So i’m fairly sure all of us who saw Hamlet walked away totally in love with the music. Most of all the piece used for Ophelia’s last scene – “Abandon Window” by Jon Hopkins. Find it on YouTube HERE Now, i am by no means any kind of good piano player or teacher but i […]
Longtime fans of Benedict Cumberbatch who’ve followed his musical tastes know of his appreciation for Radiohead and lead singer Thom Yorke. In the past, Cumberbatch has openly admitted Radiohead’s significance to him – as if their music were the soundtrack to his life (never more so than “How To Disappear Completely” – the song he heard […]
Time to get excited for The Imitation Game dear readers. The film is celebrating its world premiere at Telluride Film Festival as we speak. In only a few hours we can expect the buzz to start, after the first people apart from preview audiences will have formed an opinion about Cumberbatch’s next big movie. While we wait, we […]
To celebrate the weekend, especially one that includes Peter Jackson AND Benedict Cumberbatch appearing at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, it seems appropriate to raise a glass to these fine folks – and the fact you made it through another week.
“Tristan and Isolde with the Potion” J.W. Waterhouse “Prelude to Tristan and Isolde” – Richard Wagner “Yes, it’s widely acknowledged as one of the peaks of the operatic repertory, notable for Wagner’s advanced use of chromaticism, tonality, orchestral colour and harmonic suspension… But it just makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Reminds me of […]
Happy, Happy Birthday to Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch! What better way to celebrate the actor than to reflect upon his 38 years of existence? His transformation from theater actor, radio player, and now big screen mega star and all around humble guy is simply amazing. Enjoy this video as much as we did. Many […]
The Stone Roses (courtesy coolalbumreview.com) “I Am the Resurrection” and “Fools Gold” by the Stone Roses “…they stand side by side on the album and are inseparably brilliant. I went to Manchester University partly on an insane surge of nostalgia from when I discovered these mischievous mancs and their Madchester ways! God bless the Happy Mondays and Joy Division and all the other Tony Wilson ‘Factory’ recorded bands.” – […]
Lee GrothOlson had a dream job. courtesy: cumberbuddy.tumblr.com A DREAM JOB. Who? Lee GrothOlson What? A DREAM JOB How? Talent (and location – it’s not just important in real estate, you know.) Why? Benedict Cumberbatch NEEDED her.
I have to be honest with you. When I first read Benedict’s Top Tunes on Two Paddocks, I didn’t notice anything particularly unusual – UNTIL he wrote about #8: “Hyperballad” by Björk. Americans might remember her for her awards show fashion sense more than her singing:
It’s been awhile since we checked the vintage vault for songs favored by Benedict Cumberbatch, hasn’t it? It’s not completely our fault, you know. He’s been a very busy man lately: filming in Boston with Johnny Depp and Erica McDermott as part of the Whitey Bulger biopic, Black Mass. supporting the Motor Neurone Disease & ALS Associations, asking fans […]
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