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Oblivion
Oblivion may refer to: Film * ''Oblivion'' (1994 film), an American space Western * ''Oblivion'' (2013 film), an American post-apocalyptic science fiction film Literature * ''Oblivion'' (''Power of Five''), a 2012 novel by Anthony Horowitz * ''Oblivion'' (Stone novel), a 1998 Bernice Summerfield/''Doctor Who'' novel by Dave Stone * ''Oblivion'', a novel by Peter Abrahams * '' Oblivion: Stories'', a 2004 story collection by David Foster Wallace * ''Oblivion'', a 1999 book by Harry Maihafer about the disappearance of Richard Colvin Cox * ''Oblivion'', a play by Carly Mensch Music Artists and labels * Oblivion (metal band), an American band formed in 2007 * Oblivion (punk band), an American band 1988–2000 * Oblivion Records, an American record label 19721976 * Oblivion, a sub-label of the German record label SPV GmbH Albums * ''Oblivion'' (Biff Bang Pow! album), 1987 * ''Oblivion'' (Kaliopi album) or the title song, 2009 * ''Oblivion'' (Orphanage album), 1995 * ''Obliv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (2013 Film)
''Oblivion'' is a 2013 American post-apocalyptic action-adventure film produced and directed by Joseph Kosinski with screenplay by Karl Gajdusek and Michael deBruyn, starring Tom Cruise in the main role alongside Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo in supporting roles. Based on Kosinski's unpublished graphic novel of the same name, the film pays homage to 1970s sci-fi, and is a love story set in 2077 on an Earth desolated by war; a maintenance technician rescues a woman from a spaceship crash and regrets his mission against the people who survived an alien threat. ''Oblivion'' was released in theaters premiered in Buenos Aires on March 26, 2013, and was released in theaters by Universal Pictures on April 19. The film grossed $286 million worldwide on a production budget of $120 million. Plot Jack Harper and Victoria Olsen are the last humans left on Earth in March, 2077. In 2017, scavenger aliens decimated the Moon and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (M83 Song)
"Oblivion" is a song by French band M83 featuring lead vocals from Norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør. It was released as part of the film soundtrack album '' Oblivion: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' to accompany the film of the same name. It was composed by Anthony Gonzalez. Composition "Oblivion" has been classified as a "soaring ballad" that features "interstellar synths and cloud-surfing lead vocals" amidst a mixture of "M83′s dream pop ndmore traditional string and horn arrangements." ''Rolling Stone'' observed that the song is "capped with a jazzy instrumental section, just like M83's 2011 hit Midnight City", while it reminded ''Consequence of Sound'' of "Tangerine Dream’s scores from the '80s". Featuring Sundfør's "booming vocals," the song's choir repeats "In the night, you'll hear me calling" over a "bombastic synth swell."" Release and reception The song was released as a single on 26 March 2013, and later as part of the film soundtrack '' Oblivion: Origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion Records
Oblivion Records is an independent American record label that focuses on under recorded blues and jazz musicians. The company was originally based in Huntington, New York and the WKCR-FM studios at Columbia University in New York City, with a post office box (Box X) in Roslyn Heights, New York from 1972–1976. It now operates out of Los Angeles. After almost 50 years, Oblivion announced a new release in November 2021. History The company was formed based on a casual conversation between Long Island, New York hippie record shop co-owner, musician, and blues scholar Tom Pomposello, and college student, former musician, and amateur recording engineer Fred Seibert, when Pomposello was musing about the best way to record and release his band's music. Seibert suggested a major label was a thing of the past and the way of the future was that Pomposello should record himself. The two quickly formed a partnership. Seibert hosted a Columbia University, WKCR-FM radio show, and had reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (Grimes Song)
"Oblivion" is a song by Canadian musician Grimes from her third studio album, ''Visions (Grimes album), Visions'' (2012). It was released as a promotional single in 2012 by 4AD. Creation In an April 2012 interview with Jacinda Govind for ''Music Feeds'', Boucher explained that the song is about a violent assault: It made me crazy for a few years. I got really paranoid walking around at night and started feeling really unsafe. The song is more about empowering myself physically amongst a masculine power, and the hate of feeling powerless, making light of masculine physical power, making it jovial and non-threatening. I took a typically violent cultural situation and made it pop and happy. Chandler Levack for ''Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC'' in 2020 and Caz Tran for ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC'' in 2022 have reported on Grimes' sexual assault, with Tran writing that "as a survivor of a violent sexual assault, 'Oblivion' was the result of [Grimes'] most deter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (Terrorvision Song)
"Oblivion" is a song by English rock band Terrorvision. Written by the band and produced by Gil Norton, the song was included as the second track on the band's second studio album, ''How to Make Friends and Influence People'' (1994). Like most Terrorvision songs, "Oblivion" contains political themes, but according to bass player Leigh Marklew, the messages were not taken seriously because of the song's doo-wop chorus. Released as the album's first single on 28 March 1994, the song peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart and number 65 in Australia. Release and reception On 28 March 1994, "Oblivion" was issued as the lead single from ''How to Make Friends and Influence People''. When the album was released on 18 April 1994, "Oblivion" appeared as the second track. According to AllMusic reviewer Leslie Mathew, the song is a satirical critique on "squatter hippies". Upon the single's release, ''Music & Media'' magazine likened the song to the Smithereens' "Top of the Pops" (1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (metal Band)
