Song parody writer the great Luke Ski is the musical brains behind Battlestar Rhapsody, which is set to appropriate clips here by YouTuber nnaylime.

[via /Film]

The film Despicable Me is about the supervillain Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, and his attempt to remain the baddest evildoer in the world. And these yellow monsters are his henchmen.

Listen to that evil cackle — we want nothing to do with it. It's like two twinkies got rolled around in some hair. Meanwhile, the film itself, with the voice talent from Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Jemaine Clement and Julie Andrews, we're still quite interested in.

Plus the theme song by Pharrell Williams is addictive...

[via Yahoo]

Apparently the ultra-limited edition of her expanded first album includes a booklet with these pics (and others) but also a lock of Lady GaGa's hair. [Daily Mail]

From countless Toho giant monster spectacles to Space: 1999, SF-themed library music has been discreetly making its way into films, television, and radio for at least a century. With the advent and spread of low cost analog synthesizers among recording studios around the world, there was an explosion of electronic library music, some of it truly inspired and bizarre. There are many hundreds of albums of sf-themed library music from France, Italy, Germany, and the UK, and a few are superlative, right down to the LP cover art. Every time I listen to one, it's uncanny how quickly images come rushing to mind, and a movie seems to make itself right there in my head. The titles of the tracks help set the scene: ""Frozen Silence", "Electronic Brain", "Vibraphonoid", and "Window On The Antiworld". I think the liner notes on "Time Signals", Klaus Weiss' 1978 Selected Sound LP, might say it best. The text — meant to suggest different scenarios which the music could be used for — reads like apocalyptic concrete poetry:

Rhythm section + synthesizer, drum solo, various rhythm and sounds. For documentary application. Reporting, information, news, sports, industry, technic, electronic, research and science, crime, adventures, space, science-fiction, environmental problems, narcotic - action, speed, stress, traffic, pursuit, tension, high-performance, violence, fright, power, creation, genesis, constructions, return, unendless, strange world, distance, time-retarder, depth.

The beauty of sf library music is that much of it is sonically so far out there — way ahead of its time when it was made in the 60s, 70s, and 80s — that we are only now just catching up to it. You very well might hear one of these tracks in the future at a theater or drive-in near you.

The glowing, pulsating "Lunar Module" by Earl Salisbury comes from the US-based Major/Valentino library, and was re-issued on "Cinemaphonic: Electro Soul". "Xenos Cosmos", from library maestro Janko Nilovic on the French label Montparnasse 2000, with full chorus and prog rock changes, evokes the soundtrack of "Chariots of the Gods". Working almost exclusively on library music, Nilovic did scores of LPs on Montparnasse 2000, and his complete oeuvre is one of the absolute finest in the field. "Jazz Computer" comes from the Italian library Music Scene LP "Futuribile (The Life To Come)", a masterpiece of personal electronic strangeness by "Gianni Safred & His Electronic Instruments". Finally, we have "Survivor", a post-apocalyptic dirge on the German Selected Sound library, from the LP "Time Signals" by jazz drummer Klaus Weiss, an entire LP of minimal synth lines and acoustic drums, that is nothing short of brain-searing. Weiss is best known for his work as "Niagra", an all-percussion German cosmic disco jam band in the early 70's, but his small output of library music is truly amazing.

Thanks to APM Music

Even more thanks to Adam Pash, creator of the nifty service MixTape.me, which you can learn more about here.

The Popeater blog had the exclusive online debut of "I See You" this weekend, and on first listen, it's an inoffensive if unexciting piece of balladry fluff (Meaning that we may get our wish for the return of movie ballads after all). But, considering all the hype and hoopla surrounding James Cameron's apparently-groundbreaking new movie, am I the only person who's disappointed by how familiar and by-the-numbers this sounds? Especially with lyrics like "Your love shines the way into paradise/So I offer my life as a sacrifice" and "And my heart was never open/And my spirit never free/To the world that you have shown me." Yeesh.

Still, at least she gets to hit all the traditional big ballad moments, including an attempt at the money note, and I'm sure it'll give her a chance at that coveted Christmas Number One slot.

Leona Lewis 'Avatar' Theme: 'I See You' Premiere [Popeater]

Here's the trailer for Busby Berkeley musical classic Gold Diggers of 1933.

And let's compare the two iconic dance sequences from these two flicks. Here's "We're In the Money," one of my very favorite musical numbers from Great Depression-era musicals. It's just completely psychotic and wonderful.

And here's the completely psychotic dance party from The Matrix Reloaded.

Which makes you feel more like dancing the apocalypse away?

Careful — there are massive spoilers in the video. The Road is out November 25th.

