The Big Easy Express: Scenes and Songs

One of my favorite features on this blog has always been Scenes And Songs. I am happy to finally be able to contribute something to back to it. The 2012 documentary film Big Easy Express chronicles three of the most popular indie / folk / bluegrass bands of the moment: Old Crow Medicine Show, Mumford and Sons, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. The scene I have chosen is the opening sequence.

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Sound City

I saw Sound City earlier this year. It's an interesting documentary, directed by Dave Grohl, about the titular recording studio. Read on for my thoughts.

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Interview with Amanda Krieg

I am very interested in the intersection of music and film. As such, I was incredibly excited to talk with Amanda Krieg of Tadpole Audio about her job as a music coordinator, her background, her favorite uses of songs in film, tv, and commercials, and much more. She graciously answered all my questions (and patiently has waited for this interview to make it online) and I think you will all enjoy it immensely. Check it out!

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Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood

Today I finish my series on the superb uses of music by director Paul Thomas Anderson. For three weeks (in anticipation of his sixth feature The Master), I have been highlighting some of my favorite moments in his films. This third and final installment is a double dose of Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood. I can't decide if I want pudding or a milkshake.

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Magnolia

Today I continue my series on the superb uses of music by director Paul Thomas Anderson. For three weeks (in anticipation of his sixth feature The Master), I am highlighting some of my favorite moments in his films. This second installment is on Magnolia and the sweet styling of Aimee Mann, ladies and germs!

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Boogie Nights

It's been awhile since I've written anything at all here and even longer since I've done a Scenes and Songs, but I'm back and ready to kick off a series looking at the superb uses of music by director Paul Thomas Anderson. Over the next three weeks (in anticipation of his sixth feature The Master), I'll highlight some of my favorite moments in his films. We're starting with the Hot Traxx of Boogie Nights.

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Woody Allen and George Gershwin: Manhattan

It's been a while since the last installment of Scenes and Songs so I thought I'd break that streak and bring you New York Philharmonic's performance of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue alongside the opening scene of Woody Allen's equally iconic film Manhattan. Brimming with the "…coiled sexual power of a jungle cat" I could not think of a more exquisite matchup of sound and city. NYC exudes the music of George Gershwin and if you've never seen this film I hope to change that for you with this clip. Enjoy. 

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