Showing posts with label Cillian Murphy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cillian Murphy. Show all posts

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Incredible Soundtrack #15: Sunshine (Murphy/Underworld)

The music attached to a film creates the environment, I believe, moreso than the literal environment depicted through the visuals...

I have been looking forward to mentioning this soundtrack. As soon as I watched the film, I was desperate to hunt down the soundtrack. But it isn't easy to find. For one, you cannot buy it on CD -  it is only available via download. Obviously there are ilegal means to get the soundtrack but, officially, you can only download it through itunes. I went to alot of effort to hunt it down and, in the process, purchased the Underworld album Oblivion with Bells. A brilliant album, that holds one track from the film: To Heal. When I first purchased my ipod, I swore I would not download too much - swearing by the tangible nature of a CD case, sleeve notes and everything else. When your PC blows-up, at least you have the CD. This soundtrack made me crack and download my first album from itunes. Bastards.

3. Capa's Last Transmission/To Heal by Underworld - Incredible track: calming, peaceful and all-encompassing. And available on a CD.



6. Kanada's Death, Pt. 2 (Adagio In D Minor) by John Murphy - This track has been used so much outside of Sunshine. I always find it a little frustrating because I associate this song with Sunshine - and not, say, Kick-Ass. A great song.



19. Peggy Sussed by Underworld - This is completely more Underworld rather than John Murphy. Its powerful and bold. I won't forget feeling this song hit you in the face when the film ended on such a calm note.



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Thursday, 6 January 2011

A-Z #2: 28 Days Later

As we all know, if you want a big film collection, nowadays, it is easy. You can pick up hundreds of DVD's for a buck each - it doesn't matter. But, as a film fan, I'm sure - like every other film fan - the ifrst thing you have a gander at when visiting a new friends house is their film collection - its never about quantity, its about quality. A-Z is my way of going through my collection, from A-Z, and justifying why I own the films


#2 - 28 Days Later...


Why did I buy it?
Primarily for Danny Boyle. I watched it years ago and was not actually that fussed - zombies being taken seriously? ("I lost my family to ... sob sob ....zombies", I'm sorry, I don't care) but, after I realised that all of Danny Boyle's films are awesome (maybe not A Life Less Ordinary) I thought my initial it-really-isn't-that-good attitude may have been jarred. So, I bought it on the cheap (film-only package...) for £3 and trotted home, happy as Larry.

Why do I still own it?

Obviously, upon rewatching it, I thought it was alot better than I remembered. Not incredible and definitely not in Boyles Top 5 films, but Cillian Murphy is a great actor and I reckon it one which shall be rewatched many times in the future to simply see Boyle-do-Horror. Lastly, I am a completist and, as I own all of Danny Boyle's films ... I'd never have a gap...
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