Side A, Vampires:

Blade, Blood Club

Once Bitten, "Hands Off"

Fright Night, "Good Man In A Bad Time"

Love At First Bite, With The Original Track "I Love The Night Life"

Twilight Prom Dance Clip

The Hunger

Side B, Werewolves:

Werewolf Steppers: He Jumps over A Bear Trap!

Werewolves Dance - For more funny videos, click here

Werewolf Bar Mitzvah

Teen Wolf Dance

Teen Wolf Too "Shut Up And Dance"

The only soundtrack we ever enjoyed that basically spelled out the entire plot was Danny Elfman's Batman, because it was brilliant. And two, because the track titles that laid out the plot were highly entertaining in their own right. Who could forget "Kitchen, Surgery, Face Off", "Clown Attack" or "Roasted Dude"? Fantastic stuff right there. Playlist got a copy of Avatar's soundtrack, which basically explains the entire plot of the movie. But I'm going to have to say "You Don't Dream In Cryo..." and "The Bioluminesecene of The Night" are pretty bad ass titles for musical tracks.

Here's the full list:

Here's the track listing:
1. "You Don't Dream in Cryo…"
2. Jake Enters His Avatar World
3. Pure Spirits of the Forest
4. The Bioluminescence of the Night
5. Becoming One of "The People"
Becoming One With Neytiri
6. Climbing Up – "Iknimaya – The Path to Heaven"
7. Jake's First Flight
8. Scorched Earth
9. Quaritch
10. The Destruction of "Hometree"
11. Shutting Down Grace's Lab
12. Gathering All the Na'vi Clans for Battle
13. War
14. I See You (Theme from "Avatar")

From this list, we can basically guess that Jake doesn't dream in Cryo on his way to the planet Pandora — or maybe he does, and they are nightmares? Then he "Enters His Avatar World," running about with his new blue legs and playing with the local exotic life.

From there, Jake learns that every rock and tree and creature, has a life, has a spirit, has a name in "Pure Spirits of the Forest" which we will relate to the Pocahontas show stopper, "Colors of The Wind."

Then he has a hot Bioluminesecene night out with a certain blue cat lady, think the underwater fairy flirt fest adventures in FernGully, hopefully with giant playtpus in tow.

After the night of hand touching and bonding Jake winds up "Becoming One of "The People." In order to become, "one of us" he must prove to the people that he is indeed a warrior, and begin "Climbing Up – 'Iknimaya – The Path to Heaven.'" But we're not 100% sure what that means, at all.

Next, Jake flies, like a she-Gelfling — or maybe in a helicopter, but we really hope he flies like a Gelfling. It's probably the scene we saw on Avatar Day, where Jake tames a dragon and flies it around. And there is nothing wrong with that.

Then Hexxus is let out and burns down a part of the Na'vi land, "Scorched Earth" and Jake can now feel the pain of the Earth, like a FernGully fairy.

The mystical Na'vi tree is destroyed, titled in the track listing as, "The Destruction of Hometree." Which could look like FernGully's almost tree destroying moment.

And the lab is shut down. Let's hope this is Sigourney Weaver's solo. Next up the Pandorans are "Gathering All the Na'vi Clans for Battle" followed by actual "War," which reminds us of "Savages," and then more "Savages," again from Pocahontas.

Ending with the big theme song, sung by Lena Lewis. Which we're seriously hoping brings back the days of giant movie ballads, no kidding. The Oscars were 1,000% times more interesting when there was more singing.

All in all there's not too much revealed — because you know somebody is bound to die in a fit of heroism and the bad guy's got to get his comeuppance, so that's all hidden. And we're mostly joking about Avatar being from the same mold as those other movies. Bottom line: it's high time we had something epic again, and with epic movies comes epic music, so we're still cautiously excited for James Cameron's noble savages.

The End.

[Playlist via Slashfilm]

Believe it or not, it makes sense that the Beastie Boys would appear in Star Trek, even if it is only a slightly unbelievable oldies station in a hijacked future car. After all, the Beasties haven't been shy about mentioning Star Trek in their songs. To wit:

The Brouhaha:

Communicator check one two, one two
This is Bones McCoy on a line to Sulu
Set the bullshit to warp factor one
Check your tricorder, set your phasers on stun

Stop That Train:

French trenchcoat wing tip going to work
And you'll be pulling a train like Captain Kirk

Intergalactic:

Your knees start shakin' and your fingers pop
Like a pinch on the neck from Mr. Spock

But it's not just the Beasties who like to namedrop the crew and missions of the Starship Enterprise; here're some other Star Trek cameos in rap:

MC Lars - "Space Game"

