Who wrote the Blackadder theme song?
Blackadder: Back &amp; Forth
The opening sequence features various depictions and photographs of historical scenes, edited to contain a Blackadder, accompanied by a full orchestral version of the Howard Goodall's "Blackadder" theme. The closing theme is a reprisal of the heroic version of the first series, with new lyrics sung by Giles Underwood; the lyrics appear onscreen with Blackadder's head as a bouncing ball.
Black Spiderman
"Black Spiderman" is a song by American rapper Logic featuring singer Damian Lemar Hudson. It was released on April 13, 2017, through Visionary Music Group and Def Jam Recordings, as the second single from his third studio album "Everybody". It was awarded a 2017 MTV Video Music Award for "Best Fight Against the System." The song was produced by Logic, 6ix and DJ Khalil.
List of Black Cat episodes
The music from the series was composed by Taku Iwasaki. Three pieces of theme music are used for the series: a single opening theme and two closing themes. The opening theme, titled , is performed by Yoriko. The ending themes are by Puppypet for the first half of the series and by Matsuda Ryouji for the rest of the series.
Don Black (lyricist)
AllMusic stated that "Black is perhaps best-known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, and for the James Bond theme songs he co-wrote with composer John Barry: "Thunderball", "Diamonds Are Forever" and "The Man with the Golden Gun"."
Black Tide
Black Tide was an American heavy metal band from Kendall, Florida. Formed in 2004, the band consists of Gabriel Garcia (lead vocals and bass), Austin Diaz (guitar and vocals) and Cody Paige (drums). They released their debut album, "Light from Above", on March 18, 2008 through Interscope Records when Garcia was 15 years old. Their second album, "Post Mortem", was released on August 23, 2011. Black Tide's EP "Bite the Bullet" was released on November 12, 2013 by InnerCat Music Group, a Miami-based boutique label. On October 16, 2015 band released their last album "Chasing Shadows". On July 22, 2016 Gabriel Garcia announced on his Instagram that the band is over and he is concentrating on his solo project.
Marti Frederiksen
Frederiksen has worked with numerous acts, co-writing and/or performing on albums such as the "Almost Famous" soundtrack (as the singer of the fictional band Stillwater), Def Leppard's "X" and co-wrote the song "I Should Have Told You" on Fuel's 2007 release "Angels & Devils". He also co-wrote Buckcherry's hit single "Sorry" and co-wrote all 13 songs on Mötley Crüe's 2008 release "Saints of Los Angeles". He has also written or co-written songs for Mick Jagger, Ozzy Osbourne, Brother Cane, Outlaw Blood, Motherland (which was The Jason Bonham Band with Marti replacing Daniel MacMaster), Jonny Lang, Hannah Montana (as Miley Cyrus), Scorpions, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the late Jeff Healey, Meat Loaf, Bo Bice, Richie Sambora, James Durbin, Jesse McCartney, Ace Frehley, Sheryl Crow, Cinder Road, Suzie McNeil, Default and Black Lab. He co-wrote Gavin Rossdale's hit single, "Love Remains the Same" *(for which he won a 2010 BMI Pop Award in the US and London.) He produced and co-wrote all songs on Foreigner's 2009 release, "Can't Slow Down". Marti wrote and produced Vince Neil's single and title track of his album, "Tattoos and Tequila". Frederiksen also co-wrote the song "Walk Away" from Black Veil Brides' fourth album.
The Black Ryder
The Black Ryder is songwriting duo Aimee Nash and Scott Von Ryper, who originate from Sydney, Australia.
Black Cat (manga)
An anime soundtrack entitled "Black Cat Original Soundtrack Nikukyu" was released on March 15, 2006 by EMI Music Japan. It contains the anime's background music that was composed by Taku Iwasaki, and the three pieces of theme music used for the series: the opening theme by Yoriko, the first ending theme by Puppypet, and the second ending theme by Ryōji Matsuda.
Blackadder
Each series was set in a different period of British history, beginning in 1485 and ending in 1917, and comprised six half-hour episodes. The first series, made in 1983, was called "The Black Adder" and was set in the fictional reign of "Richard IV". The second series, "Blackadder II" (1986), was set during the reign of Elizabeth I. "Blackadder the Third" (1987) was set during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the reign of George III, and "Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989) was set in 1917 in the trenches of the Great War.
Blackadder the Third
The opening theme is this time a minuet played on a harpsichord, oboe and cello over close-ups of Blackadder searching a bookcase. The credits and title appear on the books' spines, and each has a condition and script to match each character, for example Baldrick's is plain and in poor condition. Other amusing interspersed titles include "From Black Death to Blackadder", "The Blackobite Rebellion of 1745", "The Encyclopædia Blackaddica" and "Landscape Gardening" by Capability Brownadder. Hidden inside a hollow book, he finds a romance novel (complete with cover art) bearing the title of the particular episode. The closing credits are presented in the style of a theatre programme from a Regency-era play, and with an accordion closing theme that samples the melody of the original theme.
Black Panther (soundtrack)
Ryan Coogler signed on to direct the film "Black Panther" for Marvel Studios in January 2016, and insisted that he bring collaborators from his previous films to work on "Black Panther", to differentiate the film from others in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that "Vulture"s Kyle Buchanan described as often being created by "the same in-house people". This included composer Ludwig Göransson, who began working with Coogler at the University of Southern California and scored his earlier films "Fruitvale Station" and "Creed".
Bleed Together
"Bleed Together" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Bleed Together" was first released in the United States on Soundgarden's post-breakup greatest hits album, "A-Sides" (1997). It had previously appeared as a B-side on some foreign copies of the band's 1996 single, "Burden in My Hand". It was released as a single in November 1997 in support of "A-Sides", and was the first single released by Soundgarden, after the band's breakup in April 1997. The song peaked at number 13 on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Black Friday (Gwar single)
Black Friday is a single by thrash metal band Gwar, issued on picture disc for Record Store Day Black Friday 2016. It is the first studio material released by the band since founding member and lead singer Dave Brockie died of a heroin overdose on March 23, 2014. Side A (dubbed "Side Oderus") contains the band's final studio recording with Brockie, and side B (dubbed "Side Blothar") contains the band's first studio recording with new lead singer Michael Bishop as his new character Blothar the Berserker. Side B also features the only appearance of the character Vulvatron Destructo, portrayed by singer and seamstress Kim Dylla, due to her dismissal from the band in early 2015.
The Matador Song
The song was created as part of a contest sponsored by the school newspaper, then known as "The Toreador". R.C. Marshall, the editor of the 1931 "La Ventana" was chosen as the winner and given a $25 prize. In the next year, Goin' Band Director Harry LeMaire rewrote the music to the song. Aside from that, it has remained unchanged since its creation. Despite Texas Tech adopting the Red Raider as its mascot in 1936, the song continues to refer to the original Matador mascot.
Prior to the Fire
Other themes were more general. "Lady Killer" has been cited as having a considerable thrash metal influence, and its topic of revenge against a serial killer is comparable to songs such as Iron Maiden's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and Judas Priest's "The Ripper". The song emerged when the band attempted to "write a theme song for Jack the Ripper," according to Heppner, and its distinctive intro was created by generating feedback on a 1976 Gibson SG run through a 1970s MXR rack flanger. "The Gem" portrays the apocalypse as being a good thing because it wipes humanity off the planet; whoever sets it in motion (Heppner explained as by "open[ing] Pandora's Box") is hailed as a hero for having done the right thing. "Communicating Via-Eyes" is "the werewolf song", as Heppner put it; he wrote much of that song while on tour with Megadeth in the UK. He later stated a song loosely inspired by "An American Werewolf in London" was written for the album, but it is not clear whether he was referring to a song already on the album or an outtake from it.
