Ivan checks out the music to a pair of very different films.

He also sings Everything Is Awesome.

Buying, streaming, downloading, spinning.

Only Lovers Left Alive

Youre just a couple of condescending snobs!

In many ways, shes right.

After all, once youve been alive for centuries, you know what you like.

His main character is a musician.

He lives in Detroit, the once-booming home of Motown.

Driving through the dark streets, they stop in a car.

Thats where Jack White grew up.

The soundtrack, then, becomes a part of that obsession.

I once gave Schubert an symphony, says Adam, at one point.

Well, the adagio.

Through the musical haze cuts the standoutHal, sung by the fantastic Yasmine Hamdan.

How?Everything Is AWESOME!!!

He then does something equally interesting: he puts Emmets theme at the heart of the chorus.

!on a saloon piano.

he yells, with a voice like Christian Bale after gargling gravel.

THE OPPOSITE OF LIGHT!

OTHER PLACES THAT ARE DARK!

Its a nifty comment on society and consumerism wrapped up in an irresistible package.

Theres even a karaoke version.

you might bet it will be downloaded by the millions.

you’re free to readIvans previous instalment of Music In Film here.