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Friday Random 10: This Is The Soundtrack Of Your Life…

…or however the ad campaign slogan went.  Here’s the first 10 soundtrack tunes to pop up off the external Passport HD:

  1. In the Cornfield” – James Newton Howard, Signs
  2. “Missle Lock” – Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles
  3. “Pai Theme” – Lisa Gerrard, Whale Rider
  4. “Wormhole” – Wendy Carlos, Tron
  5. “Haircuts” – James Newton Howard, Waterworld
  6. “Suture Self” – Ensemble Studios, Age of Mythology soundtrack
  7. PiR2” – Clint Mansell, Pi
  8. “Main Title/Closing Theme” – Fred Steiner, Star Trek TV Soundtrack, Vol. 2
  9. “Full Circle” – Christopher Gordon, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  10. “Green Destiny (Love Theme” – Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

TGIF, and Go Twins!


Insect Photo of the Day:
Common Stonefly Perlesta, on the back fence

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Soundtrack Friday Random 10

Time to put Pandora back in its box; this week’s random 10 are soundtrack tunes off the extended harddrive.

  1. “Panic” – Yasunori Mitsuda, Xenosaga
  2. Absinken” – Klaus Doldinger, Das Boot (The Directors Cut)
  3. “Half of Me is Wild” – John Scott, Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan
  4. “Dangerous Woman” – Rick Wakeman, Crimes of Passion
  5. “Laurens, Iowa” – Angelo Badalamenti, The Straight Story
  6. “Chores” – Jerry Goldsmith, Fierce Creatures
  7. Speargun” – James Newton Howard, Waterworld
  8. “Samwise the Brave” – Howard Shore, Lord of the Ring: The Two Towers
  9. “Treasure” – Trevor Rabin, National Treasure
  10. “The Far Side of the World” – Christopher Gordon, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

That worked out well.

An Empty Nest Random Friday 10

The first “empty nest” Friday requires a special soundtrack — let’s see what ten comes up on the shuffle first:

  1. delaysWanderlust” – Delays, Faded Seaside Glamour
  2. “The Storyteller” – Wakeman with Wakeman, Tapestries
  3. “Redrap” – Geoff Downes, The Light Program
  4. “Gills” – James Newton Howard, Waterworld soundtrack
  5. “Fantasia” – Klaus Doldinger & Giorgio Moroder, The Never Ending Story soundtrack
  6. “Earth Dance” – Brand X, Masques
  7. I Robot” – Alan Parsons Project, I Robot
  8. “Blurry” – Puddle of Mudd, ACE COMBAT 5: The Unsung War soundtrack
  9. “Sever” – Porcupine Tree, Stars Die: The Delerium Years 1994-1997
  10. “Masked Ball” – Jocelyn Pook, Eyes Wide Shut soundtrack

What a super list:  several soundtrack numbers, one of the greatest instrumental tracks (#7)…TGIF!