Darkside (radio play)
Darkside is a 2013 philosophical comedy radio drama written by Tom Stoppard, produced and directed by James Robinson and based on the themes of Pink Floyd's 1973 progressive rock album "The Dark Side of the Moon".Stoppard was first approached with the idea of writing a play based on the album in 1973, but had "no idea" how to approach it until much later. BBC's radio drama producer James Robinson said that the initial idea was "to see what sort of a journey the album takes Tom Stoppard on." Stoppard used all of the album, apart from lyrics, as "a kind of underscore", taking emotional cues from the music. He contacted Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, who gave Stoppard permission to write dialogue that would be heard over the instrumental pieces, and found the resulting script "fascinating". On adapting the album, Stoppard stated: "I didn't try to make a story that was the album writ large in any way. I invented a little story in the spirit of the album, taking a cue as to what level of reality this story might be on."
Christopher Ward (songwriter)
Ward has written many songs for artists such as Hilary Duff, Diana Ross, Backstreet Boys, Wynonna Judd, Amanda Marshall, Tina Arena, Peter Cetera, Anne Murray and Meredith Brooks. His best-known song is the Billboard number one single "Black Velvet", recorded by Alannah Myles. "Black Velvet" was named the No. 49 song in Bob Mersereau's book "The Top 100 Canadian Singles". Ward has released several of his own recordings, including the singles "Once in a Longtime" (1977) and "Maybe Your Heart" (1978) (both co-written with his longtime friend Stephen Stohn, executive producer of and Instant Star) and "Boys and Girls" (1987). The music video for "Boys and Girls" featured Alannah Myles, and Mike Myers in an early version of his "Wayne Campbell" character.
The Black Parade
On July 31, 2006, "The Black Parade" was announced for release. In August, the band was filming a music video in Los Angeles for "Famous Last Words". During filming, Way tore his ankle ligaments and Bryar suffered burns on his leg. Bryar was hospitalized, which resulted in the band cancelling two shows. On August 25, they released a video of a pre-recorded press conference, during which they revealed a number of details about the album, such as song titles and touring information. On August 31, the band performed at the MTV Video Music Awards preshow in New York, debuting the then new song "Welcome to the Black Parade" during their performance. Two days later, the song was made available for streaming via the band's MySpace account. On September 12, the album's artwork and track listing was revealed. The music video for "Welcome to the Black Parade" was released on September 28. On October 21, the band was the musical guest on an episode of "Saturday Night Live", where they performed "Welcome to the Black Parade" and "Cancer".
Sarah Blackwood (Canadian singer)
In 2013, Blackwood was featured in the song "Lonesome Rider" from the Danish heavy metal band Volbeat's fifth album "Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies". The band's frontman Michael Poulsen told Ultimate-Guitar.com: "We knew her from back when we wanted to bring [The] Creepshow on tour."
Lisa Gerrard
In 2005 Gerrard collaborated with Ennio Morricone for "Fateless" followed by a collaboration with Jeff Rona on the score for the feature film "A Thousand Roads" and the song "On an Ocean" for the "Henry Poole Is Here" score. Gerrard along with Dead Can Dance also provided several contributions to the soundtrack of "Baraka", a visual journey showcasing mankind's impact on our planet. Gerrard was also invited by Denez Prigent to collaborate with him on his piece "Gortoz a ran – J'attends" (meaning "I await"), a piece that was later used in the soundtrack of Ridley Scott's film "Black Hawk Down".
In 2009 Gerrard wrote the score for "Balibo", for which she won a Best Feature Film Score award at the 2009 APRA Screen Music Awards and an Aria Award for Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album at the 2009 Aria Awards. Gerrard finished 2009 by contributing her voice to the theme song for the Japanese NHK taiga drama "Ryōmaden", which began airing in 2010.
Blackadder Goes Forth
The series aired for six episodes broadcast on BBC One on Thursdays at 9.30pm between 28 September and 2 November 1989, ending nine days before Remembrance Day. The titles of the first five episodes, "Captain Cook", "Corporal Punishment", "Major Star", "Private Plane" and "General Hospital" are puns based on the pairing of a military rank and another word related to the episode's content. The final episode, "Goodbyeee", was the title of a period song.
Writers Ben Elton and Richard Curtis wrote the scripts for "Blackadder" episodes separately using word processors and then swapped the disks containing the scripts for each other to add or remove jokes and dialogue. Curtis recalls that they stuck to a policy whereby if one removed a line for not being funny, then it was never put back.
Rowan Atkinson filmography
The success of "Not the Nine O'Clock News" led to him taking the lead role in the medieval sitcom "The Black Adder" (1983), which he also co-wrote with Richard Curtis. After a three-year gap, in part due to budgetary concerns, a second series was broadcast, this time written by Curtis and Ben Elton. "Blackadder II" (1986) followed the fortunes of one of the descendants of Atkinson's original character, this time in the Elizabethan era. The same pattern was repeated in the two more sequels "Blackadder the Third" (1987) (set in the Regency era), and "Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989) (set in World War I). The "Blackadder" series became one of the most successful of all BBC situation comedies, spawning television specials including "Blackadder's Christmas Carol" (1988), "" (1988), and later "" (1999), which was set at the turn of the Millennium. The final scene of "Blackadder Goes Forth" (when Blackadder and his men go "over the top" and charge into No-Man's-Land) has been described as "bold and highly poignant". During the 2014 centennial of the start of World War I, Michael Gove and war historian Max Hastings complained about the so-called "Blackadder version of history".
Atkinson's other creation, the hapless "Mr. Bean", first appeared on New Year's Day in 1990 in a half-hour special for Thames Television. The character of Mr. Bean has been likened to a modern-day Buster Keaton, but Atkinson himself has stated that Jacques Tati's character Monsieur Hulot was the main inspiration.
The World Is Not Enough
The title song, "The World Is Not Enough", was written by David Arnold with Don Black and performed by Garbage. It is the fifth "Bond" theme co-written by Black, preceded by "Thunderball", "Diamonds Are Forever", "The Man with the Golden Gun", and "Tomorrow Never Dies". IGN chose "The World Is Not Enough" as the ninth-best James Bond theme of all time. In 2012 Grantland ranked the song as the second-best Bond song of all-time, behind only "Goldfinger." The song also appeared in two "best of 1999" polls: #87 in 89X's "Top 89 Songs of 1999" and No. 100 in Q101's "Top 101 of 1999".
Fell on Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Fell on Black Days" was released as the fifth single from the band's fourth studio album, "Superunknown" (1994). The song peaked at number four on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album, "A-Sides" and the 2010 compilation "Telephantasm" as the "Superunknown" version on the single disk version and the video version on the Deluxe Edition.
The Blacker the Berry (song)
"The Blacker the Berry" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on February 9, 2015 as the second single from his third studio album, "To Pimp a Butterfly". The song features vocals from Jamaican artist Assassin. It shares its title with the novel "The Blacker the Berry" by American author Wallace Thurman, which deals with similar themes of racism. The album version of the song also features additional vocals from neo soul singer Lalah Hathaway.
Coven (band)
Dawson recorded the vocals for "One Tin Soldier", the title theme for the 1971 film "Billy Jack", which was credited as "sung by Coven". The song, which went on to reach number 26 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, was written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter and was originally released by The Original Caste in 1969. Coven's version also reached the top 10 in "Cash Box" and was named the Number 1 Most Requested Song in 1971 and 1973 by American Radio Broadcasters.
