I thought this may be a good time for us all to hit the reset button and remember why we love film music.
Some people naively believe that the purpose of film music is to support the film for which it is composed.
But this is not the case.
Film music exists to sound good on one's turntable, paired with the right cocktail and complementing one's decor.
I admire the film industry for commissioning so many great albums when they instead could have focused their energy, attention, and resources on the films themselves.
I'm having a lazy day at home today, and I plan to spin lots of soundtracks on LP.
Film music exists to sound good on one's turntable, paired with the right cocktail and complementing one's decor.
LOL. Absolutely. The biggest waste of time is for producers and directors to show composers their films before composers start to compose music. Why bother?
The purpose of film music IS to augment the film--IN the film.
And if it happens to coincidentally flow nicely as a separate experience for a particular listener, so much the better. But for the most part (and there are many exceptions), it was not designed that way.
One way of getting around this is to always issue an album of concert arrangements, or at least include some in the score album. That method has been a goldmine for Williams and I'd like to see more composers take the same route.
One way of getting around this is to always issue an album of concert arrangements, or at least include some in the score album. That method has been a goldmine for Williams and I'd like to see more composers take the same route.
Yeah, we really need symphonic concert suites of Grant Green's "The Final Comedown" and Piero Piccioni's "The Tenth Victim."
Now listening to Lalo Schifrin's "Bullitt" and am realizing how great a symphonic concert suite would be. What a lost opportunity.
What a lost opportunity. 
