Musical Monday: Daft Punk bid adieu

French electronic duo Daft Punk announced their retirement in February, bringing to an end an illustrious, award-winning career that had spanned nearly 30 years. Famous for never revealing their faces and for wearing robotic helmets and gloves, the enigmatic duo (confirmed as Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) composed the soundtrack to 2010's Tron: Legacy....

Musical Monday: The beauty of the Captain Fantastic soundtrack

Happy Monday, folks. I hope you all had pleasant weekends. After a nearly six-year break I'm returning to one of my regular series: Musical Mondays. Read my previous posts online and get comfy as I treat your ears to some dulcet delights. When I'm trying to concentrate on what I'm doing the Captain Fantastic (2016) soundtrack...

[Musical Monday] Introducing Vindsvept

While trying to find atmospheric music on YouTube to accompany us as we played Carcassonne, my boyfriend and I stumbled across the Swedish composer and musician that goes by Vindsvept. As far as I've been able to find out, 'Vindsvept' isn't a Swedish name or word. It appears to be made up; an original pseudonym...

[Musical Monday] Rock of Ages

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you all had great weekends. My weekend included a visit to the BBC Good Food Festival, a trip to the cinema to see Rock of Ages and a re-watch of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Over the last few years there has been a steady stream of musicals at the cinema, and...

[Musical Monday] A Knight’s Tale

On the way to work the other morning one of my favourite David Bowie songs, 'Golden Years', came on my iPod. Whenever I hear this song it always reminds me of the fabulous ball scene in A Knight's Tale. Released in 2001 and starring the late Heath Ledger against Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon and Paul Bettany, A Knight's...

[Musical Monday] Come With Me

Morning, everyone. I hope you've all had lovely weekends. This blog has taken a back seat recently while I've adjusted to my new job and living back home. I'm planning on writing some blog posts tonight - including my long overdue James Bond reviews - so keep tuned for some new posts soon. Instead of driving...

[Musical Monday] The Last of the Mohicans

I'm not sure how I stumbled upon it but whenever I was studying for exams or writing an essay at university I liked to listen to Native American music on Spotify. I'm not sure what exactly it was about it but it really helped me concentrate. This morning on my drive to work I found...

[Musical Monday] Kill Bill: Vol 1

For this week's edition of Musical Monday I'm taking a look at my favourite Tarantino film, Kill Bill: Vol 1, and its sequel, Kill Bill: Vol 2. Uma Thurman takes on the role of The Bride, a member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. On finding out that she is pregnant she decides to leave the Squad, much...

[Musical Monday] Back to the Eighties

This weekend I watched a very strange medley of film: two James Bond films (On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Diamonds Are Forever), a hard-hitting drama (Hard Candy) and a comedy (Yes Man). It is the latter from which I take inspiration for this week's Musical Monday post. Yes Man (2008) stars Jim Carrey as...

[Musical Monday] Groovy, baby, yeahhh!

Happy Monday, folks. Hope you all had fantastic weekends. For this week's edition of Musical Monday I took inspiration from a TV show shown on the BBC on Saturday, Let's Dance for Sports Relief. In the show a group of celebrities take to the dance floor in a bid to be crowned Let's Dance For...

[Musical Monday] ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’

Happy Monday, all. I hope you had fantastic weekends packed in with lots of film watching! This weekend I finally got around to watching André Øvredal's Troll Hunter. I sadly missed an opportunity to see it at Empire Presents... BIG SCREEN in August, and it didn't show at my local cinema either. I'll post a review...

[Musical Monday] AFI’s Greatest Movie Musicals

While searching for inspiration for this week's Musical Monday I stumbled across the American Film Institute's Greatest Movie Musicals list, which was released in 2006. While the musical genre isn't a particular of mine - I'm a fantasy/action/adventure kinda girl - I've seen and enjoyed quite a few musicals, including Moulin Rouge!, The Wizard of...