Blackmail Is My Life
John Berra writes that Fukasaku "takes his directorial inspiration from the French New Wave" and that the film's "third act was reportedly inspired by real-life real-estate swindles that involved Kakuei Tanaka, who was then the Finance Minister of Japan, and would later become the nation's Prime Minister, and the episodic structure of the film serves to illustrate how greedy even small-time operators were becoming in an era of economic growth." Berra also identifies a tribute to Seijun Suzuki's cult classic "Tokyo Drifter" (1966), noting that the film's characters whistle its theme song. Both films' scores were written by the same composer, Hajime Kaburagi.
Blackadder II
Blackadder II is the second series of the BBC sitcom "Blackadder", written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 9 January 1986 to 20 February 1986. The series is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and sees the principal character, Edmund, Lord Blackadder, as a Tudor courtier attempting to win the favour of the Queen while avoiding execution by decapitation, a fate that befell many of her suitors.
List of Black Rock Shooter episodes
"Black Rock Shooter" is the name of both a 2010 original video animation (OVA) and a 2012 anime television series, based on the character created by illustrator Huke. Produced by Ordet, the series, which both feature their own story lines, focus on two worlds, the human world involving the life of a girl named Mato Kuroi and her friendship with Yomi Takanashi, and the other world, where a mysterious girl known as Black Rock Shooter fights fierce battles. The OVA, directed by Shinobu Yoshioka, was first announced in August 2009, with a pilot edition released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) on September 30, 2009. The full 50-minute OVA was bundled with various magazines from July 24, 2010, before receiving a retail release on DVD and BD on December 17, 2010. The ending theme for the OVA is "Braveheart" by The Gomband. The anime television series aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina block between February 2 and March 22, 2012. The series was released on DVD and BD on June 22, 2012 in a box set containing the original soundtrack and an Insane Black Rock Shooter Figma figurine. The opening theme is by Supercell sung by Hatsune Miku, while the ending theme is by Supercell sung by Koeda.
Murder Music: A History of Black Metal
The main themes of "Murder Music" are: the musical origins of black metal, from Birmingham, UK heavy metal group Black Sabbath to Newcastle extreme metal pioneers Venom; the anti-Christian sentiment of its practitioners; the controversies surrounding the criminal acts (arson and murder) of the early Norwegian scene; and the paradox of a Christian form of black metal, represented by Scandinavian band Frosthardr.
Black Panther (soundtrack)
Brian Josephs at Pitchfork praised Göransson's "spectacular" score, feeling that the way the composer rooted the African elements of his music in the emotions of the film stopped him from "simply ticking off the diasporic boxes". Josephs noted the "care and development" that Göransson displays in the song "Wakanda" and in Killmonger's theme, such as the unique elements used in the latter that serve to disrupt the music of Wakanda when that character arrives in the country. Jonathan Broxton for Movie Music UK credited Göransson for his research and commitment to faithfully conveying African music in the score, rather than just using "indeterminate ethnic drumming", but felt that this was "all for nothing if the final score doesn't act as a good and appropriate film score in its own right. Thankfully, Göransson's composing chops are strong, and as a result the score for "Black Panther" soars." Broxton particularly praised the different layers of the themes for T'Challa and Killmonger, and how Göransson was able to deconstruct them and use their elements throughout the score. He concluded that the score is "culturally appropriate, instrumentally fascinating ... and has an intelligent thematic architecture that is worthy of overt praise."
Talk About Our Love
Though Norwood was expected to shoot a music video for a Timbaland-produced "hyper, bass-heavy" banger track, entitled "Black Pepper", during the second week of December 2003, plans for the single eventually fell through in favor of additional recording sessions with West, the result of which was "Talk About Our Love". Picked as the album's lead single by Atlantic Records heads, the decision somewhat contrasted with Timbaland's major influence on the album and resulted in his dissociation of the "Afrodisiac" project. Norwood later voiced her discontent towards her record company bosses for subsequently deciding to release it as the album's first single. “No offense, but ‘Talk About Our Love’ was never really my choice to come out with," she said. "I had created a creative energy and a creative bond with Timbaland. What we were trying to do for the album, it was a completely different sound than 'Talk About Our Love.' It was just a little bit interesting for me, and I just wanted to keep the same consistency. But also, Kanye was hot at the time and I wanted to work with him too, but for me it was really what I was trying to create a creative bond with Timbaland. So that wasn’t my choice to come out with that first.”
Goodbyeee
The episode's title is a reference to the popular First World War song "Good-bye-ee!", which was based on a catchphrase of the comedian Harry Tate. The song is also heard in an earlier episode — "Major Star". The title is a departure from those of previous "Blackadder Goes Forth" episodes, which are puns on military ranks.
Out of the Black (song)
"Out of the Black" is a song written by Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher of British rock duo Royal Blood. The song was originally recorded by the duo for release as a single, appearing on the band's debut single of the same name, released by Black Mammoth Records on 11 November 2013. The track later appeared as the opening track on the band's debut extended play "Out of the Black", and as the opening track on the band's eponymous debut studio album, "Royal Blood". The track was also part of the soundtrack to the film "Who Am I – No System Is Safe", as well as the video games "Forza Horizon 2" and "EA Sports UFC". It was also used in a featurette for the Netflix series "Daredevil" at the 2015 New York Comic Con. The song was also the official theme song for the 2016 professional wrestling event "WWE Roadblock". This song has also been covered by Billie Marten.
Digi+Phonics
Sounwave's earliest work for Top Dawg Entertainment surfaced on the self-titled "Kendrick Lamar EP", and Jay Rock's compilation track "Fa Sho" in 2009 and 2010 respectively. In 2011, Sounwave produced a bulk of Kendrick Lamar's mixtape/album "Section.80", which landed him on "Complex"s "15 New Producers to Watch" list. He also produced three songs on Lamar's critically acclaimed second album "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" (2012). Sounwave is best known for producing Kendrick Lamar's hit single "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe", among other songs such as "M.A.A.D. City", "A.D.H.D" and ScHoolboy Q's "There He Go". Then in 2014, he earned placement on Top Dawg Entertainment artist Isaiah Rashad's "Cilvia Demo" and produced "Hoover Street" and "Prescription/Oxymoron" on ScHoolboy Q's "Oxymoron". He also is known for not significantly producing for artists outside of the Top Dawg Entertainment label, except "Finally Here" by Flo Rida from his second album "R.O.O.T.S." (2009). Spears is also credited with production on four tracks on ScHoolboy Q's fourth studio album, "Blank Face LP". He was a major contributor to Black Panther: The Album.
The Black Rider
The music was composed and performed by Tom Waits, and released as a record in 1993.
Black Panther (soundtrack)
Lamar's soundtrack was released as "Black Panther: The Album" on February 9, 2018. The album features artwork by Nikolas A. Draper-Ivey, an artist known online for his fan art based on Disney intellectual property such as Black Panther and Spider-Man. Draper-Ivey was surprised when he was approached about providing artwork for the album by Interscope Records, but was excited to join the project and produced an initial mock-up within a day. He then refined the piece with input from the studio, and noted that it was much more minimalistic than his usual work with a focus on hinting at power rather than overstating. A vinyl version of the album was released in early May 2018.
