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Michael Mann’s 1986 film was a critical and commercial flop, but its soundtrack has proved a major inspiration for the music supervision on projects like Drive and “Stranger Things.” By all traditional Hollywood metrics, Michael Mann’s Manhunter was deemed a disappointment upon its release in the summer of 1986, receiving a lukewarm reception both at the box office and from critics. You couldn’t really blame the typical action-flick junkie from walking out of the […]

FOREIGNER bassist Jeff Pilson recently spoke with the OC Weekly about what he described as the band's recent "upward trajectory." "There's a lot of little contributors," he said. "We had songs on 'American Idol' and 'Glee', so there's a bit of that — not to the degree like JOURNEY had [in 'The Sopranos'], but little [impressions] which helped with current relevance. But I think most of it just comes down to hard work, especially the last 13 years since [vocalist] Kelly's [Hansen] […]

After way, way too many routines set to Bizet’s “Carmen” and Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” the music rules in figure-skating competitions changed to allow music with lyrics after the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014. Following the change, skaters started to set their routines to songs like Ed Sheeran’s “Give Me Love” and “Black Betty” from Ram Jam. A performance by Jimmy Ma went viral when he took to the ice with a shotgun spin and DJ Snake […]