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I suppose I know Daring more as a musicologist. His music he writes for John Sayles' movies is quite good, but the songs he chooses for the soundtracks is always a great representation of the genres they draw from. I like those albums if only for the pop culture education, never mind the great music.
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suppose I know Daring more as a musicologist. His music he writes for John Sayles' movies is quite good, but the songs he chooses for the soundtracks is always a great representation of the genres they draw from. I like those albums if only for the pop culture education, never mind the great music.
He's probably best known for his work with John Sayles. What always greatly impressed me about Mason Daring's work is that he has the ability to get under the skin musically of any location or culture that Sayles explores, whether it's Cajun culture, Appalachian coal miners in the 1930s, contemporary urban society, Tex-Mex border life or whatever. He always finds the right musical voice to match Sayles' vision. He's also a very nice guy. I had an e-mail exchange with him not long ago and he was a great help in trying to track down information on a score he had done. Sometimes it's best to go right to the source.
(Oops, looks like I was writing this the same time as the above.)
Eh, great minds... I think you said it better, Doc.
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Eight Men Out (1988) is a scarce Varese disc.
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Hey Everyone,
I came across Mason Daring in the late 1990s with a series called "1914-18: The Great War" which was shown on ABC (Public Broadcaster) here in Australia. Great series, made by the BBC and other partners around the world, with the music very effective in the program. I came across it again on DVD back in 2005 with it available at amazon.co.uk. Around this time I found Mason Daring had his own website, and the series was listed there, though as "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" and the CD as out of print. I found that Screen Archives has a single cut out copy, all excited I ordered it. The music works really well away from the series, quiet, emotional, mournful. I'm always on the lookout for other music by Mason Daring.
His music from "Spider" in From the Earth To The Moon is great. Please, please, beg and grovel, please release the whole series of From The Earth To The Moon on CD, it is one of the few holy grails left for me.
Cheers, Darren
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Highly recommend his folk/jazz albums w/Jeanie Stahl. Including the LIANNA soundtrack, still not available alas except as an MP3 download.
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Just ordered it, actually. This thread got me exploring Daring again, and so I discovered his solo album.
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