Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

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.

Warning: this is one of the saddest songs I have ever heard. It was featured on an episode of A Prairie Home Companion, and…well, it’s sad. Here’s Suzy Bogguss and “In Heaven”. In Heaven – Suzy Bogguss Sigh….

Ralph Vaughan Williams, played by Hilary Hahn. Pure magic. Here’s The Lark Ascending (it’s in two parts): The first time I heard this work was at a performance in Buffalo by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. I went to that … Continue reading →