Music Reviews

f=’http://www.okgazette.com/bestofokc’ target=’_blank’>best (if not the best) movies in 2007. Combining songs by bands and artists you know with obscure performers and ones you might not expect to be revived on a soundtrack, the album is super-fun and easy to enjoy.   With classics like “A Well Respected Man” by The Kinks or “I’m Sticking With […]

Columbia Since 1997’s “Boogie Nights,” we have known that John C. Reilly could sing. Playing Reed Rothchild, we felt his heat, and as Dewey Cox, the actor/singer lets us feel a whole lot more.   “Walk Hard” is, of course, the album-opener, a hard-comedy-charging parody of “Walk the Line” by Johnny Cash, in which the […]

  Adrenaline What’s the best accompaniment for an animated series turned movie about a misfit American family beset with family, employment and life woes punctuated by doughnut-eating, butt jokes and random pop-culture references?   Why, add a musical score by Oscar- and Grammy-winning score composer Hans Zimmer. His “The Simpsons Movie” score juxtaposes serious orchestra […]

  Decca If you have seen any of the three “Bourne” films, you know that the music plays a big role in supporting the on-screen fight sequences, car chases and global espionage and treachery.   Most of the soundtrack to “The Bourne Ultimatum” is composed and arranged by John Powell. His arrangement in “Tangiers” reflects […]

0pt”> Warner Bros. “Grindhouse” bombed big to the surprise of all Hollywood, but if there’s one thing any Quentin Tarantino film can assure you, it’s a great sound track. And “Death Proof”‘ his half of “Grindhouse”‘ is no different.   Like other QT discs, it’s a mix of old film themes, bona fide rock classics, […]