Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

One of my favorite albums from the 1980s is Genesis’s Invisible Touch. I think a lot of people probably think of this album, if they think of it at all, as basic 80s pop, but I was strongly attracted to … Continue reading →

Film composer Maurice Jarre died earlier this week, so it is fitting that I devote this week’s Something for Thursday to him. I didn’t like the movie, but the score is beautiful. Here, from Dead Poets Society, is “Keating’s Triumph”. … Continue reading →

I tend to select more introspective, meditating, or downright sad pieces of music for this weekly feature, so here’s something upbeat. Longtime readers know that one of my favorite film composers working today is Joe Hisaishi, a guy whose work … Continue reading →

Natasha Richardson wasn’t in Love Actually, but her husband, Liam Neeson, was, and in that film he played a role he can now sadly play in real life: a bereaved husband. From Love Actually, here is the Glasgow Love Theme, … Continue reading →

Something a bit different for today. Celestial Navigations is a group that does music and storytelling, featuring actor Geoffrey Lewis doing the spoken-word bits. Here’s a selection of theirs, “The Winner”. Since this week I’ve seen a whole bunch of … Continue reading →

This song is used to amazing effect during a terribly sad scene in Love, Actually. Here’s Joni Mitchell, and “Both Sides Now”.

No introduction necessary. Here are Fred and Ginger with “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”, from Shall We Dance. Happy Thursday, folks!

Coming to like the Beatles at the age of 37 has its odd things about it…like realizing that “Let It Be” is just a beautiful, beautiful song only after having heard it many, many times over the years. Here’s “Let … Continue reading →

The day before yesterday would have been the 80th birthday of film composer Jerry Goldsmith, who passed away in 2004. I’m a big admirer of Goldsmith’s work, and note the occasion of his 80th with a remarkable cue he wrote … Continue reading →

A beautiful theme from the film Princess Mononoke, composed by the masterful Joe Hisaishi. Here’s “Ashitaka and San”. Ashitaka And San – Joe Hisaishi Enjoy.