Film Music
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Nina Conti’s ’10 Holes’ is my favourite unhinged minute of comedic vulgarity this year
Yes, this is my most listened to song this week.
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Rozen – Ghibli Secret Hideaway Review
An acoustic collection of some of the best known Japanese Animation studios themes.
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Introducing… Charly Martin / Wings For Louise
2018 has been a year in which I’ve really embraced the cinematic classical ambient side of music. Maybe it comes from my weary days of…
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Masakatsu Takagi – Mirai Original Soundtrack Review
When Japanese folk meets modern day playground Mamarou Hosoda’s most recent animation Mirai hit cinemas last week and it’s another beautifully judged emotional rollercoaster of…
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Joe Hisaishi – Symphonic Castle in the Sky Review
Transforming a magical anime soundtrack into a 30 minute symphony Joe Hisaishi’s compositions for Studio Ghibli have always been remarkable and rich with their orchestrations…
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Visitors – Audio Visual Film Review
From the minds of Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass, Visitors is the most recent collaboration of the duo following on from the Qatsi trilogy and Reggio’s…
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Liars showcase their haunting film soundtrack with three chilling music videos
Liars last month released a trilogy of music videos that showcase just how creepy and haunting they can make an original soundtrack. Whilst the band…
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Inspirations of Music: Philip Glass
On scoring one of my all time favourite films
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PJ Harvey and Harry Escott collaborate for music score track
Sorrowful beauty from the fields of love
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Ghosting Samples Studio Ghibli Music for New Project
Working with Joe Hisaishi's classic pieces
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Johann Johannsson – “The Theory of Everything Soundtrack” Review
Subdued with a current bubbling under the surface...
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Jim Guthrie – “Indie Game: The Movie Soundtrack” Review
Whilst I was not the most enamoured person in the world with Indie Game: The Movie, I enjoyed it for what it was but did…
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Whispers of the Plains: Penka Kouenva
HPM has the opportunity to chat to Penka Kouneva, the genius behind A Warriors Odyssey which is a wonderful CD taking all the trimmings from…
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Samsara – A Musical Journey
With Samsara hitting the UK on 30/08/12, I am in fever pitch about it. Now armed with my tickets and a Q&A session after the…
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Video Vault – Laura Shigihara
Laura Shigihara has worked on some beautiful music in her time and this wonderful live/recorded hybrid cover of the sumptuous Inochi no Namae from the…
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Dogora – Film Trailer
Another audio visual film I’ve recently purchased is “Dogora (Open Your Eyes)” which is a French film from Patrice Leconte dealing with 21st Century Cambodia…
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Lisa Gerrard in Double Release
Lisa Gerrard has teamed up with Marcello De Francisci to release two new soundtracks. The first is Insight (with a great cover art) which judging…
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Whispers of the Plains: Interview with Laura Karpman
Congratulations on recently completing the soundtrack to the game Kung Fu Panda. Thanks! Now the projects finished, how do you feel about it as…
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New Fever Ray Track “The Wolf”
Fever Ray returns with her first new track since her debut. Entitled “The Wolf” its available Friday when the film its scored for “Red Riding…
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Video Vault – Lisa Gerrard & Denez Prigent
One of the few Lisa Gerrard songs I’d yet to come across, this heartwrenching duet with Denez Prigent is taken from the film Black Hawk…
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Winifred Phillips – “Legend of the Guardians OST” Review
Winifred Phillips is no stranger to big theatrical scores with pizzazz and kitchen sink attached but Legend of the Guardians is full on cinematic treats…
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Live Vault – Youmi Kimura
It’s very hard to find live performances of any other songs from Yumi Kimura other than “Always With Me” but this orchestral version is beautiful…
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Lisa Gerrard Releases Two New Singles
Ever since going completely independant, Lisa’s been extra busy releasing new material. Two new singles entitled “Entry” and “Come This Way” came out today and…
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Film Review: Powaqqatsi
Powaqqatsi is the second of the qatsi trilogy and revolves pretty much around its tagline “Life in Transformation”. It once again follows the visions of…
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Film Review: Koyaanisqatsi
Koyaanisqatsi is the first of a trilogy of -qatsi movies (qatsi meaning life in another language) and is an audio/visual treat. With all these films,…
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“Chronos” Film Review
“Chronos” was Ron Frickie’s directorial debut before he made Baraka. The film is an audio/visual movie that is almost entirely done in time lapse photography.…
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John Williams : Making of Memoirs of a Geisha Soundtrack
I absolutely adore the soundtrack (and film) to Memoirs of a Geisha. This video I found on old faithful tube, is taken from the DVD…
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Lisa Gerrard – “Balibo OST” Review
Lisa Gerrard’s recent soundtracks have seen a real return back to her roots and that starts with the astounding “Balibo Soundtrack”. There is a CD…
