It’s been a busy holiday season for me, so I haven’t had time to do a Top 30 tracks of the year or a favourite albums list. Boo.

So why not blog something a lot more honest and revealing?

Here, for realsies, is the Top 100 tracks that I’ve listened to the most this year according to my iTunes play count.

I made a few omissions of some Scott Pilgrim score and soundtrack stuff, as I listened to them a whole lot this year for work. Rest assured NIgel Godrich’s Universal Fanfare got a lot of play. But I’ve also left a couple of key tracks in.

Bubbling under the Top 100 are a whole bunch of gems like Anamanaguchi’s ‘Party Stronger’ from the Scott Pilgrim game soundtrack, ‘Radar Detector’ by Darwin Deez and ‘The Gaudy Side Of Town’ by Gayngs.

Not to mention tracks by Foals, Beach House, Panda Bear, Salem, Yeasayer, Dum Dum Girls, Sleigh Bells, The Walkmen and more.

But enough about them, it should be pretty clear what my fav new tracks, my fav oldies and my fav albums of the year were from this list below.

The play count never lies!

Happy New Year to all.

• Pos. / Title / Artist / Playcount / Album

• 1. Glitter Freeze Gorillaz Feat. Mark E Smith 39 Plastic Beach
• 2. Superfast Jellyfish Gorillaz Feat. Gruff Rhys & De La Soul 36 Plastic Beach
• 3. E.M.I The Hot Rats 29 Turn Ons
• 4. Uh Huh Wu Tang Vs The Beatles 29 Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers
• 5. World Sick Broken Social Scene 27 Forgiveness Rock Record
• 6. Sweepstakes Gorillaz Feat. Mos Def & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 27 Plastic Beach
• 7. Save Me Dear Wu Tang Vs The Beatles 27 Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers
• 8. Meet Me In The Basement Broken Social Scene 26 Forgiveness Rock Record
• 9. Stylo Gorillaz Feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def 26 Plastic Beach
• 10. On Melancholy Hill Gorillaz 25 Plastic Beach
• 11. Orchestral Intro Gorillaz Feat. Sinfonia ViVA 25 Plastic Beach
• 12. Up the Junction The Hot Rats 23 Turn Ons
• 13. Sweetest Kill Broken Social Scene 21 Forgiveness Rock Record
• 14. Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach Gorillaz Feat. Snoop Dogg & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 21 Plastic Beach
• 15. Forget Me Not Wu Tang Vs The Beatles 21 Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers
• 16. White Flag Gorillaz Feat. Bashy, Kano & The National Orchestra For Arabic Music) 20 Plastic Beach
• 17. Big Sky The Hot Rats 20 Turn Ons
• 18. Got Your Money Wu Tang Vs The Beatles 20 Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers
• 19. R.E.C. Room Wu Tang Vs The Beatles 19 Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers
• 20. One Life Stand Hot Chip 18 One Life Stand
• 21. The Lovecats The Hot Rats 18 Turn Ons
• 22. Happy The Rolling Stones 18 Exile On Main Street
• 23. C.R.E.A.M. Wu Tang Vs The Beatles 18 Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers
• 24. Threshold Beck & Sex Bob Omb 17 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• 25. Cuddly Toy Harry Nilsson 17 Pandemonium Shadow Show
• 26. West End Girls (Bonus Track) The Hot Rats 17 Turn Ons
• 27. Flash Delirium MGMT strong>17 Congratulations
• 28. Tighten Up The Black Keys 16 Brothers
• 29. Threshold 8 Bit Brian LeBarton 16 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• 30. Celestica Crystal Castles 16 Crystal Castles (II)
• 31. One Way Glass Manfred Mann Chapter Three 15 Manfred Mann Chapter Three
• 32. Mighty Healthy Wu Tang Vs The Beatles 15 Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers
• 33. Ready To Start Arcade Fire 14 The Suburbs
• 34. Latin America Holy Fuck 14 Latin
• 35. Black Sheep Metric 14 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• 36. Invaders Must Die The Prodigy 14 Invaders Must Die