Theme music
Theme music has been a feature of the majority of television programs since the medium's inception, as it was for the ancestral radio shows that provided their inspiration. Programs have used theme music in a large variety of styles, sometimes adapted from existing tunes, and with some composed specifically for the purpose. A few have been released commercially and become popular hits; examples include the title theme from "Rawhide", performed and recorded by popular singer Frankie Laine; the theme to "Happy Days" (from 1974–84), performed by Pratt & McClain (in Top 5, 1976); the theme to "Laverne & Shirley", performed by Cyndi Grecco (#25, 1976); the theme to "Friends", "I'll Be There For You", which was a hit for The Rembrandts; the theme from "S.W.A.T.", which was a hit for Rhythm Heritage, the theme song from "Pokémon" (known as "Pokémon Theme" in the "2.B.A. Master" soundtrack), which is a long time hit for Jason Paige, and the theme song from "Drake & Josh", "Found a Way", which was a hit for Drake Bell. The theme song from "iCarly", "Leave It All To Me", was a hit for Miranda Cosgrove and features her Drake & Josh co-star Drake Bell, hitting number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100. Jan Hammer had a major hit with the theme from "Miami Vice" in the 1980s. "Theme From "Dr. Kildare" (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)", recorded by Richard Chamberlain, the star of the television series, was in 1962 a top 10 hit in the U.S. and a top 20 in the UK and Believe It or Not, from The Greatest American Hero, a #2 hit for Joey Scarbury in 1981. The theme to the anime Baka and Test, "Perfect-area Complete!" was a hit for Natsuko Aso, peaking at number 18 on the Oricon Singles Chart.
Blackbird (Alter Bridge song)
"Blackbird" appears as the eighth track on Alter Bridge's 2007 album of the same name. It was composed and arranged by Alter Bridge, and the lyrics were written by lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy, who said that the creation of the song was difficult and that it took a long time. "We beat our heads against the wall for months," he told TuneLab, "so when it finally came together it was a good moment." He also said that he feels that "Blackbird" is one of the most gratifying songs that the band has ever written. The song is inspired by Kennedy's friend Mark Morse, who died as the song was being written:
Rawhide (TV series)
The theme song's lyrics were written by Ned Washington in 1958. It was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin and sung by pop singer Frankie Laine. The theme song became very popular, and was covered several times and featured in movies such as "The Blues Brothers" and "Shrek 2".
Rowan Atkinson
The success of "Not the Nine O'Clock News" led to him taking the lead role in the medieval sitcom "The Black Adder" (1983), which he also co-wrote with Richard Curtis. After a three-year gap, in part due to budgetary concerns, a second series was broadcast, this time written by Curtis and Ben Elton. "Blackadder II" (1986) followed the fortunes of one of the descendants of Atkinson's original character, this time in the Elizabethan era. The same pattern was repeated in the two more sequels "Blackadder the Third" (1987) (set in the Regency era), and "Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989) (set in World War I). The "Blackadder" series became one of the most successful of all BBC situation comedies, spawning television specials including "Blackadder's Christmas Carol" (1988), "" (1988), and later "" (1999), which was set at the turn of the Millennium. The final scene of "Blackadder Goes Forth" (when Blackadder and his men go "over the top" and charge into No-Man's-Land) has been described as "bold and highly poignant". During the 2014 centennial of the start of World War I, Michael Gove and war historian Max Hastings complained about the so-called "Blackadder version of history".
Atkinson's other creation, the hapless "Mr. Bean", first appeared on New Year's Day in 1990 in a half-hour special for Thames Television. The character of Mr. Bean has been likened to a modern-day Buster Keaton, but Atkinson himself has stated that Jacques Tati's character Monsieur Hulot was the main inspiration.
Bernie Marsden
Bernard John Marsden (born 7 May 1951) is an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, such as "Fool for Your Loving", "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues", "Lovehunter", "Trouble" and the multi-million selling chart-topper "Here I Go Again."
White Album (visual novel)
Three pieces of theme music were used in the visual novel. The opening theme, "White Album", also used as an insert song, was performed and written by a ghostwriter and is credited to Yuki Morikawa, one of the heroines of the game, and was composed by Shinya Ishikawa. The insert song, "Sound of Destiny", was credited to Rina Ogata, another heroine, for performance, and was written by Shōko Sudani and composed by Kazuhide Nakagami. The ending theme, "Powder Snow", was sung by Akko, and was written by Sudani and composed by Naoya Shimokawa. Each song, with the exception of the ending theme which was arranged solely by Shimokawa, was arranged by Junya Matsuoka and the songs' respective composers. A maxi single titled "White Album" was later released on December 23, 1998, containing the three theme songs.
Black Hole Sun
"Black Hole Sun" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, the song was released in 1994 as the third single from the band's fourth studio album "Superunknown" (1994). It is arguably the band's most recognizable and most popular song, and remains a well known song from the 1990s. The song topped the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it spent a total of seven weeks at number one. Despite peaking at number two on the Modern Rock Tracks, "Black Hole Sun" still finished as the number-one track of 1994 for that chart. It failed to hit the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart due to the rules of a physical/commercial release of the single at the time, but it still peaked at number 24 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and number nine on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album "A-Sides" and also appeared on the 2010 compilation album "Telephantasm".
The Black Adder
The Black Adder is the first series of the BBC sitcom "Blackadder", written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Martin Shardlow and produced by John Lloyd. The series was originally aired on BBC One from 15 June 1983 to 20 July 1983, and was a joint production with the Australian Seven Network. Set in 1485 at the end of the British Middle Ages, the series is written as a secret history which contends that King Richard III won the Battle of Bosworth Field, only to be unintentionally assassinated by his nephew Edmund and succeeded by Richard IV, one of the Princes in the Tower. The series follows the exploits of Richard IV's unfavoured second son Edmund (who calls himself "The Black Adder") in his various attempts to increase his standing with his father and, in the final episode, his quest to overthrow him.
Blackadder II
The closing titles use a different arrangement of the theme, sung by countertenor Jeremy Jackman, with lyrics (usually insulting Blackadder) that reflect the events of the preceding episode. The song is played over a shot of Blackadder strolling through a formal garden and being annoyed by the lute-wielding minstrel (Tony Aitken). This sequence was incorporated as a separate subplot, with Blackadder constantly attempting to apprehend the musician each time with limited success. At the end of the final episode, Blackadder catches the minstrel and repeatedly dunks him in a fountain.
The Black Rider (album)
The Black Rider is an album by Tom Waits, released in 1993 on Island Records, featuring studio versions of songs Waits wrote for the play "The Black Rider", directed by Robert Wilson and co-written by William S. Burroughs. The play is based on the German folktale "Der Freischütz", which had previously been made into an opera by Carl Maria von Weber. The play premiered on March 31, 1990, at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, Germany. Its world English-language premiere occurred in 1998 at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival.
The Black Keys
In 2007, producer Danger Mouse began working on a record for Ike Turner and asked the Black Keys to write a few songs for the project. The collaboration ultimately fell through, and Turner later died in December 2007. The duo decided to turn the material they had written into their fifth studio album, "Attack & Release", and they asked Danger Mouse to produce the record. The sessions saw the band transitioning away from their "homemade" ethos to record-making; not only was it the first time that the band completed an album in a professional studio, but it was also the first time they hired an outside producer to work on a record. Danger Mouse supplemented the band's sound with instrumental flourishes and more polished production values. Released on April 1, 2008, "Attack & Release" debuted at number 14 on the "Billboard" 200. Four singles were released: "Strange Times", "I Got Mine", "Oceans and Streams", and "Same Old Thing". "Strange Times" was featured in the video games "Grand Theft Auto IV" and "NASCAR 09". "I Got Mine" is used as the theme song for Canadian police drama TV series "The Bridge". The song was ranked number 23 on "Rolling Stone"s list of The 100 Best Singles of 2008.
