoko “Bjork” Kanno

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Yoko Kanno composed a song “Where does this ocean go?” performed by Ilaria Graziano which sounds like it was inspired by “Hyperballad”, by Bjork. Maybe it’s a bit of a stretch, but being a fan of hiphop, I am especially sensitive to samples and inspiration that is common place in hiphop music.