Lana Del Rey and Edward Scissorhands
Today I have music from two movies that have come out within the past year. This first song is by the incredible vocalist Lana Del Rey. She did a remake of the beautiful theme from the movie Sleeping Beauty. Now this version of the song is used in the movie Maleficent. For those of you who have never see the movie Maleficent, it tells an alternate story line and different thread of the characters involved with Sleeping Beauty. In this movie, Maleficent is not the villain, but rather more of an antihero. She is someone who becomes twisted by betrayal, but is fixed by the love of family. What this movie does is not only put a dark spin on the story of Sleeping Beauty, but also gives so much more depth to the character Maleficent. This really is a great movie, filled with both darkness and bursts of light. Now, on to the song. Lana Del Rey's rendition of this popular classic reflects that darkness which is in the movie. Like the movie, this song is draped in overall sense of darkness.