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500 Days Of Summer (soundtrack)
Two soundtrack albums were released for ''500 Days of Summer''. The first of the two soundtrack albums titled ''500 Days of Summer: Music from the Motion Picture'' featured various pop songs from the film whose tracklist was released on June 24, 2009, and the soundtrack released through Sire Records launched on July 13, 2009. The second album titled ''500 Days of Summer: Score from the Motion Picture'' features original score composed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen. It was released on August 3, 2009. ''500 Days of Summer: Music from the Motion Picture'' Track listing Reception Andrew Leahey of Allmusic rated the album three and a half stars out of five, saying "With music playing such an integral role in the story line, it's refreshing to see that the accompanying soundtrack does its job well, distilling the characters' record collections (not to mention the movie's quirky, nostalgic ambiance) into one eclectic track list." A review from Sputnikmusic called it as "a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundtrack Album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', the soundtrack to the film of the same name, in 1938. The first soundtrack album of a film's orchestral score was that for Alexander Korda's 1942 film ''Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book'', composed by Miklós Rózsa. Overview When a feature film is released, or during and after a television series airs, an album in the form of a soundtrack is frequently released alongside it. A soundtrack typically contains instrumentation or alternatively a film score. But it can also feature songs that were sung or performed by characters in a scene (or a cover version of a song in the media, rerecorded by a popular artist), songs that were used as intentional or unintentional background music in important scenes, songs that were heard in the closing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leos Carax
Alex Christophe Dupont (born 22 November 1960), best known as Leos Carax (), is a French film director, critic and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was ''Boy Meets Girl (1984 film), Boy Meets Girl'' (1984), and his notable works include ''Les Amants du Pont-Neuf'' (1991), ''Holy Motors'' (2012) and ''Annette (film), Annette'' (2021). For the last, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. His professional name is an anagram of his real name, 'Alex', and 'Oscar'. Early life Carax was born Alex Christophe Dupont in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, a Communes of France, commune in the Petite Couronne, suburbs of Paris, France. His mother is American and his father is French. Career Carax's film career began with a series of short films, and as a film critic, before he released ''Boy Meets Girl (1984 film), Boy Meets Girl'' (1984), which established his reputation for a matu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Stockdale
Andrew James Kenneth Stockdale (born 20 July 1976) is an Australian singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the rock music, rock band Wolfmother. Early life Andrew James Stockdale was born in Brisbane on 20 July 1976. He was raised in Ashgrove, Queensland, Ashgrove and attended Ashgrove State School, The Gap State High School and Kelvin Grove State College. He briefly lived with his family in the Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon Village area of London, where he attended Wimbledon Middle School, and holds dual Australian and British citizenship due to his father being an English man from Barrow-in-Furness. Career Wolfmother Stockdale is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the rock music, rock band Wolfmother, which he founded in 2004. In 2007, he won "Songwriter of the Year" at the APRA Awards of 2007, APRA Awards along with his bandmates. On 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Ross (musician)
Christopher James Ross is an Australian musician. He was the founding bass guitarist and keyboardist of hard rock band, Wolfmother, from 2000 to August 2008. His trademark stage antic is playing the keyboard at a slant or vertically. At the APRA Awards of 2007 Ross and bandmates, Myles Heskett and Andrew Stockdale, won the Songwriters of the Year category. After leaving Wolfmother with Heskett, the pair worked as Doom Buggy, then they formed Palace of Fire (with Matt Blackman) in 2009. In 2011 Ross and Heskett formed Good Heavens with Sarah Kelly (ex-theredsunband). Ross was formerly a digital designer and has three children. Career Wolfmother (2000–2008) Ross grew up in Erskineville, New South Wales. In 2000 on bass guitar and keyboards, he formed a hard rock group, Wolfmother, with Myles Heskett on drums and Andrew Stockdale on vocals and lead guitar. After "years of jamming in anonymity", the trio released a self-titled extended play in 2004. Aside from performing on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfmother
Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney. Formed in 2004, the group is centred around vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, who is the only constant member of the line-up. The band has been through many personnel changes since their formation, with the current incarnation including drummer Hamish Rosser and bassist Brad Heald, both of whom are former members of The Vines. The original – and most commercially successful – line-up included bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett. Ross and Heskett left Wolfmother after four years in 2008. Stockdale, Ross and Heskett formed Wolfmother in 2004 after several years of informal jamming. Signing with independent label Modular Recordings, the band released their self-titled debut album in Australia in 2005, which reached number 3 on the domestic albums chart. It was released internationally by Interscope and Island Records the following year, and to date has sold in excess of 1.5 million copi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's Got You High
"She's Got You High" is the third single by Mumm-Ra (band), Mumm-Ra, released by Columbia Records, Columbia on May 14, 2007. It reached #41 in the UK Singles Chart, one place lower than previous single "What Would Steve Do?". It was also two sales off a top 40 position. The YouTube video has had 935,000 views. The "Out of the Question (Mumm-Ra song), Out of the Question" version featured as a B-side is a live recording from a gig on the NME Awards NME Tours, 2007 Indie Rock tour, and ''There She Is'' featured on their EP ''Black Hurts Day and the Night Rolls On''. The song was featured on the soundtracks to the films ''Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'' and ''(500) Days of Summer'', and plays during the ending credits of the latter. It also played in an episode of ''Torchwood'', two episodes of the E4 (channel), E4 drama ''Nearly Famous'' and ''The Inbetweeners'' TV Soundtrack. Since then, the song has been used on a television advert for UK supermarket Waitrose. Track listing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