Oblivion is an American technical death metal band from the Bay Area formed in 2007. They have released three albums, one demo and several music videos. Members of Oblivion have previously performed in several notable metal bands such as Antagony, All Shall Perish, Hacksaw to the Throat, Alchemicon, Feast and Fractals. Another notable aspect of Oblivion is the fact that one member has a doctorate degree in music and is a university professor, while another has a doctorate in mathematics. Currently, the band is signed to Unique Leader and will release multiple albums through the label. A reissue of their debut album, ''Called to Rise'', was released on October 15, 2013. History In 2007, after two decades away from the scene, Bay Area thrash metal veteran Ted O'Neill sought musicians with which to play music. His previous band, Alchemicon, had broken up after appearing on the Metal Blade Records compilation "Complete Death 2." O'Neill found a suitable partner in Joe Ellis, a season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (1994 Film)
''Oblivion'' is a 1994 space Western film directed by Sam Irvin and written by Peter David from a story by Charles Band, John Rheaume, Greg Suddeth, and Mark Goldstein. The film, starring Richard Joseph Paul, Andrew Divoff, George Takei, Julie Newmar, Musetta Vander, Isaac Hayes and Meg Foster, follows a sheriff's son who defends a futuristic Western town from a reptilian alien. Despite negative reviews, a sequel, ''Oblivion 2: Backlash'', was released in 1996. Plot Set in the year 3031 on a frontier planet light years away from Earth, a bizarre gang of futuristic desperadoes have their sight set on turning the tumbleweed town of Oblivion into their own private playground. The action begins with the murder of the town's Marshal Stone by a power-hungry villain called Red Eye (Andrew Divoff). Using a substance prized on the planet—which also happens to short out electrical devices—Red Eye cheats his way to victory during a showdown on the street, killing Stone and disabling h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (Bastille Song)
"Oblivion" is a song by British band Bastille from their 2013 album '' Bad Blood''. It was released digitally in the UK on 5 September 2014 as the eighth overall and final single from the album. A limited edition 7-inch vinyl edition of the single, featuring the previously unreleased track "Bad News" as the B-side, was also released on 8 September. The song was featured on an episode of the television series ''The Vampire Diaries'' in 2012. Release The band confirmed during their headline set at London's Somerset House on 15 July that "Oblivion" will be the next single from ''Bad Blood''. Music video The music video was exclusively premiered on MSN Music UK on Monday 21 July. It was later published through Bastille's Vevo channel on YouTube the same day. The video was directed by Austin Peters (who previously directed the band's " Flaws" and "Laura Palmer" music videos) and stars actress Sophie Turner (known for her role in the television series ''Game of Thrones''). She is seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion!
''Oblivion!'' is the fifth extended play by British indie rock band Sundara Karma. The EP was released on 1 April 2022 through Chess Club Records. It is the band's second EP that was produced by Clarence Clarity, after the first being their 2020 EP, '' Kill Me''. Style and composition ''Oblivion!'' stylistically has a combination of future pop, pop rock and '00s emo sounds. Frontman Oscar Pollock said he "wanted to take pop rock to a maximalist In the arts, maximalism, a reaction against minimalism, is an aesthetic of excess. The philosophy can be summarized as "more is more", contrasting with the minimalist motto "less is more". Literature The term ''maximalism'' is sometimes associat ... and super saccharine place" for the EP's production. During the making, he had been revisiting music from around 2003 and felt nostalgic about it at the time. Both ''Oblivion!'' and ''Kill Me'' were done in the same headspace Pollock was in that he described them as "siblings". Track l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (T-Pain Album)
''Oblivion'' (stylized as ''OBLiViON'') is the fifth studio album by American musician T-Pain, released through Konvict Muzik, RCA Records and his own label Nappy Boy Entertainment on November 17, 2017. It is his second album released after the closure of Jive Records and his final album under Akon's Konvict Muzik label. Recording sessions for the album took place from 2014 to 2017. Critical reception HipHopDX said, "Fans of T-Pain will find that his fifth go-around is a quality cure for their six-year itch. One thing can be said for the rapper/singer: he never under-delivers — even if the expectation is for him to totally drop a masterpiece onto the world". Damien Morris of ''The Guardian'' expressed a negative response of the album saying that "the music is just tasteless and tired, the sound of a migraine struggling to maintain an erection". Track listing Credits adapted from Tidal and '' XXL''. Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal and ''XXL''. Performers * T-Pain – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (Power Of Five)
''Oblivion'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Anthony Horowitz. It is the fifth and final book in ''The Power of Five'' series. The book is set in England, New York City, Giza, Dubai, Brazil, Italy and Antarctica. Horowitz began writing ''Oblivion'' in 2009 and finished it in 2012, when it was then released in the United Kingdom on 4 October 2012. Horowitz has stated that he had researched global warming for this novel. ''Oblivion'' marks a significant change in the narrative, being the only novel in the series set in the future - 2018 is the affirmed setting, which is ten years on from the other four books in the series. The novel is narrated in third-person in some places, switching between the points of view of Matt, Pedro, Scott, Jamie and Scarlett, while in others places, it is narrated in first-person by brand new character called Holly. Plot synopsis After being separated from the world for ten years, the Gatekeepers and their closest allies finally come back through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion EP
''Oblivion EP'' is an EP by American heavy metal band Mastodon. It was released via the Internet on November 4, 2009, and is only for sale in digital format. The song "The Bit" is a Melvins cover. Track listing Credits *Brann Dailor − drums, vocals *Brent Hinds − guitar, vocals *Bill Kelliher − guitar *Troy Sanders Troy Jayson Sanders (born September 8, 1973) is an American musician, best known as a member of heavy metal band Mastodon, in which he plays bass and sings alongside guitarist Brent Hinds and drummer Brann Dailor. He is also active in Killer B ... − bass, vocals References Mastodon (band) albums 2009 EPs Reprise Records EPs {{2000s-alt-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |