Great Lost Soundtracks - Godzilla...

Wow. This blog is really going off the rails. Or so it might seem to the casual observer. The Godzilla OST? Are you serious? Why yes, yes I am.

David Arnold - Opening Titles

This is some pretty epic stuff from the chap who scored the last four James Bond films. Maybe everyone was so gee'd up by the score that the film was kind of a letdown in comparison. Same goes for Godzilla.

Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground

Can it really be nine (9) years since Jamiroquai's last good song? Check the 50 second intro for lessons on how to build suspense. Ha.

Ben Folds Five - Air

What are the other four guys doing these days?

Greenday - Brain Stew (The Godzilla Remix)(!)

'Hmm, how can we shoehorn a popular pop-punk act into this soundtrack? I know! A godzilla remix!'

'Great! In what way shall we remix it oh exalted executive?'

'Hmm... let's keep it exactly the same except we can have Godzilla screeching throughout.'

'Great.'

You won't find this on Hype Machine. XXXclusive!

Video for Deeper Underground. This version is new to me. It's good to see Jay-Kay finding time for some hot-stepping and scatting while everyone else runs screaming for the exits. Fools. You're missing an intimate acoustic gig!

Volkswagen, Solaris, and Dylan Thomas...

Have you seen this ad?



It doesn't matter that it's a car advert, the piece is a work of art in itself. It's heavily influenced by Steven Soderbergh's Solaris, which is a remake of the 1972 Russian film Solyaris. Both are based on the original novel by Stanislaw Lem. The voice-over is a passage taken from the Dylan Thomas play for voices Under Milk Wood, read by Richard Burton, and the music is Don't Blow It from the Solaris soundtrack, composed by Cliff Martinez. Pure knowledge.

Cliff Martinez - Is That What Everybody Else Wants
Cliff Martinez - First Sleep
Cliff Martinez - Don't Blow It
Cliff Martinez - Wormhole

The music stays fairly minimal throughout and an eeriness pervades the chimes and strings that makes me want to keep one eye looking over my shoulder as I listen to it. Wormhole is especially spine-tingling. Great for chilling out or giving yourself the fear, depending on what mood yer in.

P.S. If anybody has Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell can they wing it my way please. Ta.