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Lists

30 Most Hauntingly Beautiful Film Soundtracks

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Mainly instrumental and in no particular order:

  1. The Last of the Mohicans (1992) – R. Eldelman/T. Jones  – “Promontory”
  2. Schindler’s List (1993) – John Williams – Main Theme
  3. The Village (2004) – James Newton Howard – “The Gravel  Road”
  4. The Piano (1993) – Michael Nyman – “The Heart Asks Pleasure First”
  5. Blood Diamond (2006) – James Newton Howard – “London”
  6. The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) – Nick Glennie-Smith – “Surrounded”
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Film Reviews II

“Shame” Review

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Shame (2011)

Directed by Steve McQueen (‘Hunger’ (2008)) and starring Michael Fassbender, ‘Shame’ is a bold, beautifully-shot film about a high-paid office worker in New York, Brandon Sullivan (Michael Fassbender), who suffers from sex addiction. While Brandon is able to shuffle work and (his idea of) play reasonably successfully on a daily basis, his routine starts to spin out of control, and his life priorities are tested, when his younger sister, Sissy (Carey Mulligan), decides to pay him a visit and stay for a few days in his apartment.

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