These Things Move In Threes
''These Things Move in Threes'' is the first album from indie rock band Mumm-Ra, released on 28 May 2007, and leaked onto the internet on the 17 May. Before the release of the album, three songs were taken as singles, whilst "Song B" was released on the EP, '' Black Hurts Day and the Night Rolls On'', and had a music video created. Track listing All tracks composed by Mumm-Ra # "Now or Never" # "Out of the Question" # "These Things Move in Threes" # " She's Got You High" # "Song B" # "The Sick Deal" # "Light Up This Room" # "Starlight" # "This Is Easy" # " What Would Steve Do?" # "Down Down Down" B-sides From Out of the Question #"Clocks Tick Louder at the Dead of Night" #"When the Lights Go Out" #"In Between Days" (cover of The Cure) From What Would Steve Do? #"Cute As" #"Without You" #"What Would Steve Do?" (Floorboard Mix) From She's Got You High #"Indiscrete" #"Song E" #"Out of the Question" (live) #"There She Is" (acoustic) Personnel ;Mumm-Ra * James "Tate" Arguile - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumm-Ra (band)
Mumm-Ra are an English indie rock band, formed in Bexhill on Sea in the early 2000s. The band's name is borrowed from the 1980s cartoon, '' ThunderCats'', whose main villain is named Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living. The group consists of vocalist, keyboard player, and occasional guitarist James New, guitarists James Arguile and Oli Frost, bassist Niall Buckler, and drummer Gareth Jennings. Keyboard player Tommy Bowen joined in 2006 as a touring member, before being made a fully fledged member in their 2012 reunion. The band have released one studio album, '' These Things Move in Threes'' in 2007, which spawned the singles " Out of the Question", " What Would Steve Do?" and " She's Got You High". After going on hiatus in 2008, the band reunited for a series of live shows in 2012, as well as releasing an EP of material originally intended for their second album, '' Back to the Shore'' in 2014, spawning the singles "Technicolour" and "Jeremy". After another period of inactivity, the band a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfmother (album)
''Wolfmother'' is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Wolfmother, originally released on 31 October 2005 in Australia. The album was later released internationally at various dates in 2006, with the addition of "Love Train" and a rearranged track listing. ''Wolfmother'' peaked at number three on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and was certified five times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. Six singles were released from Wolfmother's debut album: "Mind's Eye" (with "Woman"), "White Unicorn", "Dimension", "Woman", "Love Train" and "Joker & the Thief", the latter of which charted the highest at number eight on the ARIA Singles Chart. The album cover, which is taken from ''The Sea Witch'' by Frank Frazetta, shows a nymph standing against a blue/orange sky, on a rock, though because it displays nudity the album is sold in Wal-Mart stores with an alternate cover featuring simply the band's white logo against a black background. It is the only album to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here Comes Your Man
"Here Comes Your Man" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis. Produced by Gil Norton, it was released as the second single from the group's second album '' Doolittle'' in June 1989. Written by Black Francis as a teenager, "Here Comes Your Man" was recorded for the band's 1987 demo tape, but not included on either '' Come On Pilgrim'' or ''Surfer Rosa'', as the songwriter was reluctant to release the song. Critics saw "Here Comes Your Man" as the Pixies' breakthrough song; Jon Dolan of '' Spin'' magazine commented that it was "the most accessible song ever by an underground-type band."Frank, Ganz, p. 148 The song reached number three on the U.S. '' Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. In 2019, the single was certified Gold in Canada. Background and recording Black Francis recalled that he wrote "Here Comes Your Man" around the time he was age 14 or 15.Spitz, Marc. "Life to the Pixies". ''Spin''. September 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Francis
Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV (born April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black. After releasing two albums with record label 4AD and one with American Recordings, he left the label and formed a new band, Frank Black and the Catholics. He re-adopted the name Black Francis in 2007. His vocal style has varied from a screaming, yowling delivery as lead vocalist of the Pixies to a more measured and melodic style in his solo career. His cryptic lyrics mostly explore unconventional subjects, such as surrealism, incest, and biblical violence, along with science fiction and surf culture. His use of atypical meter signatures, loud–quiet dynamics, and distinct preference for live-to-two-track recording during his time with the Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meaghan Smith
Meaghan Smith is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, and visual artist. Her independently produced début album, ''The Cricket's Orchestra'', was released by Warner Music Canada-Sire Records in 2009. That same year, Smith also received attention for contributing a cover of the Pixies song "Here Comes Your Man" to the soundtrack of the film '' (500) Days of Summer''. The recording featured Smith playing an Omnichord. Smith has been acclaimed for her Christmas concerts, which feature interpretations of traditional carols as well as the songwriter's own popular yuletide composition, "It Snowed". In recent years, Smith has performed her songs with Canadian orchestras, including the Regina Symphony Orchestra, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Nova Scotia. At these shows and almost all others, Smith is joined onstage by accompanist and husband, Jason Mingo. At the 2011 Juno Awards, Smith won in the Best New Artist category. Her most recent album, ''Have A Heart'', was rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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