• 37. Factory Band of Horses 13 Infinite Arms
• 38. Every Lasting Light The Black Keys 13 Brothers
• 39. When We Wake Blood Red Shoes 13 Fire Like This
• 40. Heartsink Blood Red Shoes 13 Fire Like This
• 41. F**k You Cee Lo Green 13 F**k You – EP
• 42. Gotta Get Up (Remastered 2004) Harry Nilsson 13 Nilsson Schmilsson
• 43. Red Lights Holy Fuck 13 Latin
• 44. I Feel Better Hot Chip 13 One Life Stand
• 45. Alyo Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 13 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
• 46. All I Want LCD Soundsystem 13 This Is Happening
• 47. Brian Eno MGMT 13 Congratulations
• 48. Cuddly Toy The Monkees 13 Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
• 49. Mahalo Ratatat 13 LP4
• 50. Christine Architeq 12 From The Stars Vol.1
• 51. Walkabout (w. Noah Lennox) Atlas Sound 12 Logos
• 52. Getting Better The Beatles 12 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
• 53. It Won’t Be Long The Beatles 12 With The Beatles
• 54. Take It In Hot Chip 13 One Life Stand
• 55. I Can’t Stand It The Hot Rats 13 Turn Ons
• 56. Tightrope (feat. Big Boi) Janelle Monáe 13 The ArchAndroid
• 57. Escape From New York King DJ 12 From The Stars Vol.1
• 58. Drunk Girls LCD Soundsystem 12 This Is Happening
• 59. I Found A Whistle MGMT 12 Congratulations
• 60. White Sky Vampire Weekend 12 Contra
• 61. Cousins Vampire Weekend 12 Contra
• 62. When Will You Come? Wavves 12 King of the Beach
• 63. Baby Say Goodbye Wavves 12 King of the Beach
• 64. Baby You’re A Rich Man The Beatles 11 Magical Mystery Tour
• 65. When I’m With You (Album) Best Coast 11 Crazy For You
• 66. It’s Getting Boring By The Sea Blood Red Shoes 11 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• 67. Derezzed Daft Punk 11 Derezzed – Single
• 68. Barbra Streisand (Original Mix) Duck Sauce 11 Barbra Streisand
• 69. Jump Into the Fire (Remastered 2004) Harry Nilsson 11 Nilsson Schmilsson
• 70. The Crystal Ship The Hot Rats 11 Turn Ons
• 71. Sleep Baby James Murphy 11 Va – Greenberg: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• 72. Goodbye England (Covered In Snow) Laura Marling 11 I Speak Because I Can
• 73. Pow Pow LCD Soundsystem 11 This Is Happening
• 74. Siberian Breaks MGMT 11 Congratulations
• 75. Hillcrest Park Nigel Godrich 11 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Original Score Composed by Nigel Godrich
• 76. Land Of 1000 Dances Walker Brothers 11 The Silver Collection
• 77. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire 10 The Suburbs
• 78. All To All Broken Social Scene 10 Forgiveness Rock Record
• 79. Sentimental X’s Broken Social Scene 10 Forgiveness Rock Record
• 80. Desire Lines Deerhunter 10 Halcyon Digest
• 81. Helicopter Deerhunter 10 Halcyon Digest
• 82. Best Friend The Drums 10 Best Friend – EP
• 83. P.I.G.S. Holy Fuck 10 Latin
• 84. Brothers Hot Chip 10 One Life Stand
• 85. En Mi Nube (Get Off My Cloud) Sonya10 Absolute Belter
• 86. No Reply The Beatles 9 Beatles For Sale
• 87. Don’t Ask Blood Red Shoes 9 Fire Like This
• 88. Light It Up Blood Red Shoes 9 Fire Like This
• 89. Coronado Deerhunter 9 Halcyon Digest
• 90. Doncamatic (feat. Daley) Gorillaz 9 Doncamatic (feat. Daley) – EP
• 91. Flashover Klaxons 9 Surfing the Void
• 92. Dance Yrself Clean LCD Soundsystem 9 This Is Happening
• 93. One Touch LCD Soundsystem 9 This Is Happening
• 94. I Can Change LCD Soundsystem 9 This Is Happening
• 95. Lost a Girl New Young Pony Club 9 The Optimist
• 96. Swim Surfer Blood 9 Astro Coast
• 97. Giving Up the Gun Vampire Weekend 9 Contra
• 98. Post Acid Wavves 9 King of the Beach
• 99. Colours Fade Blood Red Shoes 8 Fire Like This
• 100. Heathen Child Grinderman 8 Grinderman

Originally posted by @simonpegg here.

