Daily Jam (October Edition) - Lontano

Let's get eerie with some avant garde classical music from Hungarian-Austrian composer György Ligeti and his haunting, nightmare-scape piece "Lontano."  Probably most notable for its use in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," the piece is foreboding and ominous, tense and unsettling.  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Here's an unnerving classical piece by Bela Bartok used most notably to score Jack's unraveling sanity in "The Shining."  Listen below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam (October Edition) - The Shining Main Theme (Dies Irae)

It's my favorite time of the year, so all month long our Daily Jams will focus on Halloween related music, be it horror movie soundtracks, songs about monsters and ghouls, or just plain old creepy tunes.  Starting us off is Wendy Carlos's main theme from "The Shining."  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

October Horror Trailer - The Shining

Deerhoof Plays Music of The Shining

Well this is just awesome, and it's right in time for the Halloween season too.  Long running avant garde art pop band Deerhoof have a 7" dropping next month on Famous Class Records called "Deerhoof Plays Music of The Shining," two tracks of the band's interpretations of music from the Stanley Kubrick film.  Listen to "Midnight, The Stars and You" below and get the record here.

Room 237

I finally saw Rodney Ascher's incredible documentary "Room 237" last night (it's currently up on Video On Demand), and i loved it.  A statement about film as art and how that art affects and gets inside our minds, the movie presents different theories about what Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" is all about, from allegories about the Holocaust to the plight of American Indians to minotaurs and labyrinths.  It never validates any opinion, but leaves everything up to the viewer.  It's fascinating.  I now must procure a copy of "The Shining" and watch it again to see what i can pick up on.  Watch the trailer below.