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Wojciech Kilar’s Score for ‘The Ninth Gate’ Finally Coming to Vinyl!

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Regardless of your thoughts on the movie The Ninth Gate (which I genuinely enjoy the hell out of), I don’t think anyone can deny that composer Wojciech Kilar‘s score is anything short of brilliant. The combination of Korean soprano Sumi Jo with the mysterious, at times playful, at times unsettling music is simply delightful and I’ve been craving this score on vinyl for a long, long time. And today, my prayers have been answered.

Real quick though, for those of you unaware, Kilar is the man who also composed Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which won an ASCAP award and was nominated for a Saturn. If you can watch that movie and not be thrilled by the music, then I just don’t get you. What a masterpiece of music!

The 1999 mystery thriller was directed by Roman Polanski and starred Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, and Frank Langella. It was loosely based on “The Club Dumas” by Arturo Peréz-Reverte (which is a fantastic book, I might add) and follows rare book dealer/expert Dean Corso (Depp) as he investigates and tracks down the last three remaining copies of “The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows”, a book that is thought to be an adaptation of a story written by the Devil himself. As Corso’s investigations progress, the bodies begin piling up and the intrigue reaches supernatural levels. It’s not a flawless movie by any stretch of the imagination but I always have a blast watching it, especially considering how beautiful many of the locations are.

Anyways, coming back to the story at hand, Silva Screen Records has announced that The Ninth Gate will be receiving a limited edition vinyl run of 1,000 copies for this year’s Record Store Day. The album will be a 2xLP edition sleeved in a gatefold package and pressed on flame colored vinyl. Very fitting indeed!

You better believe that this is one of the titles that I will fight tooth and nail over to get my hands on come Record Store Day!

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[H/T Light in the Attic]

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Kristen Stewart Doesn’t Want to Make Any Marvel Movies But Does Want to Make a Scary Horror Movie

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If you haven’t yet seen A24 and Saint Maud director Rose Glass’ new movie Love Lies Bleeding, you should definitely get out there and support it in theaters while you can. The critically acclaimed romantic thriller is one of this year’s best movies so far, driven by incredible lead performances from Katy O’Brian and the always compelling Kristen Stewart.

Katy O’Brian just landed a huge role in Mission Impossible 8, but what’s next for Kristen Stewart? Well, for starters, don’t expect to see her in any Marvel movies anytime soon.

Stewart tells the “Not Skinny but Not Fat” podcast, “I will likely never do a Marvel movie … it sounds like a fucking nightmare, actually.” She further explains, “You would have to put so much money and so much trust into one person … and it doesn’t happen.”

And so therefore what ends up happening is this algorithmic, weird experience where you can’t feel personal at all about it. So likely not,” Kristen Stewart continues in her chat with the podcast. “But maybe the world changes, that’s what I’m saying.” She notes, however, “if Greta Gerwig asked me to do a Marvel movie, then I would do it.”

So what DOES Kristen Stewart want to do next? Chatting with Variety on the red carpet just a couple months back, she indicated that she’s far more interested in horror than Marvel!

I’d like to make a good scary movie,” Stewart answered when asked what she’d like to do next. “Like something a little more psychological. Yeah, a really good horror movie.”

Kristen Stewart is of course no stranger to the horror/thriller genres, getting her start as a child actor in David Fincher’s Panic Room. From there, she starred in 2007 horror movie The Messengers, as well as the Twilight movies, ghost story Personal Shopper, and 2018’s Lizzie. And don’t forget 2020’s Underwater or David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future.

The ball is in your court, filmmakers. Let’s make it happen.

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