Black Rain (Creeper song)
"Black Rain" is a song by English horror punk band Creeper. Written by the band (Will Gould, Ian Miles, Hannah Greenwood, Sean Scott, Dan Bratton and Oliver Burdett), it was produced by Neil Kennedy and featured as the opening track on the band's 2017 debut studio album "Eternity, in Your Arms". The song was released as the third single and music video from the album on 15 February 2017.
Blackadder
Blackadder is a series of four BBC1 pseudohistorical British sitcoms, plus several one-off instalments, which originally aired in the 1980s. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as the anti-hero Edmund Blackadder, and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody, Baldrick. Each series was set in a different historical period, with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, for example Melchett (Stephen Fry) and Lord Flashheart (Rik Mayall).
Black Panther (soundtrack)
At "Rolling Stone", Jody Rosen felt the album was a fascinating entry to Lamar's discography. Rosen felt that the elements from the Black Panther mythology that were included in the soundtrack were "goofy", but that they aligned with the themes of Lamar's other work, and also praised the female artists featured such as SZA, Jorja Smith, and Yugen Blakrok. Jon Parelis at "The New York Times" stated that all of the symbolic weight attached to the film extended itself to the album as well, and felt that the product was almost as densely packed with ideas as any of Lamar's solo works. Parelis praised Sounwave's efforts as producer on the album, but noted that a majority of the guest artists treated their songs like music for California rather than the African setting of the film. For "Thrillist", Dan Jackson said the album is not "an exercise in auteur-driven control like Prince's brilliantly odd "Batman" soundtrack, but it's not purely a cynical cash-in either." Jackson praised the rap-heavy moments and the segments dedicated to Killmonger's perspective, but felt that it may be too similar to previous albums released by Top Dawg Entertainment in terms of aesthetic and concluded that there are "limits to the album and the film's audacity." Alex Petridis of "The Guardian" called the soundtrack "an enjoyable interstitial release rather than an essential one" but noted that this could be due to the high standards set by Lamar's previous work. He was positive of Lamar not letting the MCU "reign in" his style, but did think the album was less consistent than some of Lamar's other work.
Black Rock Shooter
The origins of "Black Rock Shooter" date back to an original character illustration titled "Black Rock Shooter" by illustrator Ryohei Fuke, best known by his handle 'Huke', who posted it on his blog and the online artist community Pixiv on December 26, 2007. Ryo of Supercell was inspired by the illustration and created the song "Black Rock Shooter" based on that character using vocals from the Vocaloid singing synthesizer Hatsune Miku. Huke joined Supercell and provided the illustrations used in the music video of the song, which was later posted online on the video sharing website Nico Nico Douga on July 13, 2008, which as of August 2009 had over 2.2 million views. The song was later used as the opening theme for the 2012 anime television series. The song has also been included in "" as a playable song.
Blackadder the Third
Blackadder the Third is the third series of the BBC sitcom "Blackadder", written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 17 September to 22 October 1987. The series was set during the Georgian Era, and saw the principal character, Mr. E. Blackadder serve as butler to the Prince Regent and have to contend with, or cash in on, the fads of the age embraced by his master.
Pray for Me (The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar song)
"Pray for Me" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd and American rapper Kendrick Lamar from of the Marvel Studios superhero film "Black Panther". The song was released by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records on February 2, 2018, as the album's third single. It serves as the second overall collaboration between the two artists. The song appears in the movie during the scene where the titular hero along with his allies, Nakia and Okoye, enter a secret casino in Busan.
Bill Ward (musician)
William Thomas Ward (born 5 May 1948) is an English musician and visual artist, best known as the original drummer of the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He also performed lead vocals on two Black Sabbath songs: "It's Alright" from the album "Technical Ecstasy" and "Swinging the Chain" from the album "Never Say Die!". Ward is known for his very unorthodox style of playing the drums, often using snare-drills and tempo-drop to match both vocals and riff.
Drakengard
The first game's soundtrack was created by Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara. The two created the score using samples from well-known classical composers. The second game's soundtrack was composed by Ryoki Matsumoto and Aoi Yoshiki, who had never before been involved with video game soundtracks. The game's Japanese theme song, Hitori, was sung by Mika Nakashima. The music for "Nier" was composed by Keiichi Okabe, who composed the soundtrack as something different from the main series, and to directly reflect the sombre tone of the game's setting and story. Singer Emi Evans (Emiko Rebecca Evans) wrote and sung the vocal tracks, and performed many tracks in an invented language dubbed "Chaos Language". "Chaos Language" is less a language and more a writing style, as each individual song has a different language based on a real-world language. The one exception to this is "Song Of The Ancients" which is sung in a language based upon multiple different languages, instead of a single language. Okabe returned to compose the soundtrack for "Drakengard 3": in an interview, he stated that, in composing the music, he tried to emulate the work of the earlier composer without imitating them. He also commented that the result was very unlike the traditional Square Enix game. The game features two theme songs: "Black Song", performed by Eir Aoi, and "This Silence is Mine", the game's theme song proper, written and sung by Chihiro Onitsuka. Okabe is again providing the music for "Nier Automata", with singer Emi Evans also returning.
Richard Curtis
First with Atkinson, and later with Ben Elton, Curtis then wrote the "Blackadder" series from 1983 to 1989, each season focusing upon a different era in British history. Atkinson played the lead throughout, but Curtis remains the only person to have been a writer for every episode of "Blackadder". The pair continued their collaboration with the comedy series "Mr. Bean", which ran from 1990–1995.
Blackbeard (musical)
Blackbeard, or officially, Blackbeard: The Musical or Blackbeard: A New Musical, is a musical created by Rob Gardner. The plot focuses on the notorious pirate Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach, and his blockade of Charles Town in South Carolina in 1718. The musical portrays Blackbeard as a compassionate person, who's deeply in love with a woman on his ship named Mary Ormond. Blackbeard struggles to maintain his fierce façade, while at the same time trying to win the heart of the pacifistic Mary.
List of Black Butler episodes
Three pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: one opening theme and two closing themes. The opening theme is "Monochrome no Kiss" (though written as Monochrome Kiss) by the Japanese rock band Sid, while the first ending theme is "I'm Alive!" by the American singer Rebecca Hollcraft, commonly known as Becca. The second ending, which began airing with episode 14, is "Lacrimosa" by Kalafina. Two singles containing the theme music and other tracks have been released; the single containing tracks from Sid was released on October 29, 2008 and the single from Becca was released on October 22, 2008. The third single containing tracks from Kalafina has a release date of March 4, 2009.
Black Seeds (album)
Black Seeds is the third studio album by The Main Ingredient. Released in 1971 this is the last album to feature original lead singer Donald McPherson who had suddenly taken ill with leukaemia, and died unexpectedly not long before the album's release. It was then dedicated to him.
Theme from Harry's Game
"Theme from "Harry's Game"" is a song performed by the Irish group Clannad, which was written and composed by Pól Brennan and Ciarán Brennan. Released as a single in October 1982, the song served as the main track from their album "Magical Ring." However, the song was initially written and composed for the Yorkshire Television production "Harry's Game," which depicted The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The song reached #5 in the United Kingdom Singles Chart in November 1982. It was also a huge success in Ireland, the band's home country, where it reached #2.
