I work with pre-school kids, and yesterday a girl who work there had brought her flute with her to play a bit for the kids.
She is a brilliant player, and she played two selections, one from John Powell's HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (one of the kids actually requested this!) and one from Mark Mancina's PLANES. She had backing music (possibly from youtube) and she played along, reading the note sheets as she played totally flawless, with some of the kids dancing around.
It was really impressive.
Anyone else having experienced film music at unlikely places like work or other places?
I once was walking in the street and some cars were waiting for the traffic light to turn green. And for the first time in my life I passed one in which the driver was listening to movie score (can't remember which one). I saw him notice me noticing him and I saw a slight embarrassment in his eyes. So I quickly gave him a big smile and a thumbs up. Since that day I know I'm not alone in this World listening to movie soundtracks in my car haha!
I work in movies and television, so the answer is a definite "yes" and "always."
You'd be surprised how many film music aficionados there are in the business... and how many know their stuff. And it's not just the film music end of the business I'm referring to.
I work in movies and television, so the answer is a definite "yes" and "always."
You'd be surprised how many film music aficionados there are in the business... and how many know their stuff. And it's not just the film music end of the business I'm referring to.
If they "know their stuff" then why do they default to the Wallpaper School of Scoring?
As to the topic, I just about gasped when one of the cars at a red light on Las Olas Boulevard in Fr. Lauderdale was blasting "The Early Days, Massapequa" from the Born on the Fourth of July soundtrack....and it wasn't me blasting it.
If they "know their stuff" then why do they default to the Wallpaper School of Scoring?
Touché, Jim! I did say "how many" – the implication that many do have taste, sense, range and depth in their preferences beyond what you'd expect, especially given what often results.
I get to my office building at 5am every day and we open at 8am so I have the building pretty much to myself for three hours. That gives me plenty of time to listen to soundtracks and crank it as loud as I like on my stereo that I have at the office.
Many years ago, on the subway in Oslo, I heard a street musician play Goldsmith's PAPILLON theme on his accordion. I just heard it through the halls, I didn't see him. Otherwise, I'd given him a few bucks.
If they "know their stuff" then why do they default to the Wallpaper School of Scoring?
Touché, Jim! I did say "how many" – the implication that many do have taste, sense, range and depth in their preferences beyond what you'd expect, especially given what often results.
Which makes that end result all the more infuriating.
During art workshops at a local community college, students were allowed to play music (cassettes of the era) for the class as a matter of ambience. Some brought The Carpenters or Rush, but there were two of them (who knew each other) who brought The Wrath of Khan and The Temple of Doom. I'm not sure how that helped the class in their projects, but I was inspired!
On Saturday, November 3 while in Vienna for the cancelled Williams concerts, I took the metro to Karlsplatz, where the Musikverein is located. While exiting, a street musicial played Schindler's List on the violin. I almost burst to tears.
On one occasion a truck rolled by me blasting the "Tryouts" track from Goldsmith's RUDY. I made sure to give the driver a big "thumbs up" - which he returned!
More recently, while in a grocery store checkout line, I heard a passerby loudly whistling Bernard Herrmann's theme for TWISTED NERVE (although I suspect he probably picked it up from the KILL BILL VOL 1 soundtrack usage - as many have).
I've heard many film music ringtones including Morricone's THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.
Lastly, I frequented a local grocery store that would often play a mix tape of various John Williams soundtracks in place of the usual canned musak.
It's always fun to catch film music playing out in the world.
