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  • The bit that you skip #171: Michael Nyman – The Arrival

    Andrew Niccol is a director with two amazing, underrated films. One is Lord of War, the Nicolas Cage vehicle from 2005 with tremendous sequences, brutal dialogue, and a swift soundtrack. The other one is Gattaca, a sadly unseen masterpiece of science fiction. Taking a cue from Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Robert Heinlein’s Beyond…

  • The bit that you skip #170: Tomandandy – Post Suicide

    “I feel like the ghost of a total stranger” – Back in september of 2002, I was adjusting to life in Nottingham. It was a weird feeling, as I always wanted to live on my own and the idea of living in England fascinated me since I was a child. Those first days were strange.…

  • The bit that you skip #169: Angelo Badalamenti and Orbital – Beached

    I was at a crucial time in my life when The Beach came out. It was the last semester of university, and the uncertainty of “professional life” was a constant worry. I actually saw the movie in Monterrey, as I was at a symposium where things got…dicey. Supposedly, I had to go to an ice-breaker…

  • The bit that you skip #168: James Newton Howard – Swimming

    Between the awards reaped by Dances with wolves and the money collected by Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner started the nineties on a high. JFK was controversial, but had a fair amount of fans and did quite well on box office. Then the bodyguard happened and it went even better for him. These…

  • The bit that you skip #167: Michael Kamen – Overture and a prisoner of the crusades (from chains to freedom)

    Michael Kamen was a classic rocker at heart. As previously stated on this website, Kamen’s experience with rock legends made him a superstar. When Robin Hood came out in June of 1991, Costner’s limited acting range was more than compensated by two things: Alan Rickman’s scene stealing (and chewing) performance as the dastardly Sheriff of…

  • The bit that you skip #166: Shirley Walker & John Carpenter – Escape from LA

    It’s odd that two 80s cult classics got sequels/remakes in the 90s. As much as I love Terminator 2, it does revisit topics and scenes from the first one, perhaps too much for comfort. John Carpenter’s Escape from LA does the same, changing the setting from the gloomy New York to a now devastated, formerly…

  • The bit that you skip #165: Tangerine Dream – Charly The Kid

    I have no defined idea of when the Tangerine Dream reappraisal began. When GTA V was released in 2013, Tangerine Dream were an integral part of the atmospheric music, along Woody Jackson, Oh No, and The Alchemist. The dynamic score was integral to the game’s success, and you can still find youtube channels with extended…

  • The bit that you skip #164: Wendy Carlos – Tron Scherzo

    If you’re of a certain age, you’ll hear this song and recognise which sections of it play during the arcade game. Tron, the arcade game, was notoriously loud and it could overwhelm the already noisy atmosphere of videogame arcades back in the day, where tinny speakers sort of played rock music, lost in a maelstrom…

  • The bit that you skip #163: Howard Shore – Brooklyn Heights pt 2

    Although Martin Scorsese had a tremendous start of the 90s with the unstoppable Goodfellas, his later output never quite achieved the same box-office results. Didn’t quite left a mark on the critics either. It’s a shame, because I love Bringing out the dead with all my heart. It was a movie I saw all by…

  • The bit that you skip #162: Trevor Jones – Promentory

    Last of the Mohicans is one of three Michael Mann films that seems to be overlooked. The other two are The Insider, a timeless critique of journalism and special interests, and The Keep, which is getting a bit of a reappraisal thanks to Vinegar Syndrome. Trevor Jones takes The Gael by Dougie MacLean and rearranges…