Now available to listen on BBC iPlayer Here!

Saturday 1st January 2011, 10:00am on BBC 6 Music

Edgar Wright presents a special New Year’s Day BBC6 Music show with Nick Frost and Simon Pegg between 10am and 1pm

Show Playlist

• Meet Me In The Basement -Broken Social Scene
• Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) – Arcade Fire
• Black Sheep – Metric
• 2010 – Cornelius
• Brian Eno – MGMT (Cornelius Mix)
• Boys Keep Swinging – David Bowie
• Drunk Girls – LCD Soundsystem
• Glitter Freeze – Gorillaz Feat. Mark E Smith
• Every Lasting Light – The Black Keys
• Mambo Sun – T.Rex
• When I’m With You – Best Coast
• Baby Say Goodbye – Wavves
• Up the Junction – The Hot Rats
• E.M.I – The Hot Rats
• Boss Battle – Nigel Godrich
• Derezzed – Daft Punk
• Escape From New York – King DJ
• Tightrope (feat. Big Boi) – Janelle Monáe
• Baby You’re A Rich Man – The Beatles
• Jump Into the Fire – Harry Nilsson
• Natural Selection (feat The Black Angels) – UNKLE (Simon Pegg’s pick)
• Everyone But You – The Young Veins (Nick Frost’s pick)
• Constellations – Darwin Deez (Simon Pegg’s pick)
• I’ll House You – Jungle Brothers (Nick Frost’s pick)
• Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Simon Pegg’s pick)
• Don’t Ask – Blood Red Shoes
• Revival -Deerhunter
• Walkabout (with Noah Lennox) – Atlas Sound
• I Won’t Lie to You – Let’s Wrestle
• Take It In – Hot Chip
• Schoolin’ – Everything Everything
• The Cheese Of Jim’s Casio – Jim Noir
• Ramona – Beck

Today, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World is finally released on an extras laden BluRay and equally jam packed 2-disc DVD.

An early Christmas present…for 2011!

Get your gift vouchers out, get down the shops and enjoy!

Blu-ray and DVD Special Features

DVD Disc 1

• Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Edgar Wright
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the Outtakes
• Photo Galleries

• Trivia Track
• Audio Commentaries
  • Feature Commentary with Director/Co-Writer Edgar Wright, Co-Writer Michael Bacall and Author Bryan Lee O' Malley
  • Technical Commentary with Edgar Wright and Bill Pope
  • Cast Commentary: Michael Cera, Jason Schwartzman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong and Brandon Routh
  • Cast Commentary: Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Kieran Culkin and Mark Webber

DVD Disc 2

• Alternate Edits
• Bits & Pieces
• Making Of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
• Music Featurette
• You Too Can Be Sex Bob-omb
• Music Videos
• Osymyso
• Sound Work
• VFX Before and After
• Pre-Production Footage
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The Censors
• Adult Swim: Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation
• Phantom Montage
• Roxy Fight / Ribbon Version

• Trailers
• TV Spots
• Easter Eggs

Additional Blu-ray Special Features

• Blogs
• U-control: Storyboard Picture in Picture
• BD-Live Enabled
• BD-Live Pre-Roll Trailers
• pocket BLU™ Enabled

This 2010 film montage scores extra points for crosscutting Scott Pilgrim with the opening credits to Enter The Void, my favourite title sequence of the year.

The song used is “A Dustland Fairytale” by The Killers.

This is the fifth video I have created in my “Cinescape” collection, a series which packs footage of the many films released in the past year into one video.

I am a huge believer in the notion that while some films may be for adults and others for kids, and while some films may be of higher quality than those aimed at the lowest common denominator, escaping into the world of a film is a universal experience that we all crave, no matter who we are or how greatly our tastes differ. The goal of this video is to at least begin to capture the essence of what that lose-yourself-to-film feeling is like…and to show just how many kick-ass movies 2010 gave us (because it’s pretty easy to forget).

Chronological Movie Listing: here.

‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ director, Edgar Wright, answers tweets from the followers of @dsatthemovies, fielding questions covering director’s cuts, sequels and cornettos!

For the latest movies news, reviews and interviews, go to http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/ and follow us on twitter @dsatthemovies

Be sure to check out Digital Spy and their YouTube channel.

