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10 Soundtracks You Should Listen To During Rush Hour

Late For Work Or Being Chased Because You've Stolen The Declaration Of Independence?  These Soundtracks Are Perfect To Listen To As You Zip Through The Traffic From the world of movies and TV here are ten pieces of soundtrack music I think you should listen to during rush hour. So if you're in your car driving to work or walking through crowds of people block after block then the following music will fit the setting and help you beat the traffic. Just don't speed. The Chase, Hans Zimmer - The Rock Using his signature drum and base beat the track starts slow but builds into a frantic fast moving track that would be ideal moving between traffic. Just don't chase any Hummers through the streets of San Francisco. Rush Hour, Mark Macina - Speed Couldn't have a rush hour playlist without at least one from the movie Speed and its called Rush Hour. Like The Chase this uses a fast tempo and builds tension and brings a sense of urgency. Perfect if you are late for ...

Competition: Win The Ready Player One 2CD Soundtrack

Ready Player One Soundtrack Is What One Lucky Winner Could Win In Our Latest Competition We loved Ready Player One at the cinema and the Alan Silvestri soundtrack that accompanied it was a perfect fit to the Spielberg movie.  With cues from Back to the Future cleverly added to embrace the 80's vibe, it's a soundtrack that we at The Bearded Trio strongly recommend you have in your collection. We love it so much that we wanted to run a competition and give you a chance of winning a copy of the soundtrack for you to enjoy.  The Ready Player One soundtrack comes on two discs and the track listings are: The Oasis – Alan Silvestri “Hello, I’m James Halliday” – Alan Silvestri “Why Can’t We Go Backwards?” – Alan Silvestri An Orb Meeting – Alan Silvestri Rea World Consequences – Alan Silvestri Sorrento Makes An Offer – Alan Silvestri Welcome To The Rebellion – Alan Silvestri High 5 Assembles – Alan Silvestri Orb of Osuvox – Alan Silvestri Sorrento Punked – Alan Silvest...

Movie Review: "Ready Player One" Is a Classic Spielberg Thrill Ride

READY PLAYER ONE Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Lena Waithe, Ben Mendelsohn,  Simon Pegg  and Mark Rylance Screenplay by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline      Based on the Novel by Ernest Cline Directed by Steven Spielberg Out of Four Steven Spielberg specified at the SXSW premiere of  Ready Player One  that his new sci-fi blockbuster is "movie", not a "film". As silly as some might find the distinction, it's one we've long accepted, and it's important to keep it in mind when watching Spielberg's latest. He just gave us a great "film" with The Post,  a deep, relevant and meaningful drama. Of any film film in Spielberg's filmography, Ready Player One most closely resembles the original Jurassic Park : it's a piece of escapist entertainment that takes us somewhere we've never been and gives us an entirely unique experience. The criticisms that are being levelled at it are the same ones that faced Jurassic back i...

Hear Alan Silvestri's "Ready Player One" Theme

One break from tradition in Steven Spielberg's eagerly awaited Ready Player One is that the musical score is not composed by his longtime collaborator, legendary composer John Williams. Since the 86-years old Williams was busy with  Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Spielberg's The Post , Alan Silvestri (favorite composer of Spielberg associate Robert Zemeckis) has stepped in. This is the second time in recent years Spielberg has worked with a different composer, following Thomas Newman's Oscar nominated score for Bridge of Spies. Silvestri's main title theme can now be heard  here , and fans won't be disappointed. Like Newman's work on Bridge of Spies it has a fascinating quality of sounding distinctly like this composer's work, but with a touch of John Williams and, more importantly, every bit like the score to a Spielberg film. I can't wait to hear the rest of it. This is going to be an amazing year for Silvestri, between this score and his upcoming sc...

INTRADA Announces Alan Silvestri's COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY Vol. 4

COSMOS A SPACETIME ODYSSEY Volume 4 Composed and Conducted by  ALAN SILVESTRI INTRADA Special Collection 398 Intrada concludes its series featuring Alan Silvestri's music from the 2014 series  COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey  with this fourth volume.    Bringing the music to a breathtaking finale, Silvestri expands upon the music from the previous volumes with what is perhaps the strongest of the four volumes.  The themes are familiar, but are developed to cover such expansive topics as the speed of light, the observable universe and black holes -- science more amazing than any fiction one could come up with.  As with the first three volumes, Silvestri's music is gloriously symphonic, with some modern synth-based rhythms. Intrada presents this fourth visit to the  Cosmos  universe, produced by the composer, including additional bonus tracks not previously released.   The colorful packaging continues offering a generous dose of comp...

INTRADA Announces Alan Silvestri's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT Composed and Conducted by  ALAN SILVESTRI INTRADA Special Collection 397 In 1988, Touchstone Pictures and Amblin Entertainment released  Who Framed Roger Rabbit,  a technological marvel integrating animation and live action .   To score the onscreen antics of the wacky Roger Rabbit and his sourpuss human detective-for-hire Eddie Valiant, director Robert Zemeckis called in his trusted composer, Alan Silvestri. The pair first worked together on  Romancing the Stone  and the following year's mega-hit,  Back to the Future.   Having also scored the aggressive action film  Predator  just the year prior, Silvestri was a brand name and brought a diverse set of styles to the colorful, kinetic onscreen action.  Starting with a cool jazz styling in the previously unreleased Main TItle, Silvestri sets the tone for the film, then immediately diverts to a cartoon shooting in progress.  A colorful and w...

Alan Silvestri To Score "Ready Player One." John Williams To Score "The Papers"

John Williams will score "The Papers" Alan SIlvestri to score "Ready Player One" Variety have got an exclusive and it's big news.  John Williams will score Spielberg's political drama "The Papers" which will hit cinema screens at the end of the year.  The other movie that Spielberg is doing, "Ready Player One," well the music duties will fall to the great Alan Silvestri.  This will be only the third time in Spielberg's theatrical movie history where John Wiliams hasn't been the composer.  The reason of course is that post-production for both movies is happening at the same time. A statement from Spielberg’s Amblin Productions: “Steven and John decided Alan Silvestri was the perfect choice for ‘Ready Player One’ since Steven has worked (as a producer) with Alan on the ‘Back to the Future’ films in the ’80s and Alan has scored other films for Steven’s Amblin and DreamWorks.” We will keep you updated on this story. S...