If you haven't seen the 1959 film On The Beach, you might want to tune out now before we spoil anything. It's a post-apocalyptic emotion-drain that chronicles the last days of humanity in a painstakingly slow manner -- which is to say it's a bit slow in the hips but fast in the brain.

Anyway, the film's score composer, Ernest Gold, won the Golden Globe for his score, which was heavily inspired by Australia's unofficial national anthem "Waltzing Matilda." It's all well and good for 1959, but after watching it recently we realized the score and soundtrack are rubbish by today's standards -- so we decided to update it with slightly more modern tracks that better exemplify (to us) the sounds of the apocalypse.

Welcome back to Recast, a feature in which we appoint ourselves soundtrack supervisors of existing films.

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​Movie soundtracks have the ability to create mood and atmosphere in an interesting way when utilized properly. Changing or adding to a soundtrack is a way to create a completely new experience. Blade Runner is one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time but the soundtrack has always felt a bit lacking. Although the film doesn't feature any licensed music, that doesn't mean it shouldn't have. Even though these proposed changes would dramatically change the mood of the film, we've got a few suggestions for where Ridley Scott could have ditched the Vangelis score in favor of some less ambient music. Welcome to the inaugural edition of our latest feature, Recast, in which we appoint ourselves as soundtrack supervisors for an existing film. More >>