Best Of: Clint Mansell – Lux Aeterna
11th July, 2008 by Chewbacca
You didn’t think I was just going to forget about you did I? Here’s the deal, interspersed with our three times a week schedule, I might sometimes do some "Best Of" posts. And I’ll leave those to the days when I’m completely snowed under, like today, of all days! The first "Best Of" is one of the most popular posts on the Chewie, and for good reason: Clint Mansell’s epic "Lux Aeterna" is an astonishing piece of music. It’s been used for hundreds of film trailers because although it builds up from something so quiet, the entire track is supremely powerful at the beginning, meaning the ending in all of its ferocity is simply amazing.
- Official Website
- Buy the soundtrack on Amazon.co.uk
- Original Post on Something Chewie (10th August 2007)
And we’re back! Noel Gallagher, who I’m sure you’ll know as one fifth of the band Oasis, contributed to the album for the X-Files movie and the song as the credits began to play. I’d hope you’ll notice a distinct change in the music – an instrumental, electronic, new-age piece that is always good listening for me for a chillout track. As for the name, we can only presume he refers to the 
Continuing a theme of theatrical, trailer-like music from previously featured 
Today’s song was recommended by my friend David who had this very astute sentence to say: “I’ve got a banging song you can put on Something Chewie!” I couldn’t say no, so here we are with The Cult’s “Painted On My Heart”. You’ve most likely heard about their background, so there’s no need to go into detail – but this song was released in 2000 after their reunion from their 4 year hiatus, and was part of the soundtrack to the film “Gone in 60 Seconds”. It’s rocking, so give it a listen!