As the curtain is (at the time of scribbling) about to rise on a “new” ‘Goon Show’ style stage experience*, it seemed an apt moment to share some memories of my own experience treading Goonish boards. It was late one…
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Tell me that again…
View image | gettyimages.com Today the world commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Stan Laurel. I remember celebrating his centenary back in 1990 by attending some special film showings at a variety of cinemas around Hull and…
Tagged with: Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Cinema, Comedy, film comedy, Hal Roach, Hal Roach Studios, Jacques Tati, Laurel & Hardy, Movies, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel
The Pink Panther Strikes Again…and Again!
The Pink Panther Strikes Again Composed & Conducted by Henry Mancini I’m grinning like a Cheshire cat, and stifling chuckles at my memories of the hapless Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau asking, “Does your dorg bite?” If you know the film…
The Grand Budapest Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel Composed by Alexandre Desplat I first saw Wes Anderson’s delightfully eccentric The Grand Budapest Hotel on Blu-ray late last year, and I kicked myself throughout. Why? Well,…
Tagged with: 20th Century Fox, ABKCO Records, Air Studios, Alexandre Desplat, American Empirical Pictures, BAFTA, Balalaika, Blake Edwards, BLuenote, BluRay, Celeste, Cinema, Cliff Martinez, composers, Film, Film Score February, Film Score Monthly, Film Scores, Henry Mancini, Indian Paintbrush, jazz, Kafka, Mark Graham, Movie Music, OSCAR, Ralph Fiennes, Scott Rudin Productions, Simon Rhodes, Soundtracks, Stefan Zweig, Studio Babelsberg, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The London Voices, The Prisoner, The Third Man, Timpani, TSG Entertainment, Wes Anderson, Zither
Jupiter Astounding
Jupiter Ascending Composed by Michael Giacchino The score to Jupiter Ascending grabbed me from the opening drum roll, burst of choral grandeur and orchestral fanfare, and that doesn’t happen very often these days. This two disc release is like being…
Tagged with: 20th Century Fox, Abbey Road Studios, Channing Tatum, Douglas Booth, Eddie Redmayne, Film Music, Film Scores, Jupiter Ascending, London Voices, Michael Giacchino, Mila Kunis, Movie Music, Movie Soundtracks, Newman Scoring Stage, Score, Sean Bean, Sony Classical, The Wachowskis, Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, WaterTower Music
It’s A Wonderful Score
View image | gettyimages.com It’s A Wonderful Life Composed & Conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin Reviewing the score for the 1946 classic It’s A Wonderful Life is an interesting experiment more than a month after Christmas. The limited edition CD…
Film Score February
View image | gettyimages.com I’ve been passionate about film scores since the early eighties, and I’ve been collecting them on vinyl, cassette and CD for thirty years (gulp!). The score that fired up that passion was composed and conducted by…
Goon Again, and Again…and Again?
Back in October I was part of a cast of actors charged with recreating the madness and mayhem of the highly esteemed Goon Show! This professional production from the Old Joint Stock Theatre Company was given life for the Birmingham…
Tagged with: Alan Simpson, Andree Melly, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 4, Bill Kerr, Birmingham Comedy Festival, Dave Freak, Ed Morrish, Galton & Simpson, Hancock's Half Hour, Harry Secombe, Hattie Jacques, Jimm Rennie, Kenneth Williams, Kevin McNally, Moria Lister, Neil Pearson, Old Joint Stock Theatre Company, Peter Sellers, Phil Hemming, radio comedy, Ray Galton, Richard A. Usher, Robert Coletta, Robert F. Ball, Sid James, sitcom, The Goon Show, The Goon Show Preservation Society, The Missing Hancocks, Tony Hancock
I Still Review The Old Way
Well, this is my first piece of blogging for a while, so I fancied a return to the days when I reviewed films for the dear old Beeb Beeb Ceeb. On Tuesday evening I had the opportunity to attend a…
Tagged with: Anchor Bay UK, British Independent Film, Christopher Ellison, Crime Thriller, Dani Dyer, Danny-Boy Hatchard, E2, East End, Film Review, Gangs, Gangsters, Ian Ogilvy, James Cosmo, Lysette Anthony, Nicky Henson, Return of the Saint, Richwater Films, Sacha Bennett, The Saint, Tony Denham, We Still Kill The Old Way
Voicing Concerns
Have you ever tried to record audio tracks for something in a home studio while a loud party was in full swing downstairs? It’s certainly a challenge, and proved to be an interesting experience for me recently. Previously I have…
Tagged with: #OnThisDay, Alex Campbell, AudioBoo, Comedy, digital editing, Eric Morecambe, Geoff Motley, Home Studio, Larynx Productions, Mark Earby, Recording, Sketch
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Ere, we have nearly 20 shows already confirmed for 2019's festival! More details later in the summer ...
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GSPS Newsletter no. 163 is out now, folks! If you're not a member yet, why not join today?https://t.co/L9mdP7skZR https://t.co/QOLfpu4um7
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Here's one for the #radio anoraks out there: Does anyone have a copy of an award winning #radioadvert (90's I think https://t.co/JaQYDrFl8y
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How many retweets for the brilliant Oliver Hardy #LaurelAndHardy https://t.co/5u6QmBuPds
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How many retweets for the great Stan Laurel #LaurelAndHardy https://t.co/KkmDhZsI09
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