The early years
From his very first soundtrack through to teenage angst and heartbreak, find out which records established Mark's appreciation of soundtrack albums.
Dougal and the Blue Cat: "A bit scratchy, a bit battered and worn but it still sounds brilliant"
"Back in the days before video, soundtrack albums were the only way of replaying a movie. You could hear Fenella Fielding and Eric Thompson conjuring the insanity of the first Magic Roundabout feature film right there in your own front room."
Jeremy: "It remains one of my favourite films of all time"
“I was 13 when I first saw it and it felt like getting my heart broken for the first time. A hit at the Cannes Film Festival (it won Best First Work in 1973) before disappearing off the face of the earth. Never released on video or DVD in the UK, I have two copies of the soundtrack on vinyl."
Shock Treatment: "The film was a bit of a mess frankly but the songs were terrific"
"Of all the albums I owned as a teenager the one I remember the most fondly was the soundtrack to . Before I saw the film I first fell in love with listening to the soundtrack album."
Blue Velvet: "Impressive because it had a sense of the whole film"
"David Lynch’s soundtrack also has weird things on it. It's got the little advert for Lumberton on it, 'Logs, logs, logs! Lumberton USA' in between the songs. Actually listening to the Blue Velvet soundtrack album was like watching the movie again in your head."
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