HIM: SWRMXS.Says it all in the title really that it’s going to be different and it is with electronic remixes of the band’s album Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice. Like all remixes, there’s lots of slow build-ups, sound distorted to the point of mutilation and, at one point, sets off like the start to a Janet Jackson track. Best of the bunch has to be Tiesto’s all synths blazing interpretation of Love The Hardest Way, but most of the time it’s hard not to think what’s the point?

REBEKKA KARIJORD: The Noble Art Of Letting Go.The minimalist-minded Norwegian songstress evokes the aura of frozen forests full of snow-drenched trees and icy mists. So it’s a bit like the UK in winter these days. Sound clips from this album have appeared in BBC TV series, adverts and international films so they may appear strangely familiar. She’s a bit intense.

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT: The King’s Speech.The classical music to go with highly anticipated film The King’s Speech featuring housewife’s choice Colin Firth as King George VI and Geoffrey Rush as speech therapist Lionel Logue who helps him overcome his stammer. An elegant, classical, even gentle, score, but not one that’s going to lift your spirits much. For the big dramatic moments the wonderfully-named Desplat uses pieces by Mozart and Beethoven performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

VARIOUS: For Colored Girls.All-female soundtrack from the film that features several tracks from the likes of Estelle, Janelle Monae and Laura Izibor. The film adaptation starring Whoopi Goldberg and Janet Jackson comes from the weirdly-named 1975 play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf and themes include the ability to survive in the face of pain and despair. It ranges from odd classical warblings through to magically nostalgic rippling soul in the form of Longer And Stronger by Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings, a hazy jazzy version of All Day Long (Blue Skies) by Estelle and the happy skipalong Stand Up by gravel-voiced Macy Gray. Even Leona Lewis gets in on the act sounding Eartha Kittish on I Know Who I Am.