(AU magazine November 2008)
(DE WOLFE MUSIC LIBRARY)
Anyone who has ever dreamed of starring in their own heavily-choreographed retro kung fu movie is looking at a must-have record. This collection of songs culled from just such a movie-making dynasty may sound a little offbeat, but the tracks on show here are each peerless filmic grooves to make you feel effortlessly cool, sounding like an evening round Quentin Tarantino’s gaff. Listening to The Four Assassins from 1975’s Horror House paints pictures of martial arts baddies on the prowl, while the spooky Old Dark House from 1978’s Heaven and Hell is drowning in intrigue. The cuts from the late 70s are more evocative, offering bold strokes of a time now shamefully forgotten in both music and cinema. Listen and learn.
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