| Movie soundtracks enhance the watching experience | | Posted Sunday, January 29, 2006 4:47:39 PM by Alex Molin | Nowadays watching a film without hearing anything (think about the old silent films), is unbearable and unthinkable.  If you can relate to this, you can relate to the next determination of mine - watching a movie without a soundtrack is like watching an old silent film.
Movie soundtracks make the watching experience something else. It has a way of increasing the viewer's feelings. The right movie soundtracks will make you more scarred if you our watching a horror movie, can make you become touchier, or more loving, and even angrier.
Some of the best movie soundtracks conquered a place in our hearts. They remind us great movies, great scenes, and get us in touch with our feelings again. That's why we all love to listen to movie soundtracks long after the movie is ancient history.
With the technological world of today, one can even download the movie soundtracks with MP3 format and listen to it any time and any where. Some of the unforgettable best movie soundtracks are: The Star Wars Trilogy, Psycho, and Superman.
Check the top 25 movie soundtracks.
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| | | Taking listening to the next level | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 11:35:13 AM by Blog57 Team | | Why it's cool: "Dive into the sonic soup" is the tagline for the Exploratorium's new exhibit, "Listen: Making Sense of Sound." The new 5,000-square-foot exhibit features 55 interactive exhibits that teach families to listen, well, differently. Try on alternative ears to hear like a deer. Check out a jukebox with a rather unusual repertoire, swap movie soundtracks to give cinematic scenes a decidedly different fillip, or try a Listening Walk -- a blindfolded excursion through a rich sonic environment. What kids like: The blindfolded walks are unmistakably cool, but we also like the sound -- pardon the pun -- of the "Reverse Ears." Strange tubular gizmos let your right ear hear things spoken into your left. And who can resist the "Eavesdropping" exhibit that lets you listen in on three conversations via a hair salon hairdryer? What parents like: Once again the award-winning Exploratorium makes science irresistible, and that's a come-on for any parent.... | |
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| | | Kings Beach couple to grace Carnegie Hall stage | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:04:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | Seasoned vocalist Jan Short and long-time bassist Jay Grauer, two of the three members of the Jan Short Trio, practice the Beatles In My Life in the living room of their Kings Beach home. They are one week from taking center stage for an acoustic performance at the famed Carnegie Hall in New York. The unique thing about us - were doing it with no amplification, said Grauer. The Jan Short Trio prefers the straight acoustics of Carnegie Halls smaller 500-seat room - Weill Recital Hall- a favorite of renowned cellist Yo Yo Ma, where they will perform Oct. 14. The trio will play a variety of music, from jazz to pop to standard tunes, including works by George Shearing, Willie Nelson and Jan Short herself. Though Grauer is symphonically trained, the band wont play any classical music for this weekends performance.... | |
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| | | Soul sensation India.Arie heads youthful line-up | | Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 1:04:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Tonight's line-up of fresh faces at 11th Annual Bermuda Music Festival might disorientate a few people. While compared to Thursday night's slate of classic greats like Gladys Knight and the Original Manhattans, some of the acts tonight are younger but mix youthful vigour with an old and soulful sound. Charlotte, North Caroline-native Anthony Hamilton has been described as a master in the tradition of classic black music. "All I know is that when people hear me, they're hearing an old 'familiar' voice, something that sounds reminiscent of something, someone they heard back in the day," Hamilton says of his own sound. "And all of them, the thugs, the young mothers, the old folks, the big sistas, they all encourage me, they tell me, 'keep sayin' it.'" Hamilton's career has been rocketing since 2003, when he was introduced to hit-maker Jermaine Dupri who signed him to So So Def imprint.... | |
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| | | Music Industry Icon Mike Curb Pledges $10 Million to Cal State ... | | Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 9:05:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Curb Records Chairman and former California Lt. Gov. Mike Curb has pledged $10 million to California State University, Northridge to endow his alma mater's nationally renowned arts college and provide a lead gift for the university's planned regional performing arts center that also will serve as a "learning laboratory" for students. Curb -- an award-winning songwriter, music producer and record company owner -- launched his 40-plus-year career as an 18-year-old student composing songs on the Northridge campus. Cal State Northridge President Jolene Koester, in announcing Curb's gift, said it is the university's largest single cash contribution and the largest gift by a Northridge alumnus. In recognition of the gift, President Koester said she will ask the California State University's Board of Trustees to rename Northridge's arts college as the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication.... | |
