“Veridis Quo” is the eleventh track by Daft Punk, from their second studio album Discovery, as well as its pseudo-title track. The title of the song can be read as ‘very disco’ which in turn says, ‘discovery’. The song starts with a simple sound that lasts the whole song. 37 seconds into the song, 4-beat starts. […]
Korobeiniki (Tetris)
“Korobeiniki” (The Peddlers) is a nineteenth-century Russian folk song that tells the story of a meeting between a korobeinik (peddler) and a girl, describing their haggling over goods in a metaphor for seduction. Outside Russia, Korobeiniki is widely known as the Tetris theme tune, from its appearance in Nintendo’s Game Boy version of the game […]
Interstellar (Soundtrack)
Interstellar: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the album composed by Hans Zimmer for the 2014 film by Christopher Nolan. Hans Zimmer had previously worked with director Christopher Nolan several times, scoring Nolan’s The Dark Knight film trilogy and Inception. Without revealing the plot of Interstellar, Nolan wrote a short story for Zimmer about a father […]
Caravan
“Caravan” is an American jazz standard by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington, first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely sung. The song has regained popularity since being featured prominently in the 2014 film Whiplash. Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters introduced “Caravan” on the Variety label in December, 1936. […]
Begin The Beguine
“Begin the Beguine” is a popular song written by Cole Porter. Porter composed the song during a 1935 Pacific cruise aboard the Cunard ocean liner Franconia from Kalabahi, Indonesia to Fiji. In October 1935, it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee, produced at the Imperial Theatre in New York City. The […]
I Only Have Eyes for You
“I Only Have Eyes For You” is a song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin. The song was written for the 1934 film ‘Dames’, in which it was performed by Dick Powell. In addition to the original version by Dick Powell, recordings of the song by Ben Selvin (vocal by Howard Phillips), Eddy […]
Blame It On The Bossa Nova
Blame It on the Bossa Nova” is a song written by Cynthia Weil (lyrics) and Barry Mann which was a 1963 hit single for Eydie Gorme, reaching number 7 on the Hot 100 in March 1963. “Blame It on the Bossa Nova” was an international hit for Gormé, reaching No. 1 in Australia, South Africa and […]
Lascia Ch’io Pianga
“Lascia ch’io pianga” (“Let Me Weep”), originally “Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa” (“Leave the Thorn, Take the Rose”), is an Italian-language soprano aria by composer George Frederick Handel that has become a popular concert piece. Its melody is first found in act 3 of Handel’s 1705 opera Almira as a sarabande; the score for […]
Cry Me A River
“Cry Me a River” is a popular American torch song, written by Arthur Hamilton, first published in 1953 and made famous in 1955 with the version by Julie London. In 2001. the Julie London version of “Cry Me a River” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame Arthur Hamilton later said of the song: […]
It’s Been A Long, Long Time
“It’s Been a Long, Long Time” is a big band-era song that was a hit at the end of World War II, with music by Julie Styne and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The lyrics are written from the perspective of a person welcoming home their spouse at the end of the war. The most popular […]