List of songs written by Desmond Child
Blackhawk
Blackbirds of 1928
Blackbirds of 1928 was a hit Broadway musical revue that starred Adelaide Hall, Bill Bojangles Robinson, Tim Moore and Aida Ward, with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. It contained the hit songs "Diga Diga Do", the duo's first hit, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "Bandanna Babies" and "I Must Have That Man" all sung by Adelaide Hall.
"Blackbirds of 1928" was the idea of impresario Lew Leslie, who planned to build the show around Florence Mills in New York City after her success in the hit 1926 show "Blackbirds" in London. Mills died of appendicitis in 1927 before rehearsals for the new show had started and Adelaide Hall was enlisted to replace her.
Celldweller
Klayton announced, in February 2013, that he would be publishing a new novel, titled "Blackstar", based upon/inspired by his album "Wish Upon a Blackstar". The novel was being written by five-time award-winning author Josh Viola (director of the "Unshakeable" music video) of "The Bane of Yoto" and renowned author Keith Ferrell of "Bloodmoon: Birth of the Beast". The first act was released on December 3, 2013.
Black Mass (song)
According to Creeper's lead vocalist Will Gould, the lyrics of "Black Mass" were written "from the perspective of the character of The Stranger, the heartbroken monster who is the EP's namesake. They're partly inspired by recounts of sleep paralysis, where sufferers describe seeing a 'black matter' or 'black mass' haunting them in their rooms at night, while they lie paralysed in bed." The song draws from a number of inspirations, including punk rock band Jawbreaker (on the verses), singer Elvis Presley (in the middle eight) and record producer Jim Steinman (on the chorus), all of which the band's frontman described as "on purpose and very intentional ... a pastiche, a wink and a nod to the listener".
The Eraser
To create the title track, Yorke sampled piano chords played by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and cut them into a new order. "And it Rained All Night" contains an "enormously shredded-up" sample from "The Gloaming" (from "Hail to the Thief"), and "Black Swan" samples a rhythm recorded by Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien and drummer Philip Selway in 2000. Yorke said "Harrowdown Hill" had been "kicking around" during the 2002 "Hail to the Thief" sessions, but felt it could not have worked as a Radiohead song.
Quicksilver (film)
The film's theme song is "Quicksilver Lightning" by Giorgio Moroder and Dean Pitchford. Performed by Roger Daltrey - the B-side being "Love Me Like You Do", written by Andy Nye and taken from Daltrey's solo album "Under A Raging Moon" – it was a minor hit on the pop charts. The film score was composed by Tony Banks, of Genesis fame. Other music is contributed by performers such as Ray Parker Jr. and Peter Frampton. "The Motown Song" would later be covered by Rod Stewart with The Temptations in 1991 and would become a hit on the pop charts.The DVD for "Quicksilver" was released on December 10, 2002 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
The Black Adder (pilot episode)
The Black Adder is the unaired pilot episode of the BBC television series "Blackadder". Taped on 20 June 1982, it features the original incarnation of Rowan Atkinson's character Edmund Blackadder. Following this pilot, "The Black Adder" eventually went into production and the first six-part series was broadcast in 1983, but with a number of changes to the casting, characterisation and plot; while the transmitted series was set in 1485 and the years following the Battle of Bosworth Field, this untransmitted pilot was set in 16th century, apparently during the Elizabethan Era.
Black Mass (song)
"Black Mass" is a song by English horror punk band Creeper. Written by the group's lead vocalist Will Gould and guitarist and backing vocalist Ian Miles, it was produced by Neil Kennedy and featured on the band's 2016 third extended play (EP) "The Stranger". The song was released as the only single from the EP on 11 January 2016, and as the first of two music videos on 28 January.
Blackout (Britney Spears album)
"Heaven on Earth" was written by Nicole Morier, Nick Huntington and Michael McGroarty, the latter two known as Freescha. Although Morier had been writing songs with Greg Kurstin and other artists, she felt she "hadn't really found [her] niche" until she wrote "Heaven on Earth", which she described as "a very honest song". After she played the song to her publisher, they met with Spears and her A&R Teresa LaBarbera Whites, who both loved it. Morier described "Heaven on Earth" as the song that transformed her career. T-Pain, who co-wrote "Hot as Ice", was in the studio with Spears in February 2007, and stated that one of the three songs they recorded was finished in only an hour. He said that he "thought she was going to be sitting on the couch eating Doritos or nachos or something [...] but she came in, shook my hand, gave me a hug and went right in the booth. She got in there and put it down." Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, known as Bloodshy & Avant, co-wrote and co-produced "Radar", "Freakshow" and "Toy Soldier" in late 2006. When the album was considered to be finished, they were persuaded by LaBarbera Whites to work on a new track. Winnberg commented that it had always been "an unwritten rule" to not write songs about Spears' personal life, since "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex", an answer song to Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River", was rejected by her record label. However, the duo wrote "Piece of Me" with Klas Åhlund anyway as an answer to Spears' critics, and sent it to the singer who "loved it". Winnberg stated, "We knew that the song broke all the rules we had, [...] When she came to the studio, she was extremely psyched, had learned the lyrics by heart in the car, and recorded the song on half an hour." Before the album's release, LaBarbera Whites told MTV News that the album "shows a lot of growth as a performer. [...] She was very involved in the songs and how they turned out. It's her magic that turns these songs into what they are." Among the producers who worked on "Blackout" but didn't make the album were Scott Storch, Dr. Luke and Ne-Yo.
Fatal Frame
Since "Crimson Butterfly", theme songs have been created for each title, primarily performed by Japanese singer Tsuki Amano. The development team wanted an image song for "Crimson Butterfly", and Shibata found the then-newly debuted Amano in the Japanese independent community. Amano created the song using documents on the game's story, themes and setting. Amano returned multiple times to create theme songs for "The Tormented", "Mask of the Lunar Eclipse", and a new theme song for the Wii remake of "Crimson Butterfly". She again returned for "Maiden of Black Water", and a second new singer AnJu contributed a second theme song to the title.
Blackadder
Various actors have appeared in more than one of the Blackadder series and/or specials. These are:
Ben Elton's arrival after the first series heralded the more frequent recruitment of comic actors from the alternative comedy era for guest appearances, including Robbie Coltrane, Rik Mayall (who had appeared in the final episode of the first series as "Mad Gerald"), Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Mark Arden, Stephen Frost, Chris Barrie and Jeremy Hardy. Elton himself played an anarchist in "Blackadder the Third".
King's Dead
"King's Dead" is a song by American rappers Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Future with British singer James Blake from the of the Marvel Studios superhero film "Black Panther" and Jay Rock's third studio album "Redemption". It was released by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records on January 11, 2018 as both the soundtrack's second single and as the lead single from "Redemption". The song is Jay Rock's first single to chart on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The song earned nominations for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.
The Black Rider (album)
All songs written by Tom Waits, except where noted. Recorded in 1989 by Gerd Bessler at his Music Factory in Hamburg, Germany (2, 3, 6–9, 14–16, 19, 20), and in 1993 by Tchad Blake at the Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California (1, 4, 5, 10–13, 17, 18). Musical Director Greg Cohen. All songs mixed by Biff Dawes At Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, CA.Hans-Jörn Brandenburg, Volker Hemken, Henning Stoll, Christoph Moinian, Dieter Fischer, Jo Bauer, Frank Wulff, and Stefan Schäfer were The Devil's Rhubato Band (Hamburg); Ralph Carney, Bill Douglas, Kenny Wollesen, Matt Brubeck, Joe Gore, Nick Phelps, Kevin Porter, Lawrence "Larry" Rhodes, Francis Thumm, Don Neely, Linda Deluca were The Rhubato West Group (San Francisco).
