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October Soundtracks: Trainspotting

October 19, 2014Music#octobersoundtracks, 90s, alternative, britpop, classic rock, edm, iggy pop, lou reed, movies, primal scream, soundtracks, trailers, trainspotting, underworldLance

Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture
1996
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I’m not a junkie or even a dabbler, but most of my favorite films are wrapped in heavy layer of drug use and overdose references: Dazed and Confused, SLC Punk!, Requiem for a Dream and Trainspotting. It’s probably some weird escapism thing – watching a life I’ve never lived, the same way we’re fascinated by alien invasions in science fiction. Big characters in outrageous situations. Seeing the best and worst of people. Depression. Darkness. Great soundtracks. Trainspotting pretty captures all of those things.

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October Soundtracks: The Doom Generation

October 19, 2014Music#octobersoundtracks, 90s, alternative, cocteau twins, curve, lush, movies, music videos, slowdive, songs, soundtracks, the jesus and mary chain, trailersChris

The Doom Generation
1995
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There are entirely too many great soundtracks I’d like to post for this month’s theme. So either I have to start posting with a much higher frequency, or we’re going to need to have this theme another time in the future. Since I can barely handle once a week, I guess it will have to be the latter. Anyhoo, on to this week’s post.

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October Soundtracks: Grosse Pointe Blank

October 12, 2014Music#octobersoundtracks, albums, david bowie, english beat, faith no more, grosse pointe blank, los fabulosos cadillacs, movies, music videos, queen, songs, soundtracks, the clash, trailers, violent femmesLance

Grosse Pointe Blank: Music From The Film
1997
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I adore absolutely everything about the film Grosse Pointe Blank. Part of it is a timing thing — it came out just a couple of months after I moved to NYC and served as a security blanket when I didn’t have a ton of friends to hang with. I probably watched it 5 or 6 times that spring. It also has a cast that are really at their best, including a great turn by Dan Akroyd as an insane hitman. And the plot is killer — who doesn’t want to return to their high school reunion with the coolest job ever — assassin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy9MlIBv6xo

If you haven’t seen it, watch the damn thing. But even if the movie is not your cup of tea, the soundtrack will be. It’s full of 80s-era “alternative” hits as spun in-movie by Minnie Driver’s radio DJ.

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