As you *might* have realized, I harbor a deep, pervasive love of television. And over the years, this has translated into a genuine interest in the art of television programming. So, seeing as how it's Halloween-time and all, I figured I would compose the ultimate blocks for all my favorite scary movies, c/o all-night Halloween-weekend horror marathons.
Each night begins with a brutal primer at 6pm (the witching dinner hour), followed by a solid block of theme from 8 until 4am featuring four of my all-time favorite films... one traditional classic, usually one from After Dark's now defunct but gorgeous Horror Fest series, then two from my favorite genre, found footage. Then I took the liberty of affixing each theme with an atmospherically similar episode of the found footage show Lost Tapes, and topped it all off with a non-theme horror flick of a much more light-hearted nature to carry us into the early morning. Except for Halloween, which I decided to make extra-scary...
Friday
6pm: The Company of Wolves
8: Fire in the Sky
10: Communion
12: Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County
2: The Wicksboro Incident
4: Lost Tapes: Alien
4.30: Ginger Snaps
Saturday
6pm: The Gate
8: 28 Days Later
10: Perkins' 14
12: [Rec]
2: [Rec] 2
4: Lost Tapes: Bear Lake Monster
4.30: Pinata: Survival Island
Devil's Night
6pm: Jacob's Ladder
8: Carnosaur
10: Penny Dreadful
12: The Blair Witch Project
2: Eyes in the Dark
4: Lost Tapes: Jersey Devil
4.30: The Craft
Halloween
6pm: Trick 'r Treat
8: From Within
10: Paranormal Activity 2
12: Paranormal Activity
2: Lake Mungo
4: Lost Tapes: Vampire
4.30: Ghostwatch
Enjoy!! Now if only I had my own TV station...
"The moral of the story, is try not to get too old." -- Neil Young
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Hunger Games Soundtrack
I had so much fun putting together (and listenng frequently to) my Annie On My Mind soundtrack, I decided I would put together a collection inspired by the Hunger Games, too.
Of course, The Hunger Games series is already being made into actual movies, the first REAL soundtrack will probably be coming out in a couple of months. So I focused more on capturing the mood and themes of each book instead of picking particular songs to accompany particular moments. The filmmakers will take care of that in their own way.
In accordance with the themes of the books, I tried to put together a contrast between hollywood action, and brutal depression with a heavy aspect of biting political satire. I imagine scenes of ironic, almost humorously anthemic gore juxtaposed against more serious scenes where the aftermath is confronted.
The Hunger Games
1. Russian Roulette -- Rihanna
2. The Gunner's Dream -- Pink Floyd
3. Epidemic -- Slayer
4. Kill Everybody -- Skrillex
5. I'll Cast a Shadow -- Pantera
6. Fear -- Sarah McLachlan
7. Out of Hand -- Entombed
8. The Fall of Seven Diamonds... -- Tortoise
9. Cleansing -- Wolves In the Throne Room
10. Masters of War -- Bob Dylan
Catching Fire
1. Welcome, Ghosts -- Explosions in the Sky
2. The Good That Won't Come Out of Us -- Rilo Kiley
3. Postmortem -- Slayer
4. Holocene -- Bon Iver
5. The Post War Dream -- Pink Floyd
6. Skyscraper -- Demi Lovato
7. Swinging the Dead -- DevilDriver
8. Creature Fear -- Bon Iver
9. Innocent -- Taylor Swift
10. Ice (Freedom Sessions) -- Sarah McLachlan
Mockingjay
1. Revolution Is My Name -- Pantera
2. American Flag -- Cat Power
3. Love The Way You Lie (piano) -- Rihanna
4. Straitjacket -- Alanis Morissette
5. Life Eternal -- Mayhem
6. Il etat une foret... -- Gris
7. The Fletcher Memorial Home -- Pink Floyd
8. Posession (piano) -- Sarah McLachlan
9. Glittering Blackness -- Explosions In the Sky
10. Fix a Heart -- Demi Lovato
(EXTREME SPOILER WARNING: absolutely do not read the following paragraphs unless you have read Mockingjay, the final game of The Hunger Games series!)
You might see a lot of identical themes (and the same bands) in each soundtrack, but it's the nuances that flesh out each book's.... well, each book's nuances lol! Hunger Games is the most anthemic, full of metal. And the political message is sort of basic, universal but impersonal. Katniss is still just a tool of the capitol at this point, focused only on survival,. Catching Fire is just a haze, Katniss is caught between all of this consternation and she is powerless to do much else than stare into space and try to keep the pain from bubbling over.