The Blacker the Berry (song)
Lamar performed a medley of "The Blacker the Berry" and "Alright" at the 58th Grammy Awards. Following an intro from actor Don Cheadle, the rapper marched out onstage in chains with a backdrop imitating a prison for "The Blacker The Berry" before creating a bonfire for "Alright" and wrapping his set with an illuminated image of his native city Compton in the outline of Africa. In the untitled freestyle finale, Lamar references Feb. 26, the date of Trayvon Martin's death in 2012. "On February twenty sixth I lost my life too / It’s like I’m here in a dark dream / Man hear screams recorded / Say that it sounds distorted but they know who it was," he rapped.
Rainier Fog
Cantrell wrote the music and the chorus to "Never Fade", but he did not have a good verse and was intending to write it throughout the recording process. However, DuVall stayed at the Studio X in Seattle alone until 3am and wrote the lyrics. "Never Fade" is DuVall's major composition in "Rainier Fog". He wrote the lyrics inspired by the deaths of his grandmother and of Soundgarden lead vocalist Chris Cornell, among others. DuVall sings the verses and the pre-chorus of the song, while Cantrell sings the chorus. DuVall later told Kerrang! magazine that he was also thinking about Layne Staley while writing the lyrics.
Alex Greenwald
Greenwald was born in Los Angeles, California, to a family of Jewish descent. In 1994, Greenwald formed Phantom Planet in his teens with four friends – guitarist Darren Robinson, bassist Sam Farrar, guitarist Jacques Brautbar, and drummer Jason Schwartzman. The band is best known for producing the song "California", which was used as the theme song of the teen drama "The O.C.", which lasted four seasons. Phantom Planet announced their hiatus on November 25, 2008.
In 2006, he collaborated with DJ Mark Ronson, to cover the Radiohead song, "Just". The cover appears on the compilation album "", as well as the Mark Ronson album, "Version". He appeared with Ronson at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival where he climbed up on to the lighting rig of the John Peel stage during the performance of "Just", and also sang "California". In 2010, he collaborated once again with Ronson on the album "Record Collection", on which Greenwald shares writing credits on six out of the eleven tracks. He became part of Ronson's band, The Business Intl. for this record. He was also a member of Los Angeles band blackblack, until 2007. At live shows, he was known for 1980s styled dance moves, which were inspired from watching David Byrne of the Talking Heads.
The Black Adder
Conceived while Atkinson and Curtis were working on "Not the Nine O'Clock News", the series covers a number of medieval issues in Britain in a humorous and often anachronistic manner—witchcraft, royal succession, European relations, the Crusades and the conflict between the Crown and the Church. The filming of the series was highly ambitious, with a large cast and much location shooting. Shakespearean dialogue is sometimes adapted for comic effect. Despite winning an International Emmy, "The Black Adder" is generally regarded as the weakest series of "Blackadder", even by its creators.
Blackadder
Although each series is set in a different era, all follow the misfortunes of Edmund Blackadder (played by Atkinson), who in each is a member of a British family dynasty present at many significant periods and places in British history. It is implied in each series that the Blackadder character is a descendant of the previous one (the end theme lyrics of series 2, episode "Head", specify that he is the great-grandson of the previous), although it is never specified how or when any of the Blackadders (who are usually bachelors) managed to father children.
David Tyson
David Michael Tyson is a Canadian rock music producer and songwriter. He is best known for co-writing Alannah Myles' 1990 #1 hit "Black Velvet" (with Christopher Ward) and producing her debut album. He also co-wrote 3 hit songs (with Dean McTaggart) from Amanda Marshall's self-titled 1995 debut album.
Black Blade (song)
Elric wields a sentient, soul-sucking sword named Stormbringer. Aside from a set of cryptic, blood-red runes on the blade, the sword is black, hence the name "Black Blade". The music was jointly composed by Eric Bloom, lead singer of Blue Öyster Cult, and bass-player John Trivers. The song is the opening track on the Blue Öyster Cult album "Cultösaurus Erectus."
Blackadder
The first series, "The Black Adder", was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent episodes were written by Curtis and Ben Elton. The shows were produced by John Lloyd. In 2000, the fourth series, "Blackadder Goes Forth", ranked at 16 in the "100 Greatest British Television Programmes", a list created by the British Film Institute. In the 2004 TV poll to find "Britain's Best Sitcom", "Blackadder" was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by "Only Fools and Horses". It was also ranked as the 9th-best TV show of all time by "Empire" magazine.
Howard Goodall
Goodall has composed the main themes and incidental music for several popular UK comedy programmes, including "Red Dwarf", "Blackadder", "Mr. Bean", "The Thin Blue Line", "The Vicar of Dibley", "The Catherine Tate Show", "2point4 Children" and "QI", on which he has also appeared twice as a panellist. A single Tongue Tied from Red Dwarf reached no. 17 on the UK charts.
Paranoid (album)
The album's title track was written as an afterthought. As drummer Bill Ward explains: "We didn't have enough songs for the album, and Tony (Iommi) just played the guitar lick and that was it. It took twenty, twenty-five minutes from top to bottom." In the liner notes to the 1998 live album "Reunion", bassist Geezer Butler recounts to Phil Alexander that they wrote the song "in five minutes, then I sat down and wrote the lyrics as quickly as I could. It was all done in about two hours." According to Alexander, "Paranoid" "crystallized the band's writing process, with Iommi initiating the ideas with his charred riffs, Ozzy (Osbourne) working on a melody, Geezer providing drive and the majority of the lyrics, and Bill Ward locking into a set of often pounding rhythms beneath Butler's bass rumble." The single was released in September 1970 and reached number four on the UK charts, remaining Black Sabbath's only top ten hit.
Loud Love
"Loud Love" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Loud Love" was released on August 30, 1989 as the first single from the band's second studio album, "Louder Than Love" (1989). It is the quasi-title track from that album, and was also the basis for the EP "Loudest Love" and the live video "Louder Than Live". The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album, "A-Sides".
Black Friday (Faderhead album)
Black Friday is Faderhead's fourth album. It was released 8 October 2010. It is the first album title not to follow the FH album trend, as unlike previous albums, Black Friday is Faderhead's first concept album. There are 16 tracks, each a new part of the overall story arc. It tells the story of a Friday night gone wrong, from the end of the working day, to the fun in the clubs, the inevitable crash, and all the chaos in between. A short film has been shot to tie in with the promotion of the album, and portrays the story in a visual medium.
Blackmarket Records
Former
Leigh Blackmore
Blackmore wrote many of the band's song lyrics, some in collaboration with vocalist Ian Walker (though Walker often wrote alone), and guitarist Greg Smith wrote much of the music, though Blackmore wrote both lyrics and music for some songs including the Buzzcocks-inspired "Apathy." Blackmore's other song lyrics included audience favourites such as "Outerspaceville", "Futile Minds", "Living for Today" (partly inspired by Black Sabbath's "Looking for Today") and the Ramones-influenced "Infidelity". The band put unique twists on some of their covers, such as playing Glen Campbell's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" in a Joy Division style, and doing a rock version of the Brian Eno/Cluster (band) piece "Broken Head".
