Simon Wilkinson - TheBlueMask
 
Simon Wilkinson - TheBlueMask


These are a few of my favourite things (in no order). You can read more about my influences and inspirations here.


Films

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
The Taking Of Pelham 123

Don't Look Now
Solaris
Koyaanisqatsi
Glengarry Glenn Ross

City Of God
The Searchers
When We Were Kings
O Brother Where Art Thou
Lost In Translation
Capricorn One
The French Connection
Memento
Serpico
Fargo
Eternal Sunshine...
Mystery Train
Halloween
The Shining
Magnolia
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
The Big Lebowski
Ghost Dog
If....
The Assassination Of Richard Nixon
2001: A Space Oddysey
Carlito's Way
Groundhog Day
Pi - Faith In Chaos
Naked
Jacob's Ladder
Lawrence Of Arabia

Songwriters

Bob Dylan
Liz Phair
Tindersticks
Lou Reed
Mark Hollis
Michael Bennett
PJ Harvey
Tom Waits
Stephin Merritt


Guitar Players

Tom Verlaine
Mick Ronson
Nick Drake
Johnny Marr
Kenny Burrell
Pete Townshend
Liz Phair
Mick Taylor

Graham Coxon
Dave Navarro

Over-rated

Guitar Players
Favourites Lists
Myspace
Sgt Peppers
The Property Ladder
Good Taste
Cats
Death


Film Soundtracks and Composers

The Taking Of Pelham 123 - David Shire
Monster's Ball - Asche & Spencer
Quincy Jones -
Smackwater Jack
Taxi Driver
- Bernard Hermann
Psycho
- Bernard Herrmann
The Player - Thomas Newman
A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi
Western Pansori - Cyril Morin
Syriana
- Alexandre Desplat
Meet Joe Black
- Thomas Newman
Ronin
- Elia Cmiral
Memento
- Christopher Nolan

Red Dragon
- Danny Elfman
Black Caesar
- James Brown
Across 110th Street
- Bobby Womack
Death In Venice -
Mahler, etc
Naked
- Andrew Dickson
Brannigan
- Dominic Frontiere
Ghost Dog
- RZA
2001: A Space Odyssey - Various
Solaris
- Cliff Martinez
Capricorn One
- Jerry Goldsmith
Koyaanisqatsi
- Philip Glass
The Hours - Philip Glass
Thunderball - John Barry
Don't Look Now - Pino Donaggio
Bladerunner _ Vangelis
Ulysses' Gaze - Eleni Karaindrou
Get Carter - Roy Budd
Lost In Translation - Various
Requiem For A Dream
- Clint Mansell
Black Hawk Down
- Hans Zimmer
Alien
- Jerry Goldsmith
Adaptation - Carter Burwell
Dirty Harry
- Lalo Schifrin
Bullitt
- Lalo Schifrin
Road to Perdition
- Thomas Newman
Lawrence Of Arabia
- Maurice Jarre
Paris, Texas
- Ry Cooder
Pi : Faith In Chaos - Clint Mansell & Various

The Bourne Supremacy - John Powell
Performance - Ry Cooder/Various
Halloween - John Carpenter
Assault On Precinct 13 - John Carpenter
Escape From New York - John Carpenter
Virgin Suicides - Air


Albums


A Heap Of Broken Images Blue Sky Black Death
Gymnopédies Erik Satie
Seriously Deep David Axelrod
Exile On Main Street Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers Rolling Stones
Apollo: Atmospheres and Sound Brian Eno
Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder
Substrata Biosphere
The Campfire Headphase Boards Of Canada
It Takes A Nation... Public Enemy
Yo! Bum Rush The Show Public Enemy
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy
What's Going On Marvin Gaye
Now That Everything's Been Said The City
Deep Red Deadly Avenger
Late Night Cinema Blue Sky Black Death
Lady Soul Aretha Franklin
Wu-Tang Forever Wu-Tang Clan
Marquee Moon Television
Curtains Tindersticks
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan
Ritual De Lo Habitual Jane's Addiction
Be Common
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest
Who's Next The Who
Critical Beatdown Ultramagnetic MCs
Funeral Arcade Fire
Brighten The Corners Pavement
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Pavement
Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus
Black On Both Sides Mos Def
Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground
Remain In Light Talking Heads
The Blueprint Jay-Z
Endtroducing... DJ Shadow
Amnesiac Radiohead
Violator Depeche Mode
Quality Talib Kweli
1965 Afghan Whigs
Mezzanine Massive Attack
Ill Communication Beastie Boys
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan
69 Love Songs Magnetic Fields
Ritual De Lo Habitual Jane's Addiction
KAOS Adam F
Grace Jeff Buckley
This Year's Model Elvis Costello
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths
Hatful of Hollow The Smiths
Parallel Lines Blondie
The Soft Bulletin Flaming Lips
Dummy Portishead
Spirit Of Eden Talk Talk
Follow The Leader Eric B & Rakim
Radio City Big Star
Cousteau Cousteau
New York Lou Reed
The Sophtware Slump Grandaddy
Bitches Brew Miles Davis
Darkness On The Edge Of Town Bruce Springsteen
Exile In Guyville Liz Phair
Young Americans David Bowie
Northern Sulphuric Soul Rae & Christian
Stakes Is High De La Soul
3ft High & Rising De La Soul
Art Official Intelligence De La Soul

Library Music

I've been collecting various library albums for years now, soundtracks & oddities, mainly from the 70s, from the like of KPM, DeWolfe, Bruton, Chappell etc.

Some killer cuts include:

The Omega Man : Ron Grainer
Soul Sides : Art Farmer
Nautilus : Bob James
Airport 75 : The Geoff Love Orchestra
Trop's - Alberto Baldan Bembo
Concorde : Gabor Szabo
Hill Where The Lord Hides - Percy Faith
Love Beat Of The City : Les Baxter
Danse Des Mouches Noires Gardes Du Roi : Jean Claude Vannier
Great Bank Robbery : Jerry Van Rooyen
The Eiger Sanction : John Williams
Love That Would Not Die : Major Symphony
Balkans Ekspres : RTB Big Band
The Man From Nowhere : Ted Atking

Always on the lookout for great Crime Jazz Funk and string/brass-heavy cuts.

Comedy/TV Shows

The Sopranos
Battlestar Galactica
The Wire
My Name Is Earl
Bill Hicks
The West Wing
Seinfeld
Larry Sanders
The Simpsons

Goddesses

PJ Harvey
Aretha Franklin
Carrie Fisher
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss
Natalie Portman
Simon Wilkinson - TheBlueMask

Simon Wilkinson - TheBlueMask

The Taking Of Pelham 123

Memento

Mike Leigh's Naked

Solaris

Assault on precinct 13

Blade Runner

The Shining

Pi: Faith In Chaos

Ghost Dog

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
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COMPOSER RESOURCES
How To Make Money Scoring Soundtracks & Jingles
Jeffrey P Fisher
Advice to make money from your music.
MIDI Guide to Orchestration - Paul Gilreath
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The Guide to MIDI orchestration
Paul Gilreath
Invaluable for composers working with MIDI orchestrations
Instruments Of The Orchestra
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Instruments of the Orchestra
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CD guide to instruments of the orchestra. Useful for film composers.
Complete Guide To Film Scoring
Richard Davis
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