Rachel Sweet is an American singer, television writer and actress.She was born in Akron, Ohio. Because she pursued her singing career so young, she dropped out of high school to concentrate on her career, but she was still required to devote time to her studies. Sweet resumed her education via correspondence courses, and she eventually […]
Big Spender
“Big Spender” is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical Sweet Charity, first performed in 1966. Peggy Lee was the first artist to record the song (on single released on Jan 29, 1966), also on the album Big Spender (released July 30, 1966). It is sung, in the musical, by […]
A Thousand Years
“A Thousand Years” is a ballad recorded by American singer and songwriter Christina Perri, written by Perri and her producer David Hodges, for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. The song was released worldwide as a digital download on October 18, 2011 and serves as the second single by Atlantic Records from the […]
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans is the soundtrack album of the 1992 film of the same name. Director Michael Mann initially asked Trevor Jones to provide an electronic score for the film, but late in production, it was decided an orchestral score would be more appropriate for this historic epic. Jones hurried to re-fashion the […]
Music From Howl’s Moving Castle
The music to Studio Ghibli’s 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film Howl’s Moving Castle directed by Hayao Miyazaki, featured a score composed by Joe Hisaishi, Miyazaki’s regular collaborator and performed by the New Japan Philharmonic orchestra. Hisaishi had introduced several leitfmotifs for the first time, as his previous scores for the Miyazaki and Ghibli ventures did […]
Judith Durham
Judith Durham was an Australian singer, songwriter and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1962. Durham at first planned to be a pianist and gained the qualification of Associate in Music, Australia (AMusA), in classical piano at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium. She had some professional […]
The Hanging Tree
“The Hanging Tree” is a song by Suzanne Collins, James Newton Howard, and Wesley Schultz from the band the Lumineers, featuring vocals from American actress Jennifer Lawrence. The song was released by Republic Records on December 9, 2014, as the second single from the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014). It […]
Always Remember Us This Way
Always Remember Us This Way” is a song from the 2018 film A Star Is Born and its soundtrack of the same name, performed by the film’s star Lady Gaga. It was released as soundtrack’s second single in Italy and France in January 2019. The song was written by Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey, […]
Brigette Bardot
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, who died on the 28 December 2025 aged 91, was often referred to by her initials B.B., She was a French actress, singer, model and animal rights activist. Famous for portraying characters with hedonistic lives, she was one of the best known symbols of the sexual revolution. Although she withdrew from the […]
Purcell – Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
The English composer Henry Purcell wrote funeral music that includes his Funeral Sentences and the later Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z 860. Two of the funeral sentences, “Man that is born of a woman” Z. 27 and “In the midst of life we are in death” Z. 17, survive in autograph score. The Music for […]