'Cause I get more play than Captain Kirk
He found out and went berserk like a jealous jerk
But no puny Vulcan death grip can paralyze me
I said beam me up Scotty and then I got free

DangerDoom - "Space Hoes"

When it come to wreck, cruisers like them dudes
Are red shirts off Star Trek, he Kirk, he Spock, he McCoy

Dilated Peoples - "Right On"

Innovator of rhyme communication with data like Star Trek, The Next Generation

Public Enemy - "Don't Believe the Hype"

They got to be beating that pipe you know what I'm sayin'
Yo the Megas got 'em goin' up to see Captain Kirk

Redman - "Sooperman Luva II"

I lived in the same building with Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk
Got R2D2 and Mork from Ork puttin in work

Xzibit - "Shroomz"

Pull the phone out, acceleration and we bone out
In the zone out beyond Captain Kirk and Klingon

Master P - "Captain Kirk"

Are you ready to boldly go,
where no family has gone before?
The Ghetto Enterprise has landed.
Captain Kirk has arrived, I repeat,
Captain Kirk, has arrived.
Women, if you're lucky, Captain Kirk will save you,
and beam your loved ones to the fortune and fame you
are lookin' for. I mean the next generation, ya' heard me?
Are you ready? (Yes I Am!!!!)

Yes, Star Trek's rap connections are so wide and deep that suddenly their usage in Star Trek suddenly seems a lot more... well, logical, if still entirely anarchronistic. There's really nothing else to add, apart from...

Additional research and reporting from Sarah Williams.

This picture, which was released in Vanity Fair, shows the brand new musical cast for The Addams Family, which is opening in Chicago. And if all goes well, it will head to New York city's Broadway. The musical's site actually has a lot of brilliant little videos detailing this family's journey from The New Yorker to television and eventually to the stage.

In other musical news Stephen King's Carrie is amping up for its big Broadway debut and has cast Molly Ranson as Carrie, Sutton Foster as gym teacher Ms. Gardner, Marin Mazzie as Margaret White, and Jennifer Damiano as Sue. But that's not all: American Idol contestant Diana DeGarmo is in the cast somewhere as well.

Carrie: The Musical was one of Broadway's most legendary disasters several years ago, crashing and burning despite being a co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company. It's become a legendary symbol of excess — here's a TV spot for the original production. But this new take will supposedly be very different. But you should definitely skim Youtube for old videos from the classic 1988 production — the opening scene "IN" is especially horrifying.

ALL NEW! Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles

Bird's "Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels' Generous Offer" starts with the Fab Four accepting Lorne Micahels' joking offer to appear on Saturday Night Live. The performance reinvigorates the band and they start work on another album. For the next few decades, the Beatles collaborate with Michael Jackson (who ends up with a very different legacy), have faux press fights with the Rolling Stones, and protest the War in Iraq. Personally, I'm glad they managed to save The Muppet Show:

December 14, 1980. Having "had a sit back" (Ringo) after Eventually's staggering success and taken time to concentrate on their own projects and personal lives, the Beatles make their first televised appearance as a group since the SNL reunion, appearing on The Muppet Show. (Lennon leaves New York for the first time in six months to do the gig, eventually spending the entire month of December in England.) The episode is the highest rated episode of The Muppet Show in the show's history and the most watched television program of the entire year, beating even the news coverage of the 1980 American presidential election. The undisputed highlight of the episode is the "battle of the bands" between the Beatles and the Electric Mayhem (although Starr says his duet with Fozzie the Bear remains his personal favorite moment). Jim Henson would later say that the Beatles episode "rejuvenated" his joy in working on the show, which by that point he had begun to feel was growing stale: the show continues for another seven seasons.

Read it all the way to the end to see how Ringo pulled the whole thing off.

Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels' Generous Offer [Mightgodking — Thanks to Derek Pegritz]

Image by ~WickedAwsome.

Pink Tentacle has an incredible gallery of album covers, movie posters and car art by Nagaoka, whose work we've admired for ages without knowing it was his. (If you're into late 1970s-early 1980s funk/R&B, several of these covers will strike a chord as well.)

Here are some of our favorites — the last image is the NSFW one. Check out the rest over at the link. [Pink Tentacle]

Screen Daily is reporting that Eminem will be starring in an original movie, being described as a blend of Twilight Zone and Creepshow. And according to some reports, the movie's episodic stories will riff on Christine, Aliens, and The Lost Boys, with Eminem putting his own "spin" on them.

Shady Talez will be in 3D and is currently being produced by I, Robot producer John Davis and Dallas Jackson. The only other bit of news we can find is that the angry kid from Role Models, Bobb'e J Thompson is attached to the movie and that it will be inspiring a four-issue comic from Marvel.