Isn't it amazing how far in game music has come over the years? Back in the early days (well, not too early) of the ZX Spectrum and C64 we were impressed at the bleeping renditions of tunes in games such as Jet Set Willy, and the Monty Mole series (most of which were composed by Rob Hubbard ).

Now, we have orchestral scores to channel the emotions of battle, well considered soundtracks to capture the essence of the game world, or just a selection of rock/indie/rap track to skate, drive, or punch the living crap out of things to.

Even…

I'm sat here listening to the Watchmen soundtrack, and thinking to myself how much a perfectly tailored soundtrack can really make a film stand out, and lend so much to the scenes. Now this applies to orchestral Original Soundtracks (scores composed solely for the film), and in films such as Star Wars you cannot imagine one without the other. However, what I am mainly referring to here is the use of popular (or even obscure) releases in a motion picture.

On Watchmen in-particular we had the beautiful use of The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning used to great…

Well, tonight I have been listening to my old Adam & The Ants albums (okay, my mp3 collection of my old albums) and I have to say that they are still as amazing as they were when I first heard them. The result is a fair few hearts getting tagged onto tracks this evening!

I was all of about 8 or 9 when I was introduced to the work of Stuart Goddard and his band of merry men (Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee and Kevin Mooney - soon replaced by Garry Tibbs), and it was all down to the iconic imagery…

We all know the situations, when a great piece of music comes on and as you listen to it you suddenly find yourself morphing into a character from a film. Maybe it is the sound of Iggy Pop telling us he has a 'Lust for Life' getting you in the urge to sprint through the streets. Maybe it is the Propellerheads' "Spybreak" making you feel like wearing a black leather trenchcoat and shooting the crap out of a lobby full of security guards. Whatever the music, it is when they are used in such iconic scenes that it forever becomes…

….I hate it! Whenever Maria Carey pops up on TV in that "Oh so twee" home video-style All I Want For Christmas crap I feel my inner-rage building to immense proportions. I don't know what exactly it is about that video that gets me so riled - perhaps sugary-coated Carey's frolicking in the snow with that "Oh so smashable with a hammer" smile on her face, or the fucking sleigh-ride with a fat man in a santa suit - whatever it is, it seems that video epitomises everything that is wrong with Christmas and music.

It seems that when the…

As I make the slow progress of syncing all my music collection to LastFm, I feel I must make something clear…

I do not regularly listen to Bille or Julio Iglesias, they are part of my number ones collection and I only have them (amongst others mentioned in the last posting, and more that I dare not speak the name of) for completions sake.

Yes, as mentioned previously I have all the number ones from the early 50s until around March this year (sort of lost the passion for it all with the toss at the top spot in…

Finally - after having this account for quite a while now I've finally decided to sync it with my music collection. Now, whenever I listen to one of my plethora of singles and albums on my PC, it will thus be added to my profile here by the magic pixies of t'internet. Over time you will come to see the range of musical taste I have, and perhaps understand how there is really not that much that I don't listen to.

I'm currently filtering through my number-one UK singles collection, which is quite a wide and varied taste - in…