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Idiot Music Joy Advent Calendar. Day 12

Got thinking about this yesterday because of something someone said on Twitter. It’s the title sequence of the film “Battle Of Algiers” and it’s menacing and direct and really quite brilliant. (The music is by Ennio Morricone). Unfortunately the title sequence does not begin until about 50 seconds in.

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3 Responses to “Idiot Music Joy Advent Calendar. Day 12”

  1. Moonbolt Says:
    December 14th, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    I’ve started a Spotify playlist in honour

    http://bit.ly/5iv6uz

    Tom

    Muchly enjoying your advent calendar by the way.

  2. admin Says:
    December 14th, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    Cheers. Excellent playlist.

  3. Soundtracks for life, pt1: 60s-80s « Moonbolt Says:
    December 21st, 2009 at 9:38 am

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