For Jungle Cruise, Disney decided to give the task of creating a score to James Newton Howard, a composer who’s previously enjoyed a huge amount of success with films like Pretty Woman, Space Jam, The Dark Knight, and The Sixth Sense. It proved a wise choice, with Howard pulling off a hugely ambitious, thrillingly dramatic…
5th Dimension came to prominence in the 1960s with their genre-hopping blend of pop, R&B, and Broadway, releasing a slew of gold and platinum albums along with chart-topping hits like Up, Up and Away and Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures). Although the group’s lineup has changed multiple times over the years, they…
In 2011, Becky G started posting songs of herself singing covers on YouTube. After grabbing the attention of Dr. Luke, the singer found herself with a record deal, a small army of willing collaborators like will.i.am, Cher Lloyd and Cody Simpson, and, before long, a growing collection of hits. Having already established herself as one…
Jackie Brown might be one of Quentin Tarantino’s most underappreciated films, but there’s no denying its brilliance. Starring Pam Grier and Samuel L Jackson, the film plays tribute to 1970s blaxploitation movies like Foxy Brown and Coffy, both of which Grier starred in. As you’d expect from Tarantino, the soundtrack is as thrilling as the…
The Devil’s Rejects was only a minor success back in 2005, but in the years since its release, it’s become a cult favorite. The soundtrack has also weathered well, with an eclectic mix of southern rock that might have its roots in the 1970s, but still sounds fresh today. If bands like the Allman Brothers…
The 1979 American war film Apocalypse Now is a movie about the Vietnam War and is considered one of the greatest films ever made. The film is about the United States military’s involvement in Vietnam and the horror that ensued. It stars Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, and more. The film’s soundtrack is just…
The film Stand by me is timeless and brings about nostalgia for how skillful a person can cross from childhood to adulthood. This movie was inspired by Stephen King’s traumatic childhood experiences when he witnessed a horrific incident where a boy was knocked and killed by a moving train when he was four years old….
The Princess Diaries was a coming-of-age movie from the early 2000s, which was based on a book series with the same name. Its premise was that an American teenager learned that she was the next-in-line to an European throne, meaning that she had to choose between either claiming it or renouncing it. Amusingly, The Princess…
Peabo Bryson began his career at the age of 14 as a backup singer for Al Freeman and the Upsetters. A couple of years later, he went on tour with Moses Dillard and the Tex-Town Display, and was with them when they auditioned for Atlanta’s Bang Records. The band didn’t make the grade, but the…