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I just want to share a cool experience I had earlier this week while at a lunch meeting in Philly. During the conversation at the table, I noticed that film music was being played as part of the restaurant's background music. The first track I recognized was North by Northwest. It was then followed by Schindler's List and Taxi Driver. I became so focused on the music I could barely concentrate on the meeting! :-) Now that I think about it, I should have asked someone if the background music was part of a Pandora channel or something.
That's about it, but I want to say a quick thanks to everyone here for the wonderful discussions over the years which have greatly expanded my personal knowledge of film scores. I'm not a regular poster here but I love the site and enjoy the conversations. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
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A few years ago my friend Bob, who lives in Peterborough, organised a pub meeting with a few friends, the object being to bid farewell to a fellow-soundtrack fan who was quitting the U.K. for a new life in Malta. To surprise him, Bob slipped a CDR containing the main title from HOW THE WEST WAS WON to the pub landlord and asked him to play it over the music system at an appropriate moment. Unfortunately, no sooner had Mr Newman's majestic theme started to play when another customer in the pub went over to the bar and asked the landlord to "turn off that horrible music!" Sad but true.
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Thor
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A few years ago my friend Bob, who lives in Peterborough, organised a pub meeting with a few friends, the object being to bid farewell to a fellow-soundtrack fan who was quitting the U.K. for a new life in Malta. To surprise him, Bob slipped a CDR containing the main title from HOW THE WEST WAS WON to the pub landlord and asked him to play it over the music system at an appropriate moment. Unfortunately, no sooner had Mr Newman's majestic theme started to play when another customer in the pub went over to the bar and asked the landlord to "turn off that horrible music!" Sad but true.
I actually sympathize with the customer. HOW THE WEST WAS WON is no doubt a great score, but I wouldn't have it blasting on the pub speakers if I was having a good social time.
There is some film music that would fit a restaurant setting, but it would be more in the laidback cocktail lounge style. For pubs, you can have a something little more upbeat, but still within the confines of "crossovers".
There's a time and place for everything.
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I had occasion to be on a bus the other day, and when it stopped at a railway crossing I distinctly heard the driver whistling a familiar tune.
I asked him, on disembarkation, 'Did I imagine it or were you whistling Bernard Herrmann's theme from 'Twisted Nerve' back there?'
'No, it was the theme from 'Kill Bill'...
Well, half-way is better than nowhere, right?
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In the eighties I worked as a chef in my mother-in-law's restaurant. I used to make film music compilations on cassette for playing as background music. There are plenty of love themes that are perfectly appropriate. When I got the Hammer cds that Silva Screen did with James Bernard I put a tape together featuring some of the tracks. Right next to one we played a lot called 'Themes and Dreams' I named mine 'Dreams and Nightmares'.
I had a funny experience when a regular customer, an older lady, enquired what the beautiful music was that we had playing. The look on her face was priceless when I told her "Taste the Blood of Dracula"!
There are plenty of pleasant tracks from films of all genres. The Bond films are a pretty obvious source, mixing a few songs in. SF too. I mean who would think anything odd about Ilya's Theme from Star Trek the Motion Picture? Lovely piece, as are many of John Barry's. I had the love theme from his King Kong playing a lot.
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I've never eaten in a restaurant that played any film scores at all. Though I don't eat out in restaurants and never have, but I've eaten out with people before and never heard any.
Now I do recall once or twice the hit single "Axel Foley Theme" being played. But I don't think I've heard that since the ealy to mid 1990's played anywhere.
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Hey Martin, I must know the name of that establishment of taste all around!
The restaurant is The Saloon, on 7th Street in Philadelphia. Nice Italian restaurant, but the parking is a mess!
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