Musical Montage Musical Montage: Taylor Dayne “Original Sin” March 18, 2019 Best known for her song “Tell It to My Heart”, Taylor Dayne provided the bombastic and insanely rock operatic main theme for 1994’s The Shadow, “Original Sin”.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Singin’ in the Rain March 11, 2019 Considered by many the greatest musical of all time, it took a while for Singin’ in the Rain to gain it’s legendary status, as it was only a modest hit when it was first released back in 1952 and was barely recognized for awards, only winning one Oscar for co-star Jean Hagen.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Harvey Danger “Carlotta Valdez” March 4, 2019 The lead track on the album that produced their insanely popular single “Flagpole Sitta”, “Carlotta Valdez” was Harvey Danger’s homage to Vertigo, retelling the Hitchcock classic as Jimmy Stewart’s Scottie Ferguson.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper “Shallow” February 25, 2019 Shocking no one, “Shallow” won the Best Original Song award at last night’s Oscars for Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, following constant radio airplay since A Star is Born came out and wins at the Golden Globes and Grammy Awards.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Ray Charles “In the Heat of the Night” February 18, 2019 Ray Charles helped kick off the iconic 1967 crime thriller In the Heat of the Night with the title song, “In the Heat of the Night”, that was composed by the legendary Quincy Jones.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Diana Ross & Lionel Richie “Endless Love” February 11, 2019 Far surpassing the 1981 film it was the theme song for, “Endless Love” by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross was a gigantic smash hit, becoming the second biggest song of the year and earning Oscar, Golden Globe and multiple Grammy award nominations.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Ambassadors of Funk “Super Mario Land” February 4, 2019 An official collaboration with Nintendo, producer Simon Harris’ house/dance project Ambassadors of Funk celebrated Mario’s first foray on the Game Boy, Super Mario Land, with a rap/dance song of the same name.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Nicki Minaj “Your Love” January 28, 2019 One of her first big singles, “Your Love” from Nicki Minaj arrived in 2010 and the music video for it was inspired by martial arts and Asian culture, with Black Dynamite himself, Michael Jai White, appearing as Nicki’s samurai master.
Musical Montage Musical Montage: Swing Time January 21, 2019 Considered by many to be the greatest collaboration of the legendary Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Swing Time features a number of songs that became jazz standards, including the Academy Award-winning “The Way You Look Tonight”.