Thursday, June 4, 2009

Review: Godzilla (1998) Review: Godzilla (1998). Roland Emmerich specializes in movies that are practically critic proof. He populates his films with amazing spectacle, blockbusters packed with explosions, disasters, and well known landmarks destroyed in various ridiculous ways -- exactly what people want to see when they desire entertainment that won't spoil the taste of their movie theater popcorn with intellectually challenging issues or drama. Emmerich therefore makes sure to keep things simple with his films, which means a sacrifice of character development and depth, logic, and general believability. read more [Classic-Horror.com - Reviewing the History of Horror Movies] 10:15:24 PM

via ottmarliebert.com Unreleased. Here is an example of the music available at Ottmar-Friends: (Subscribers receive a link to download a high-quality 320 kbps mp3 of this track.) This is a unreleased and unnamed bossa from 1993. It was recorded during the sessions for The Hours Between Night + Day in Santa Barbara, California. I have no notes from the sessions, but it sounds like the musicians were: OL - guitars Jon Gagan - upright Bass, synthesizer + piano (listen for the unison between upright bass and piano about two thirds into the piece) Davo Bryant - kick drum + dumbek Mark Clark - percussion effects Osamu Kitajima - koto [Ottmar Liebert] 10:13:57 PM