VA – GoodFellas: Music From The Motion Pictures (1990)

VA - GoodFellas: Music From The Motion Pictures (1990)

VA – GoodFellas: Music From The Motion Pictures (1990)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 207 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Atlantic | Germany | Cat#: 7567-82152-2 | Genre: Soundtrack

Following in the footsteps of many, the soundtrack for Martin Scorcese’s Goodfellas (based on Nicholas Pileggi’s Wiseguy) uses period music for definition — in this case, however, music from the ’40s through the early ’70s is utilized. The selections themselves are all good — well chosen and not overused songs that range from “Rags to Riches,” sung by Tony Bennett, to “Layla (Piano Exit)” from Derek & the Dominos, passing through “Speedo” from the Cadillacs, “Life Is But a Dream” from the Harptones, “Baby I Love You” from Aretha Franklin (in fine voice here), and “Sunshine of Your Love” from Cream. Continue reading “VA – GoodFellas: Music From The Motion Pictures (1990)”

Various Artists – 101 Film Classics (2012) {2016, 6CD Box Set}

Various Artists - 101 Film Classics (2012) {2016, 6CD Box Set}

Various Artists – 101 Film Classics (2012) {2016, 6CD Box Set}
EAC Rip | 6xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.11 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Decca Music Group Limited | EU | Cat#: 478 3676 | Genre: Soundtrack

For many their first encounter with classical music will be through its use in films and this collection makes a fantastic entry point to this rich and diverse world. Helpfully all tracks list the films alongside the music, so there will be no doubt as to where the music is familiar from. Continue reading “Various Artists – 101 Film Classics (2012) {2016, 6CD Box Set}”

VA – Flashdance: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (1983)

VA - Flashdance: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (1983)

VA – Flashdance: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (1983)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 238 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Casablanca | Germany | Cat#: 811 492-2 | Genre: Soundtrack

Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 1983 American musical and romance film Flashdance, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri. It sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Continue reading “VA – Flashdance: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (1983)”

VA – Donnie Darko: Original Soundtrack & Score (2004)

VA - Donnie Darko: Original Soundtrack & Score (2004)

VA – Donnie Darko: Original Soundtrack & Score (2004)
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 479 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sanctuary | EU | Cat#: SANDD320 | Genre: Soundtrack & Score

Fans of Richard Kelly’s cinematic cult masterpiece Donnie Darko will be well served by this two-disc collection from Sanctuary. The first disc contains the entire soundtrack outside the original score — it features cuts by everyone from INXS and Duran Duran to Joy Division and Oingo Boingo. The second disc is devoted to a remastered version of composer Michael Andrews’ truly haunting, beautiful, and sometimes disturbing complete score including one bonus cut Continue reading “VA – Donnie Darko: Original Soundtrack & Score (2004)”

VA – Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture (1994)

VA - Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture (1994)

VA – Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture (1994)
EAC Rip | APE Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 251 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | Germany | Cat#: MCD11103 | Genre: Soundtrack

The soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino’s darkly funny crime classic Pulp Fiction manages to re-create the film’s wildly careening sense of style, violence, and humor by concentrating on the surf music that comprises the bulk of the movie’s incidental music and adding a few sexy oldies integral to the film’s story (“Let’s Stay Together,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” “You Never Can Tell”). Continue reading “VA – Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture (1994)”

VA – Grease (The Original Soundtrack) (1978) [2008, 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Remastered]

VA - Grease (The Original Soundtrack) (1978) [2008, 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Remastered]

VA – Grease (The Original Soundtrack) (1978) [2008, 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Remastered]
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 778 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal / Polydor | Cat#: 9809773 | Genre: Soundtrack

Grease was a huge success as a Broadway musical prior to hitting the big screen in 1978. That was the version that transformed Grease into a phenomenon — it was a runaway box office success, and then became a TV, cable, and video favorite. Continue reading “VA – Grease (The Original Soundtrack) (1978) [2008, 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Remastered]”

VA – Forrest Gump The Soundtrack (1994) {2001, Special Collector’s Edition Remastered}

VA - Forrest Gump The Soundtrack (1994) {2001, Special Collector's Edition Remastered}

VA – Forrest Gump The Soundtrack (1994) {2001, Special Collector’s Edition Remastered}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans @600 dpi, TIF
Total Size: 751 MB (CDs) + 605 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Epic, USA | Cat#: E2K 85932 | Genre: Soundtrack

Forrest Gump is the soundtrack album based on the Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film, Forrest Gump, and contains music from many well-known artists. The score, composed by Alan Silvestri, was released separately (as Forrest Gump – Original Motion Picture Score) on the same day. The album was reissued in 2001 with additional tracks. Continue reading “VA – Forrest Gump The Soundtrack (1994) {2001, Special Collector’s Edition Remastered}”

VA – Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track (1977) {1998, MFSL, Remastered}

VA - Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track (1977) {1998, MFSL, Remastered}

VA – Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track (1977) {1998, MFSL, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans @300 dpi, JPG, Included
Total Size: 486 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | Cat#: UDCD 716 | Genre: SoundTrack

Every so often, a piece of music comes along that defines a moment in popular culture history: Johann Strauss’ operetta Die Fledermaus did this in Vienna in the 1870s; Jerome Kern’s Show Boat did it for Broadway musicals of the 1920s; and the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album served this purpose for the era of psychedelic music in the 1960s. Saturday Night Fever, although hardly as prodigious an artistic achievement as those precursors, was precisely that kind of musical phenomenon for the second half of the ’70s Continue reading “VA – Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track (1977) {1998, MFSL, Remastered}”