Each year, as I acquire new music (Still mostly purchased on CD then ripped to MP3, though an increasing amount of music is only available as digital downloads.), I add new tracks to a yearly playlist for occasional review and December retrospective use. This was 2020 (in order of acquisition):
- Bladerunner 2049 Original Soundtrack
Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch - Arrival Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Johann Johannsson - The Blue Notebooks
Max Richter - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
Propellerheads - Ad Astra Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Max Richter - Asbury Park Live 8/8/13
They Might Be Giants - 2020
Zombi - Les Revenants
Mogwai - Beethoven or Bust
Don Dorsey - Chemical Chords
Stereolab - Cloud Atlas Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil - Pieces in a Modern Style 2
William Orbit - Good
Morphine - Adrian Legg Live
Adrian Legg - Dead Bankers
Adrian Legg - The Ambient Collection
Art of Noise - Evans City
Zombi - Interstellar; Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Hans Zimmer
As usual, lots of soundtracks and old friends. Both Sharon and I adore the movie Arrival, which set off a big Max Richter kick for us this year. Some of the artists I like who have strong followings, but not large enough followings to interest major music outlets, have switched to online self-releasing, like They Might Be Giants and Adrian Legg. Zombi put out their first new album in years, followed by an EP of some work they did for a Night of the Living Dead (Filmed in Evans City, PA. Check out that “Sound Engineer” credit for Sharon’s dad.) tribute event. I also found an online site for a chain of stores in Maine that had a bunch of CDs that have been on my “Wanted” list for years, just to explain some of the older stuff (8 through 13) on here. The Art of Noise album was the only thing I saw that I wanted on the new Tower Records online store.
