Late Night Tales presents At The Movies (2LP)

Format: 2x12".

Music is a powerful trigger of a myriad of emotions, from the romantic, powerful, disastrous and even heart-breaking. Never is this more evident than with the movie soundtrack. Listen to Lalo Schifrin’s strings and brass arrangements on ‘Bullitt’ and we are back in the car with Steve McQueen on an epic chase through the elliptical contours of San Francisco. Switch to Wendy Carlos’ ‘Ode To Joy’ as Alex exclaims, “It was a real shiver-gulliver” (it was a big un), violence bubbling somewhere near the surface in Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange.

We have put together some of the classic themes and motifs spanning the last 60 years, from Bernard Hermann’s daring fusion of orthodox orchestration and theremin, Gary Jules’ haunting cover of Tears For Fears’ ‘Mad World’ as featured in the hypnotic Donnie Darko, or John Barry’s harmonica-led theme for Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy. In the process, we have selected a diverse array of styles, from the jazz and soul influenced compositions of Roy Budd, Isaac Hayes and Brazil’s Deodato, to electronic pioneers like Giorgio Moroder or avant garde composers like Philip Glass.

So pour yourself that glass of something smooth, kick back on the couch, close your eyes and make believe you’re in a crack hotel with Jack Nicholson or in the fearful sweat of Vietnam with Robert De Niro or a Turkish prison with Brad Davis…

All of human life is here.

Bill Brewster