Black Panther (soundtrack)
Several artists from South Africa worked on the album, including Babes Wodumo, Sjava, Yugen Blakrok, and Saudi. Sounwave explained that he and Lamar had spent months listening to a playlist of South African music in preparation for producing the album because they wanted to "go inside their world to get an organic sound, sonically and emotionally". The pair subsequently became fans of the music. Sjava agreed to join the album because he personally wanted to work with Lamar, but also because "this is going to help inspire the nation [and] the whole continent." Saudi said that in his art, he "chose to stand for and fully represent my ethnicity and my origin", and was proud to continue that for "a song from the track list of the first and most anticipated black superhero movie." With the success that his song would find through the "Black Panther" album release, Saudi added that "it wasn't supposed to happen like this; I was told that that I wouldn't appeal to an international audience but here I am. I'm so grateful". Additionally, Göransson worked with Lamar and Sounwave during the filmmaking process, spending time with them in their studio to create "collaborative excerpts" for throughout the film. He contributed to the song "Opps" that is played during a car chase in the film. Coogler praised this collaboration, especially how Göransson was able to weave elements from Lamar's songs "in and out of the orchestral stuff that he was already doing." Sounwave noted that it was a challenge to balance all of the different styles of artists on the album, like the "kerosene beats" of SOB x RBE with "Afrofuturist rapper" Vince Staples, while remaining consistent with Lamar's previous work and also being accessible to all potential filmgoers.
Bells (Blackadder)
The music performed as Blackadder courts "Bob" is Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on Greensleeves".
Ben Elton
Elton and Curtis were inspired to write "Blackadder Goes Forth" upon finding World War I to be apt for a situation comedy. This series, which dealt with greater, darker themes than prior "Blackadder" episodes, was praised for Curtis's and Elton's scripts, in particular the final episode. Before writing the series, the pair read about the war and found that:
Blackadder
"Blackadder II" is set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), who is portrayed by Miranda Richardson. The principal character is Edmund, Lord Blackadder, the great-grandson of the original Black Adder. During the series, he regularly deals with the Queen, her obsequious Lord Chamberlain Lord Melchett (Stephen Fry)—his rival—and the Queen's demented former nanny Nursie (Patsy Byrne).
Blackwood, Caerphilly
Evan James (Ieuan ap Iago, 1809–93) was a weaver and wool merchant by profession and owner of the Ancient Druid Inn in Hollybush, in the parish of Bedwellty, Monmouthshire. He moved to Pontypridd when his son James (Iago ap Ieuan, 1833-1902) was a young boy. Evan James and his son James are credited with composing the Welsh national anthem, 'Hen Wlad fy Nhadau' ('Land of my Fathers') in 1856. Evan was a poet and it is believed that he wrote the words while his son James composed the tune. The song was published in the volume 'Gems of Welsh Melody' (1860) and soon became extremely popular. It is not certain when the song was first adopted as the Welsh national anthem. A memorial, designed by W. Goscombe John, was erected in honour of Evan and James James in Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd, in 1930.
Edmund Blackadder
Prince Edmund (1461-1498) is the first man in the dynasty to refer to himself as 'the Black Adder'. The first Blackadder is named after the treacherous Edmond from Shakespeare's "King Lear". He appears in the first series, "The Black Adder", set shortly after The Wars of the Roses. He is the second son of the fictional King Richard IV of England, who, we are told at the beginning, was cast from all historical references by his successor, Henry Tudor. Prince Edmund is a very different character from his descendants: he is slow-witted, cowardly, and the butt of the other characters' jokes. While he is as devious and amoral as his descendants, his Machiavellian schemes are usually spurred on by other characters. The Prince does show wit on occasion and is creatively insulting, although, with the exception of Baldrick and Percy, it is usually once his target is out of sight. He can be cunning and devious himself, but usually needs more help than his descendants—occasionally claiming Baldrick's plans as his own after dismissing them moments before. For all this he is determined and driven to power: his primary concern is to seize the English throne and become king. After the death of Richard IV and Edmund's older brother Harry, he is briefly King of England; a lyric one of the closing credits for "Blackadder II" describes him as "a king / Although for only thirty seconds". Prince Edmund is one of the many Blackadders to be killed on screen: he dies after accidentally drinking poisoned wine, although he had already been severely mutilated by his childhood nemesis, the Duke of Burgundy. He is sometimes called King Edmund because in the last episode of the first series of Blackadder, he was the last of the Royal family to die, making him automatically King for a few seconds before he died.
The Black Orchid (nightclub)
Benny Dunn (1913–1989), "King of Rush Street," a former comic, operated the Black Orchid while Greenfield was the owner. Dunn went on to be a publicist and influential staffer for Hugh Hefner and "Playboy."Featured guestHouse musicians
In 1955, a song written by Royce Chester Swain, DDS (1917–2012) — "Black Orchid" (© 1955) — was made the theme song of the Chicago club bearing the same name.
Edie Brickell
In 2010, Brickell became a founding member of new band The Gaddabouts, consisting of Steve Gadd on drums, Edie Brickell as lead vocalist and guitar, Andy Fairweather Low on electric and acoustic guitars and background vocals, Pino Palladino on bass and guitar, and featuring Dan Block, Ronnie Cuber, Joey DeFrancesco, Gil Goldstein, and Marcus Rojas. In 2011, Brickell wrote the title track, "The Meaning of Life," for Tamar Halpern's film, "Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life".
Across the Borderline
The title track, "Across the Borderline", was written by Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, and Jim Dickinson. It is a remake of a song by Freddy Fender, which was featured on the motion picture soundtrack for "The Border" starring Jack Nicholson.
Portal (video game)
Most of the game's soundtrack is non-lyrical ambient music composed by Kelly Bailey and Mike Morasky, somewhat dark and mysterious to match the mood of the environments. The closing credits song, "Still Alive", was written by Jonathan Coulton and sung by Ellen McLain (a classically trained operatic soprano) as the GLaDOS character. A brief instrumental version of "Still Alive" is played in an uptempo Latin style over radios in-game. Wolpaw notes that Coulton was invited to Valve a year before the release of "Portal", though it was not yet clear where Coulton would contribute. "Once Kim [Swift] and I met with him, it quickly became apparent that he had the perfect sensibility to write a song for GLaDOS." The use of the song over the closing credits was based on a similar concept from the game "God Hand", one of Wolpaw's favorite titles. The song was released as a free downloadable song for the music video game "Rock Band" on April 1, 2008. The soundtrack for "Portal" was released as a part of "The Orange Box Original Soundtrack" and includes both GLaDOS's in-game rendition and Coulton's vocal mix of "Still Alive".
Goodbyeee
Each series of "Blackadder" depicts its protagonist, always a scheming and (except in the first series) witty man named Edmund Blackadder, in different periods throughout history. In "Blackadder Goes Forth", he is Captain Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), an officer in the British Army on the Western Front during the First World War.
Blackbear (musician)
After leaving Polaroid, Musto began his solo career when he moved to Atlanta to work with Ne-Yo. He put out his first EP entitled "Brightness" in 2008, followed by "Contrast" in 2009, and "Exposure" in 2010. He put out a Christmas song with Tyler Carter, then-member of the band Woe, Is Me in 2010, shortly followed by a new single, 'Douche Bag'. In July 2011, Musto released his "Year of the Blackbear" EP. In fall 2011, he decided to take his nickname of Blackbear and use it as his pseudonym for making music. The first song to be released with the Blackbear moniker was Mike Posner's song, 'Marauder Music' in November 2011.
Blackadder
"The Black Adder", the first series of "Blackadder", was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson and produced by John Lloyd. It originally aired on BBC1 from 15 June 1983 to 20 July 1983, and was a joint production with the Australian Seven Network.