Back in 1996, Trainspotting (adapted from Irvine Welsh's 1993 cult novel) emerged as one of the great British films of the era, one that bristled with incendiary sense of style and danger. The daring dims a bit in T2: Trainspotting, though director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Steve Jobs) and doctor-turned-screenwriter John Hodge try their damnedest to force lightning to strike twice. The passing of two decades can take the piss out of characters, especially the four slum-dwelling Scotsman who caught that generation-defining moment of youth-in-revolt set to a pulsating Brit-pop score (Elastica,...
- 3/15/2017
- Rollingstone.com
It’s time to feel the “Lust For Life” again. Danny Boyle got the boys back together for the follow-up to his iconic “Trainspotting,” and while the soundtrack boasts some new acts for the current generation (Wolf Alice, Young Fathers), Iggy Pop’s glorious anthem returns (albeit in a remix by The Prodigy).
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Nevertheless, the first clip from “T2: Trainspotting” has landed, pumped up by Pop’s tune, and sees Renton (Ewan McGregor) regaling Simon (Jonny Lee Miller) and his girlfriend Veronika (newcomer Anjela Nedyalkova) about footballer George Best, while Boyle adds his visual flourishes to the anecdote.
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Nevertheless, the first clip from “T2: Trainspotting” has landed, pumped up by Pop’s tune, and sees Renton (Ewan McGregor) regaling Simon (Jonny Lee Miller) and his girlfriend Veronika (newcomer Anjela Nedyalkova) about footballer George Best, while Boyle adds his visual flourishes to the anecdote.
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- 2/6/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
(Polydor)
Like its parent film, T2 Trainspotting’s soundtrack eschews cosy Cool Britannia nostalgia for something weirder and better. The original soundtrack was a sharp mix of cult classics and of-the-moment artists. Rather than get Blur and co back, Danny Boyle has called on a more leftfield lineup of young guns, the likes of Mercury-winning Edinburgh alt hip-hop trio Young Fathers, Brixton scuzz rockers Fat White Family and deliciously demented Irish rappers Rubberbandits. The classic side of things is held up by Queen, Run Dmc, Blondie and more, with the whole bookended by Trainspotting’s biggest tracks reborn: a mad-dog Prodigy remix of Iggy’s Lust for Life and Underworld’s Slow Slippy. In our retromaniac world, it might not attain the original’s classic status, but it’s all the better for its bravery.
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Like its parent film, T2 Trainspotting’s soundtrack eschews cosy Cool Britannia nostalgia for something weirder and better. The original soundtrack was a sharp mix of cult classics and of-the-moment artists. Rather than get Blur and co back, Danny Boyle has called on a more leftfield lineup of young guns, the likes of Mercury-winning Edinburgh alt hip-hop trio Young Fathers, Brixton scuzz rockers Fat White Family and deliciously demented Irish rappers Rubberbandits. The classic side of things is held up by Queen, Run Dmc, Blondie and more, with the whole bookended by Trainspotting’s biggest tracks reborn: a mad-dog Prodigy remix of Iggy’s Lust for Life and Underworld’s Slow Slippy. In our retromaniac world, it might not attain the original’s classic status, but it’s all the better for its bravery.
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- 1/29/2017
- by Emily Mackay
- The Guardian - Film News
Danny Boyle’s 1996 film “Trainspotting” follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed Edinburgh in the late 1980s. Based on Irvine Welsh’s novel by the same name, the film went on to become a critical and commercial hit around the globe. Besides parking controversy for its subject matter, the film also produced two acclaimed soundtracks that featured music from and inspired by the film, including Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, Primal Scream, Pulp, New Order and more.
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Now, Boyle has prepped a sequel, “T2 Trainspotting,” due out early this year, based on Welsh’s sequel “Porno,” that picks up 20 years after the events of the first film. Ahead of the film’s release, the soundtrack has leaked onto Amazon UK, as reported by NME, and features music from artists young and old.
Read More: ‘Trainspotting 2’ Trailer: Danny Boyle Unleashes Another Round Of Mayhem On Rent Boy And The Gang
Now, Boyle has prepped a sequel, “T2 Trainspotting,” due out early this year, based on Welsh’s sequel “Porno,” that picks up 20 years after the events of the first film. Ahead of the film’s release, the soundtrack has leaked onto Amazon UK, as reported by NME, and features music from artists young and old.
- 1/10/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
It is fair to say that while I review a lot of movies, the scores aren’t really something I look at. This is why when I was offered the chance to review the Assassin’s Creed: Original Motion Picture Score composed by Jed Kurzel, I jumped at the chance. performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra it is a score full of power. While I may have some doubts about the film itself, I found myself enjoying the music that it will include.
