It’s October, so I’m going to carry on the horror theme for this week’s Movie Music Mondays. Here we go…
I’ve read the book. I’ve watched the film. I liked them both. A lot. Most people do, don’t they? If you’re not familiar with the story, I’m not going to rehash it here. There are already endless websites, theories and even documentaries devoted to The Shining, and probably rightly so.
I’m here today to share my love of the iconic song used in the film: Midnight, the Stars and You as performed by Al Bowlly. I think The Shining was the first place I ever heard it, or Al and I subsequently sought out more of his music which I also really enjoyed.
Al Bowlly
I find the song quite poignant having read up on Bowlly’s life and finding out that he died at quite a young age. Following a performance one evening, he turned down an offer to stay overnight (it was during WWII and London was being bombed to hell), and was killed when a bomb went off outside his home. At least that’s what the internet says.
This video might give away some stuff you might not want to see if you still haven’t seen The Shining.
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Ooh, that song is so creepy and well-suited to the film. Nice work Laura.
Thanks Vinnie!
Great post, Laura! The Shining is perfect. PERFECT. Music & everything. Can’t say I ever knew who that was by before! 🙂
Why, thank you. It’s pretty great, huh? Jack is truly spellbinding.
I really like the music, and in this context it comes off as pretty creepy.
Jack rules!!!! One of my favorite actors. He does “crazy” so well. 🙂
He’s probably the best at that!
Forgot how eerie that song is , but when used in the movie it has this sense of dread with it. Great job
I wonder if we’d find it creepy if we didn’t know it for The Shining? I really like his music.