Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Harold Faltermeyer – The Running Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (The Deluxe Edition)

 


The Running Man is a 1987 American dystopian action film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura. The film is set in a dystopian United States between 2017 and 2019, featuring a television show where convicted criminal "runners" must escape death at the hands of professional killers. It is loosely based on the 1982 novel The Running Man written by Stephen King and published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman.

The Running Man: The Deluxe Edition, was composed by Harold Faltermeyer (Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Cop Out, and Top Gun, Maverick). The original (1987) 17 track album has been expanded to 35 tracks, which includes additional music and unreleased and alternate cues. The album was remastered by Chas Ferry from the original Paramount Pictures sources.


The Running Man: The Deluxe Edition


Saturday, February 15, 2025

The Chieftains – Music From "Ballad Of The Irish Horse"

 


This album is based on the score for "Ballad of the Irish Horse", a National Geographic television special.

Original music composed and arranged by Paddy Moloney for the Chieftains and orchestra.

1 Ballad Of The Irish Horse - Main Theme

2 The Green Pastures (Jig)

3 The Birth Of The Foals

4 Lady Hemphill

5 Horses Of Ireland - Part 1

6 Chasing The Fox

7 Going To The Fair

8 Galway Races

9 Scéal an Chapaill - The Story Of The Horse

10 The Boyne Hunt / Mullinger Races / The Five-Mile Chase (Reels)

11 Horses Of Ireland - Part 2


Music From "Ballad Of The Irish Horse"

Sunday, February 9, 2025

Billie Holiday – Billie (The Original Soundtrack)

 


Billie is a 2019 documentary film about Billie Holiday, written and directed by British filmmaker James Erskine. The film is based around interviews recorded on audio cassettes through the 1970s by Linda Lipnack Kuehl, researching a book on Holiday that was never completed because of Kuehl's death in 1978: her body was found on a Washington D.C. street, and she was deemed to have died by suicide, although that supposition is disputed by her family. Erskine's documentary "is about both Holiday — as told through the voices of people who knew her — and Kuehl's obsession with crafting her biography."

Kuehl's interviews were with friends, family members, band members, peers from 1930s Harlem, piano players, psychiatrists and a pimp. Prominent figures from the jazz world who contributed recollections include Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Jo Jones and Sylvia Syms.

The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September 2019.

1 Billie Holiday– Now Or Never

2 Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra*– God Bless The Child

3 The Sonhouse All Stars– Hoppin' Around

4 Billie Holiday Feat. John Simmons & His Orchestra*– Blues Are Brewin'

5 The Sonhouse All Stars– Funeral In New Orleans

6 Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra*– Fine And Mellow

7 Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra*– Strange Fruit

8 Billie Holiday Feat. Ray Ellis And His Orchestra– Just One More Chance

9 Billie Holiday– My Man

10 Billie Holiday– I Only Have Eyes For You

11 Billie Holiday Feat. Ray Ellis And His Orchestra– I'll Never Smile Again

12 Billie Holiday– Don't Explain

13 Billie Holiday– I Loves You Porgy


Billie (The Original Soundtrack)