I spoke with the mighty Kevin Smith for an epic 2 and a half hours at the Smodcastle.

Hear stories of Fistful Of Fingers, Spaced, Scott Pilgrim as well as various spooky doings and silliness.

Was lots of fun. Enjoy.

SMOVIEMAKERS #2: Pilgrim’s Pride

Kevin Smith bullshits with SHAUN OF THE DEAD filmmaker Edgar Wright.

Listen here now.

Finally, a Q&A for ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs The World’ back in my hometown of Lon-don and in one of my favourite screens in the city, Brixton’s Ritzy Cinema.

See you on New Year’s Eve Eve, the 30th of December! I will be there with bells on.

Following the cult successes of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ, Spaced creator Edgar Wright goes Hollywood for his third feature, SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD.

Billed as an ‘epic of epic epicness’, it’s a candy-floss explosion of video game SFX and comic book nuance that promises to take the fanboy world by storm.

Michael Cera (JUNO) stars as the eponymous nerd who falls hard for a rollerblading high-school cutie called Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, DIE HARD 4.0).

But before he can win her heart, our docile hero is forced to face up to each one of Ramona’s seven evil exes.
Based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel, Wright’s film is an electrifying visual feast in the KICK-ASS vein.

Event: Scott Pilgrim vs the World plus Edgar Wright Q&A
Location: Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton, Screen 1
Date and time: Thursday 30 Dec, 20:00

Further Information can be found at Ritzy’s website here or to book now click here or call the Ritzy Box Office:
0871 902 5739 (10p a minute from a landline).

This was edited by 19 year old Joel Walden from Toronto, Canada.

And I, Edgar Wright am flattered and awed by his efforts.

Beware spoilers if you haven’t seen all three films though.

Come back when you have. Rectify!

Check out more of Joel’s work here.

Joel, amazing work. Now you need to do one including Spaced, Don’t and A Fistful Of Fingers for the full set!

Dear Guillermo Del Toro.

Have I told you lately that I love you?

Edgar

LOL: Guillermo Del Toro Signs Scott Pilgrim DVD
Posted on Thursday, December 9th, 2010 by Peter Sciretta

/Film reader Tim Caballero brought his copy of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World to Guillermo Del Toro‘s autograph appearance and got the filmmaker to sign his DVD. Del Toro has been a vocal supporter of Pilgrim director Edgar Wright and the film and even interviewed the director, cast, and crew at a recent screening (watch the video here). I retweeted a photo of Tim’s autographed Pilgrim DVD on Twitter but thought that the non-twitter site readers would enjoy the laugh as well. Now if only Universal used this exact del Toro quote on the dvd cover, movie poster and television ads…

Via SlashFilm

Okay, this is in no way new, but this still one of my favourite comedy scenes of the last decade.

From the deleted scenes on the DVD of ‘Summer Heights High’ watch Chris Lilley as Mr. G perform in front of school kids who are barely holding it together.

The moment at 3.37 gets me every time.

If you haven’t seen this before, enjoy. And if you have, enjoy again.

Come back Mr. G, we miss you.

From ABC TV’s ‘Summer Heights High’ (2007).

Chris Lilley, I await your new show with anticipation.

Hey there London, will be with you on New Year’s Eve’s Eve at Forbidden Planet. I think my third signing there. Look forward to seeing those of you who can make it out.

Thursday 30 December 17:30 – 18:30

London Megastore
179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR

Forbidden Planet are delighted to announce that director EDGAR WRIGHT will be signing the DVD & BluRay release of the smash-hit movie SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8JR on Thursday 30th December 5:30 – 6:30pm

From the comic books by Bryan Lee O’Malley, this is the level-up movie that brought Scott Pilgrim onto the big screen. He’s charming, he’s jobless, he plays bass for garage band Sex Bob-omb – and he’s just met the girl of his dreams. Now, her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. Scott Pilgrim vs the World is released on Blu-ray and two disc DVD on 27th December from Universal Pictures.

Edgar Wright is a genre-smashing creator as writer and director on ‘Hot Fuzz’, ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ and cult TV series ‘Spaced’. In Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, he brings to life the tale of one romantic slacker’s quest to power up with love – and the DVD release of the movie is absolutely packed with extras.

Due to time restaints, there may be limits on the number of items to be signed.

This title will be available at the signing or click here to pre-order. DVD | Blu-Ray