2008 This sure does look a lot like Finding Nemo; even the American poster is Nemo-inspired. What the heck. Ponyo is an award-winning Japanese animated film released in 2008. The original title is Gake no Ue no Ponyo which literally means “Ponyo on the Cliff.” In North America, Ponyo was released in 2009. Now for [...]
Let’s do movies for a change Movies are tricky, not unless of course you’re thinking of something like Titanic, in which only Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” comes to mind. In The Time Traveler’s Wife (which I just watched last night), I came across two songs which could be given “theme song” status. [...]
First, a brief history… Shaft started out as a 1971 film directed by Gordon Parks. It revolves around the life of private detective John Shaft—portrayed by Richard Roundtree—as he travels and battles thorugh Harlem and the Italian mob neighborhoods. After the film, a series of television movies of the the same name were made and [...]
Oscar fever alert Boy, this film has got to have a lot of songs in it—case in point, Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. However, the song known as the “Theme from Crazy Heart” raised the film to new levels of appreciation. “The Weary Kind” (full title “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)”) won [...]
The cult classic BMX movie Yeah, Rad! Definitely one of my favorites. If you were not part of the generation, then I urge you to check the movie out. I’m sure you’ll find it cheesy, but it meant the world to us back then. Anyway, for the sake of it having a “theme song,” we’ll [...]
Cars, the movie The theme song for Cars—the 2006 animated film by Pixar, considered for this post’s sake, will be the one with an actual video made entirely for the movie—”Life Is A Highway” by the band, Rascal Flatts. There is an official soundtrack for the film which includes a number of songs used throughout [...]
This post covers the 1970s television series and the 2003 movie The instrumental theme song from the television series S.W.A.T. is entitled, well, “Theme from S.W.A.T.” It was performed by a 1970s American funk band called Rhythm Heritage and was composed by Barry De Vorzon, an American producer, singer and songwriter. In the 2003 movie, [...]
About Pineapple Express Pineapple Express is an American comedy film released in 2008 starring Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole and Rosie Perez among others. It was directed by David Gordon Green and was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. “Pineapple Express,” as depicted in the film, is a rare strain of marijuana. The [...]