Take The Red Pill: Real Gone Reissues “The Matrix” and “Vanilla Sky” Soundtracks on Vinyl In December

Adding to its eclectic slate, Real Gone Music has announced a pair of soundtrack vinyl reissues hitting stores in December: The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture due on December 3 and Music from Vanilla Sky, due on December 10. To tie in with The Matrix: Resurrections, the somewhat unexpected fourth movie in the sci-fi franchise due in theaters on December 22, Real Gone is re-releasing a vinyl edition of the soundtrack to the original Matrix film on December 3.  Real Gone first brought the album to the format in 2017 (and…

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Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer: Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous” Soundtrack Gets Mega-Expansion

Cameron Crowe, in association with Universal Music, has done the (near-) impossible.  On July 9, the writer-director will revisit the soundtrack to his 2000 instant classic Almost Famous in greatly expanded, near-complete form, including five – yes, five! – Led Zeppelin songs plus tracks by other typically difficult-to-license artists including Simon and Garfunkel, The Who, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, David Bowie, and Stevie Wonder.  That’s not to mention new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Todd Rundgren, The Beach Boys, Cat Stevens, Deep Purple, The Raspberries, and…

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Sweetness Follows: Real Gone Announces “Music From Vanilla Sky” and “Orange County” on LP

Last month, Real Gone Music announced the release of seven Christmas-related goodies, including a pair of joint releases with Second Disc Records.  But, as temperatures fall, Real Gone plans to bring more than just holiday melodies to keep listeners warm this winter.  On December 14, the label will release limited-edition, two-disc colored vinyl sets of two cult film soundtracks:  Music From Vanilla Sky and Orange County: The Soundtrack. Vanilla Sky was Cameron Crowe’s seventh film.  Based on Alejandro Amenábar’s 1997 psychological thriller, Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes), it follows the reflections of a real estate magnate as he tries…

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Review: “Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Deluxe Edition”

A Tribute Told in Vignettes… Well, I don’t like to reduce us to just being part of the “Seattle Sound.” I’d like to think of us as expanding more. Like, we’re huge in Europe right now. I mean, we’ve got records… uh, a big record just broke in Belgium.    -Cliff Poncier, Singles A Cameron Crowe film tends to have a “killer” soundtrack.  Listening to a Crowe soundtrack is an intriguing adventure filled with carefully curated juxtapositions.  In fact, the experience is a lot like the line from Crowe’s motion picture Singles, in…

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