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| | | Live music and more, tonight through Thursday, compiled by Tom Di Nardo, Al Hunter Jr., Sara Sherr, Jonathan Takiff and | | Posted Saturday, August 19, 2006 11:04:44 AM by Blog57 Team | | Live music and more, tonight through Thursday, compiled by Tom Di Nardo, Al Hunter Jr., Sara Sherr, Jonathan Takiff and Damon C. Williams. POP X: Legendary L.A. punk rockers John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebreak are on the road again. Riverboat Gamblers open with Texas-style punk and, in the notable middle spot, a reunited, classic edition of the Henry Rollins Band. Electric Factory, 7th and Willow, 8:30 tonight, $30, 215-336-2000. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: For a guy who's been at it 30 years, Petty is sure keeping busy, with an XM radio show, a Peter Bogdanovich-directed documentary and the new "Highway Companion" album with Heartbreaker Mike Campbell and producer Jeff Lynne. Now Tom's touring with the Heartbreakers, on a heritage-slanted bill with the Allman Brothers Band plus one of their kin, Derek Trucks.... | |
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| | | Fresh Del Monte Slides to 2Q Loss | | Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:43:20 AM by Blog57 Team | | CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., the world's top pineapple seller and a leading banana producer, said Tuesday that it slid to a loss in the latest second quarter from year-ago profit due to hefty charges, higher fuel and raw materials costs, and lower fresh produce sales. Quarterly losses totaled $17.8 million, or 31 cents per share, compared with net income of $46.5 million, or 80 cents per share, a year ago. Excluding asset impairment and other charges totaling $33.2 million, or 58 cents per share, the company earned 27 cents per share in the latest period. .... | |
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| | | Moacir Santos Wins Shell Music Award In Brazil | | Posted Friday, July 28, 2006 11:08:18 AM by Blog57 Team | | Moacir Santos, whose two recent Adventure Music releases, Ouro Negro and Choros & Alegria have earned considerable acclaim from such respected media outlets as the New York Times, National Public Radio, DownBeat and JazzTimes magazines, has just been awarded the prestigious Shell Music Award for 2006 in his homeland of Brazil. The jury unanimously chose Santos, citing both the status of his work as a composer and arranger and the significant role he has played in Brazilian music education. Bello de Carvalho says that Moacir is ?a musician, a composer, a professor, and above all, a master for a generation.? ?Adventure Music congratulates our friend and colleague Moacir Santos on winning this year's Shell award,? says Adventure Music President Richard Zirinksy, Jr.... | |
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| | | India.Arie Hits #1 With New Album | | Posted Tuesday, July 11, 2006 1:07:08 PM by Blog57 Team | | 12-time Grammy nominee India.Arie enters the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart this week at #1 with her third studio album Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship on Universal Motown Records. The acclaimed release was produced by longtime collaborators Shannon Sanders and Mark Batson(Seal, Beyonce), among others and has been receiving universal critical acclaim. Entertainment Weekly says "Testimony may just be your cup of decaffeinated jasmine tea" while VIBE Magazine describes it as "pensive and poetic," The album's first video, "I Am Not My Hair," helmed by Barnaby Roper (Moby, Razorlight) has become a staple on both VH1 and BET. .... | |
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| | | Farrington crash kills man, hurts 2 | | Posted Friday, July 07, 2006 11:14:04 AM by Blog57 Team | | A man was killed and two other men were seriously injured in a one-car accident early yesterday. The city medical examiner's office identified the dead man as Havons Ludwig, 34, of Hono-lulu. Ludwig was a front-seat passenger in a car that hit a tree on Farrington Highway near Waipahu High School about 12:55 a.m. yesterday. Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for the city Department of Emergency Services, said Ludwig was listed in critical condition upon his arrival at The Queen's Medical Center and later died there. He said the driver and a back-seat passenger arrived at Queen's in serious condition. Police said speed and alcohol appeared to be factors in the crash. MO'ILI'ILI MOVIE ON CLIMATE FREE TO STUDENTS High school and college students with ID will be admitted free tonight to two screenings of the global-warming movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," at the Varsity Twins theater.... | |
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