From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V3 #362 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Tuesday, October 5 2004 Volume 03 : Number 362 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 06:50:03 +1300 From: "Kristin Smith" Subject: seven-seas Donnie Darko: OST http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/10405 Donnie Darko: OST by Donnie Darko Release date: 4th October 2004 Ah, how success changes us all. When the Lynchian drama of 'Donnie Darko' was unleashed on cinema screens (and DVD shortly after), there was no sign of a classy OST, or a director's cut or any of the other things that are rapidly flooding the market place. No, if you really wanted to assemble the music found in DD, then you had to go out and purchase your Joy Divisions, Duran Durans and Echo & The Bunnymens yourself and then put it altogether. If you really wanted to. But then, why was that such a bad thing? Which self-confessed music fan wouldn't have been tempted by the dulcet tones of Ian McCulloch or the doomy grandeur of Ian Curtis already? As much as you lazy people have been pining for an easy, compact audio reminder of your favourite film, the true joy in the film's admittedly excellent soundtrack was that it was a way in; an opportunity to explore the joys of long-ignored eighties musical aces. Suddenly, you had a chance to find out that Tears for Fears weren't that bollocks and did other things better than 'Everybody Wants To Run The World' by way of 'Head Over Heels'. Additionally, those touched by 'Killing Moon' for the first time were nudged towards realising that the Bunnymen are one of the greatest bands of the past 25 years and an influence on all those pasty indie kids that you adore now. And now you all dance to 'Notorious' in indie clubs where previously you cocked a snoot at things like 'Rio' in its yacht-capsizing mirthsomeness. You already made 'Mad World' No.1. A Christmas No.1 at that, you morbid bastards. Discard the obvious however, and there's not quite enough else on the soundtrack to merit last consideration. In fairness, Australian doom-merchants The Church's 'Under The Milky Way' seduces with a sensual glow until it drops in a crazy bag-pipe solo to take it beyond the norm, and INXS' 'Never Tear Us Apart' isn't half as bad as you think it is. But sadly, that's pretty much it. The rest of the 2-CD package includes the original score issued 18 months ago, and a few more minor snippets of incidental music from the film. Ultimately it's a bit too insubstantial to be truly worth your B#11.99. Perhaps it would be if it had only cherry picked tracks from bands with little expanse back-catalog plus additional ue wise, but that's not so. If the Donnie Darko OST has any true lasting value, it's to prove that musically, like the film itself, that there's a whole lot more going on out there than you first suspected. Rating: ============================ Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ ============================ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:43:57 -0700 (PDT) From: David Blewett Subject: seven-seas U2 name check This is from the U2 official site: In a lengthy interview covering ten pages of the November edition of the UK music glossy Q, the band muse on each track of the forthcoming release of How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. Adam, for example, points out that the first single Vertigo offers some intriguing musical references to the earliest U2. The bass and drums have a little bit of Echo & The Bunnymen in there  a nice wink to where we came from. Edge has no doubts that the album has some showstopping tracks. - - - -- - --- - ---- _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com ============================ Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ ============================ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 23:01:35 +0100 From: "steve griffiths" Subject: Re: seven-seas Donnie Darko: INXS' 'Never Tear Us Apart apparently the director always wanted 'Never Tear Us Apart' at the start but could not afford it so used 'Killing Moon'. now the film has been succesful, he has removed 'Killing Moon' and [as he now has the money] replaced with 'Never Tear Us Apart' in the new ''directors cut'' version. tosser! stevie g. ============================ Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ ============================ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 00:16:40 +0100 (BST) From: Stu Bird Subject: Re: seven-seas Donnie Darko: INXS' 'Never Tear Us Apart And I just thought he had the track on a cd hanging around in a hotel room...... steve griffiths wrote: apparently the director always wanted 'Never Tear Us Apart' at the start but could not afford it so used 'Killing Moon'. now the film has been succesful, he has removed 'Killing Moon' and [as he now has the money] replaced with 'Never Tear Us Apart' in the new ''directors cut'' version. tosser! stevie g. ============================ Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ ============================ - --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! ============================ Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ ============================ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 19:39:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Ironside Subject: Re: seven-seas Donnie Darko: OST Don't get me wrong, I liked the film, but I kind of found that as great as the songs were, they didn't reflect the proper time period of 1988 save for Under the Milky way. While I loved the fact that the film gave the Bunnymen props, havng songs by actual late 80's bands like Pixies, Stone Roses or even Cocteau twins would have been more accurate. Or Disintegration era Cure. - --- Kristin Smith wrote: > http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/10405 > > Donnie Darko: OST > by Donnie Darko > Release date: 4th October 2004 > Ah, how success changes us all. > When the Lynchian drama of 'Donnie Darko' was > unleashed on cinema screens > (and DVD shortly after), there was no sign of a > classy OST, or a director's > cut or any of the other things that are rapidly > flooding the market place. > No, if you really wanted to assemble the music found > in DD, then you had to > go out and purchase your Joy Divisions, Duran Durans > and Echo & The > Bunnymens yourself and then put it altogether. If > you really wanted to. > But then, why was that such a bad thing? Which > self-confessed music fan > wouldn't have been tempted by the dulcet tones of > Ian McCulloch or the doomy > grandeur of Ian Curtis already? As much as you lazy > people have been pining > for an easy, compact audio reminder of your > favourite film, the true joy in > the film's admittedly excellent soundtrack was that > it was a way in; an > opportunity to explore the joys of long-ignored > eighties musical aces. > Suddenly, you had a chance to find out that Tears > for Fears weren't that > bollocks and did other things better than 'Everybody > Wants To Run The World' > by way of 'Head Over Heels'. Additionally, those > touched by 'Killing Moon' > for the first time were nudged towards realising > that the Bunnymen are one > of the greatest bands of the past 25 years and an > influence on all those > pasty indie kids that you adore now. And now you all > dance to 'Notorious' in > indie clubs where previously you cocked a snoot at > things like 'Rio' in its > yacht-capsizing mirthsomeness. You already made 'Mad > World' No.1. A > Christmas No.1 at that, you morbid bastards. > Discard the obvious however, and there's not quite > enough else on the > soundtrack to merit last consideration. In fairness, > Australian > doom-merchants The Church's 'Under The Milky Way' > seduces with a sensual > glow until it drops in a crazy bag-pipe solo to take > it beyond the norm, and > INXS' 'Never Tear Us Apart' isn't half as bad as you > think it is. But sadly, > that's pretty much it. The rest of the 2-CD package > includes the original > score issued 18 months ago, and a few more minor > snippets of incidental > music from the film. Ultimately it's a bit too > insubstantial to be truly > worth your B#11.99. Perhaps it would be if it had > only cherry picked tracks > from bands with little expanse back-catalog plus > additional ue wise, but > that's not so. If the Donnie Darko OST has any true > lasting value, it's to > prove that musically, like the film itself, that > there's a whole lot more > going on out there than you first suspected. > Rating: > > > > ============================ > Bunnymen Online Presence: > http://www.bunnymenlist.com > * > http://www.bunnymen.info > * > http://www.bunnymen.com > * > http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > > ============================ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ============================ Bunnymen Online Presence: http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info * http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ ============================ ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V3 #362 ********************************