Looking at the track listing (which I will list at the end of the review as there are mild spoilers, and it makes it easier to skip over) there are various prompts as to what to expect. We see tracks that are obviously based in reality (and the past lives), and then we have ones such as “Abstergo” which are more futuristic in manner.
The tracks based...
Looking at the track listing (which I will list at the end of the review as there are mild spoilers, and it makes it easier to skip over) there are various prompts as to what to expect. We see tracks that are obviously based in reality (and the past lives), and then we have ones such as “Abstergo” which are more futuristic in manner.
The tracks based...
- 12/16/2016
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
UK's seminal trip Hop band, Massive Attack, have released a disturbing new video for their single "Voodoo in My Blood" where actress Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Wrath of the Titans) gets assaulted by a floating orb - so, Phantasmed basically.
The song features Young Fathers, Azekel, Roots Manuva, Tricky and 3D and was written and Produced by Robert Del Naja and Euan Dickinson.
When asked about her part in the video Pike said, "Am I involved? ... Someone said the girl in the video looks like me. I have been to the Joe Strummer subway. I did have a strange encounter there once,". She is the second Oscar-nominated star to appear in a Ritual Spirit video: Winter's Bone's John Hawkes previously appeared in the video for the Tricky-featuring "Take It There."
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The song features Young Fathers, Azekel, Roots Manuva, Tricky and 3D and was written and Produced by Robert Del Naja and Euan Dickinson.
When asked about her part in the video Pike said, "Am I involved? ... Someone said the girl in the video looks like me. I have been to the Joe Strummer subway. I did have a strange encounter there once,". She is the second Oscar-nominated star to appear in a Ritual Spirit video: Winter's Bone's John Hawkes previously appeared in the video for the Tricky-featuring "Take It There."
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- 2/25/2016
- QuietEarth.us
Weirdly, Massive Attack's new music video for their track "Voodoo in My Blood" (feat. Scottish hip-hop group Young Fathers) merges imagery from two cult horror films I've recently written about: Don Coscarelli's Phantasm (included on my Watchlist of 5 great telekinesis movies, viewable above) and the late Andrzej Zulawski's Possession, which features a legendary subway meltdown from French actress Isabelle Adjani. Coincidence? The clip stars Gone Girl's Rosamund Pike, whose long-sleeved blue dress is an obvious tribute to the one Adjani wore in Possession, and it was directed by Ringan Ledwidge, who obviously has a thing for the spinning, deadly silver spheres Coscarelli dreamed up for his bizarro 1979 classic. It's a fascinating video, tailor-made for lovers of cult horror cinema. Watch it below.
- 2/23/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
It was just last year at this time when Rosamund Pike was gearing up to attend the 2015 Oscars, somehow the sole representation for David Fincher‘s Gone Girl at the ceremony. While she’s not up for anything this year, fans of the actress will be pleased by her latest performance in the video for Massive Attack and Young Fathers‘ “Voodoo in My Blood,” from the former’s Ritual Spirit Ep.
With touches of Phantasm and Possession, it lives up to its title as we follow Pike’s character through a subway and she seemingly gets possessed by a floating orb. The video is directed by seasoned commercials helmer Ringan Ledwidge, and one can check it out below, along with the full Ep.
With touches of Phantasm and Possession, it lives up to its title as we follow Pike’s character through a subway and she seemingly gets possessed by a floating orb. The video is directed by seasoned commercials helmer Ringan Ledwidge, and one can check it out below, along with the full Ep.
- 2/23/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Ian West/Pa Archive
In just a few days, we’ll know the 12 albums under consideration for the 2015 Mercury Prize. The bookies’ early frontrunners for the shortlist include Everything Everything, Jamie Xx and Florence and the Machine, but whoever makes the cut, it’s sure to divide music fans.
In past years we’ve had shock winners (including 2014’s victors, Young Fathers); in others we’ve seen the safest, blandest album on the list somehow coming out on top. On more than one occasion though, truly awful records have triumphed over great ones; and some shortlists have had four or five stone cold classics slogging it out with each other.
But will 2015 be another year where a future classic album walks away empty handed on the night? Because it’s happened many times before…...
In just a few days, we’ll know the 12 albums under consideration for the 2015 Mercury Prize. The bookies’ early frontrunners for the shortlist include Everything Everything, Jamie Xx and Florence and the Machine, but whoever makes the cut, it’s sure to divide music fans.
In past years we’ve had shock winners (including 2014’s victors, Young Fathers); in others we’ve seen the safest, blandest album on the list somehow coming out on top. On more than one occasion though, truly awful records have triumphed over great ones; and some shortlists have had four or five stone cold classics slogging it out with each other.
But will 2015 be another year where a future classic album walks away empty handed on the night? Because it’s happened many times before…...
- 10/13/2015
- by Thomas Bagnall
- Obsessed with Film
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