Mockingjay is my favorite, it details Katniss's descent into... if not necessarily madness, extreme disorientation. The pain, the losses, the unspeakable horrors she herself has visited upon fellow humans start to overcome her, and while her "side" of the fight wins out, there is no triumph in the soul left behind. While the soldiers celebrate victory, all Katniss sees is a world too damaged and unfair to contain any winners.
Revolution Is My Name would fit perfectly for Katniss's rooftop battle scene when she finally becomes "the mockingjay" in action as well as name, while I imagine Love The Way You Lie for the aftermath of Peeta's second propo. Il Etat Une Foret (the saddest song I know) would accompany the death of Prim, the only person Katniss loved. I imagine Fletcher Memorial Home to play as a dazed Katniss kills Coin and then spends the subsequent days in a hospital bed. Fix a Heart sounds like a good place to end it, it just sort of lingers, not overtly sad but certainly far from happy. Phrases like "I just ran out of band aids" and "you never really can fix a heart" seem to fit Katniss's defeated state down to a T.
Of course, The Hunger Games series is already being made into actual movies, the first REAL soundtrack will probably be coming out in a couple of months. So I focused more on capturing the mood and themes of each book instead of picking particular songs to accompany particular moments. The filmmakers will take care of that in their own way.
In accordance with the themes of the books, I tried to put together a contrast between hollywood action, and brutal depression with a heavy aspect of biting political satire. I imagine scenes of ironic, almost humorously anthemic gore juxtaposed against more serious scenes where the aftermath is confronted.
The Hunger Games
1. Russian Roulette -- Rihanna
2. The Gunner's Dream -- Pink Floyd
3. Epidemic -- Slayer
4. Kill Everybody -- Skrillex
5. I'll Cast a Shadow -- Pantera
6. Fear -- Sarah McLachlan
7. Out of Hand -- Entombed
8. The Fall of Seven Diamonds... -- Tortoise
9. Cleansing -- Wolves In the Throne Room
10. Masters of War -- Bob Dylan
Catching Fire
1. Welcome, Ghosts -- Explosions in the Sky
2. The Good That Won't Come Out of Us -- Rilo Kiley
3. Postmortem -- Slayer
4. Holocene -- Bon Iver
5. The Post War Dream -- Pink Floyd
6. Skyscraper -- Demi Lovato
7. Swinging the Dead -- DevilDriver
8. Creature Fear -- Bon Iver
9. Innocent -- Taylor Swift
10. Ice (Freedom Sessions) -- Sarah McLachlan
Mockingjay
1. Revolution Is My Name -- Pantera
2. American Flag -- Cat Power
3. Love The Way You Lie (piano) -- Rihanna
4. Straitjacket -- Alanis Morissette
5. Life Eternal -- Mayhem
6. Il etat une foret... -- Gris
7. The Fletcher Memorial Home -- Pink Floyd
8. Posession (piano) -- Sarah McLachlan
9. Glittering Blackness -- Explosions In the Sky
10. Fix a Heart -- Demi Lovato
(EXTREME SPOILER WARNING: absolutely do not read the following paragraphs unless you have read Mockingjay, the final game of The Hunger Games series!)
You might see a lot of identical themes (and the same bands) in each soundtrack, but it's the nuances that flesh out each book's.... well, each book's nuances lol! Hunger Games is the most anthemic, full of metal. And the political message is sort of basic, universal but impersonal. Katniss is still just a tool of the capitol at this point, focused only on survival,. Catching Fire is just a haze, Katniss is caught between all of this consternation and she is powerless to do much else than stare into space and try to keep the pain from bubbling over.
Mockingjay is my favorite, it details Katniss's descent into... if not necessarily madness, extreme disorientation. The pain, the losses, the unspeakable horrors she herself has visited upon fellow humans start to overcome her, and while her "side" of the fight wins out, there is no triumph in the soul left behind. While the soldiers celebrate victory, all Katniss sees is a world too damaged and unfair to contain any winners.
Revolution Is My Name would fit perfectly for Katniss's rooftop battle scene when she finally becomes "the mockingjay" in action as well as name, while I imagine Love The Way You Lie for the aftermath of Peeta's second propo. Il Etat Une Foret (the saddest song I know) would accompany the death of Prim, the only person Katniss loved. I imagine Fletcher Memorial Home to play as a dazed Katniss kills Coin and then spends the subsequent days in a hospital bed. Fix a Heart sounds like a good place to end it, it just sort of lingers, not overtly sad but certainly far from happy. Phrases like "I just ran out of band aids" and "you never really can fix a heart" seem to fit Katniss's defeated state down to a T.
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