Genre books influenced Joy Division singer's dark lyrics

Science fiction authors frequently cite other science fiction authors as influences, but it's rare that a rock and roll singer does. The late Ian Curtis of the late 70s cult band Joy Division was a voracious reader of philosophical and esoteric texts. Among the authors that influenced him were New Wave writer J.G. Ballard and American gothic icon H.P. Lovecraft.

Curtis even stole a title of one of Ballard's books, The Atrocity Exhibition, for one of his songs. The brooding lyrics of Passover and Isolation are examples of the Lovecraft influence on his music.

While rock stars reading science fiction is probably pretty rare, there are certainly plenty of science fiction authors who want to be rock stars, at least secretly. Believe it or not, Joss Whedon is planning a musical, if you can call that wanting to be a rock star. Wired describes the  production as "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, a three-part internet musical about a low-rent supervillain trying to woo a girl, defeat his nemesis and gain entry into the Evil League of Evil." Sounds like a winner.

Then there is the subset of fans like the musical scores from  their favourite films and TV shows. This article is a loving review of the score from Robotech - The Shadow Chronicles, which is about as fringe as it gets when it comes to musical appreciation, although I'm not one to talk since I enjoy the theme song from Rocket Robin Hood.

There are plenty of other reviews on the Music from the Movies website and several are genre films so you may be curious to see what they have to say about them.