Showing posts with label V. Show all posts
Showing posts with label V. Show all posts

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Valentine's Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - various artists

 


Valentine's Day is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. The screenplay and the story were written by Katherine Fugate, Abby Kohn, and Marc Silverstein. The film features an ensemble cast led by Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Héctor Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts and Taylor Swift in her film acting debut. It tells different love stories that occur on Valentine's Day.

The film received largely unfavorable reviews from critics, who negatively compared the plot to Love Actually (2003), while also criticizing its abundance of rom-com clichés and underutilized star power. Despite this, it was a box office success, grossing $216.5 million on a $52 million budget.

1 Taylor Swift– Today Was A Fairytale

2 Michael Franti & Spearhead*– Say Hey (I Love You)

3 Jools Holland And Jamiroquai– I'm In The Mood For Love

4 Willie Nelson– On The Street Where You Live

5 Sausalito Foxtrot– Everyday

6 Jewel– Stay Here Forever

7 Ben E. King– Amor

8 Amy Winehouse– Cupid

9 Maroon 5– The Way You Look Tonight

10 Joss Stone– 4 And 20

11 Diane Birch– Valentino

12 Nat King Cole– Te Quiero Dijiste

13 Taylor Swift– Jump Then Fall

14 Black Gold – Shine

15 Steel Magnolia– Keep On Lovin' You

16 Leighton Meester Featuring Robin Thicke– Somebody To Love

17 The Bird And The Bee– I'm Into Something Good

18 Anju Ramapriyam– Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours


Valentine's Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Monday, October 16, 2023

Velvet Goldmine - Music From The Original Motion Picture

 


Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 musical drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes from a story by Haynes and James Lyons. It is set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970's, and tells the story of fictional bisexual pop star Brian Slade, who faked his own death. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and won the award for the Best Artistic Contribution. Sandy Powell received a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The film uses non-linear storytelling to achieve exposition while interweaving the vignettes of its various characters.

1 Brian Eno– Needle In The Camel's Eye 3:09

2 Shudder To Think– Hot One 3:04

3 Placebo– 20th Century Boy 3:42

4 The Venus In Furs– 2HB 5:39 

5 Wylde Ratttz– T.V. Eye 5:24

6 Shudder To Think– Ballad Of Maxwell Demon 4:47

7 Grant Lee Buffalo– The Whole Shebang 4:11

8 The Venus In Furs– Ladytron 4:26

9 Pulp– We Are The Boyz 3:13

10 Roxy Music– Virginia Plain 3:00

11 Teenage Fanclub & Donna Matthews– Personality Crisis 3:49

12 Lou Reed– Satellite Of Love 3:41

13 T. Rex– Diamond Meadows 2:00

14 Paul Kimble & Andy Mackay– Bitter's End 2:13

15 The Venus In Furs– Baby's On Fire 3:19

16 The Venus In Furs– Bitter-Sweet 4:55

17 Carter Burwell– Velvet Spacetime 4:10

18 The Venus In Furs– Tumbling Down 3:28

19 Steve Harley– Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 3:59


Velvet Goldmine 

Monday, November 7, 2022

Dario Marianelli – Music From The Motion Picture V For Vendetta

 


V for Vendetta: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack from the 2006 film V for Vendetta, released by Astralwerks Records on March 21, 2006. Most of the music was written by Dario Marianelli. Other artists include Julie London, Cat Power and Antony and the Johnsons.

The track "Remember, Remember" uses the "national anthem" part of the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky, and "Knives And Bullets (And Cannons Too)" incorporates the piece in its final two minutes.

The second track in the ending credits is "BKAB" by independent producer Ethan Stoller. It features excerpts of speeches by Malcolm X and Gloria Steinem, and Martin Luther King Jr. It also samples two Bollywood songs, "Pardesi Pardesi" composed by music director duo Nadeem-Shravan and "Chura ke dil meraaa .. goriya chali" composed by music director Anu Malik.

Dario Marianelli– Remember Remember

Julie London– Cry Me A River

Dario Marianelli– "...Governments Should Be Afraid Of Their People..."

Dario Marianelli– Evey's Story

Dario Marianelli– Lust At The Abbey

Dario Marianelli– The Red Diary

Dario Marianelli– Valerie

Dario Marianelli– Evey Reborn

Cat Power– I Found A Reason

Dario Marianelli– England Prevails

Dario Marianelli– The Dominoes Fall

Antony & The Johnsons – Bird Gurhl

Dario Marianelli– Knives And Bullets (And Cannons Too)


 V For Vendetta