April 2, 2007
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Happy Place
Now that my office-mate is gone, I’ve been listening to blaring music in my office (ok, maybe blaring isn’t the right word, but I do have to keep my door closed). It’s been pretty fun because I am listening to a lot of stuff I wouldn’t normally choose, but do because I’m here eight hours every day. Today the soundtrack for Legends of the Fall came up. I saw the movie once, but don’t really remember it (although I did buy the DVD for $7…just haven’t watched it yet). However, the soundtrack is great–it has some truly gorgeous material.
You know when you hear a song and it takes you back to a certain time/place in your life? Hearing this music takes me back to my freshman dorm. During my freshman year, I was pretty slammed and overwhelmed by my classes (one of which was College Algebra) and would litereally find a twenty minute break and go back to my dorm, lay on the bed with the light off and listen to this music to just calm me down for a few minutes. It was really effective.
So if you need to kidnap me or something, forget the tranquilizer dart and just play the Legends of the Fall soundtrack. It’ll work every time…
Comments (8)
I hate that movie.
I’ve been re-watching all the Star Trek films in the last week. I’m convinced that one of the core weaknesses of the film franchise is their lack of musical theme continuity. When Goldsmith was in charge there was continuity but every other time there were new themes that were completely unrecognizable. And only one of them, Horner’s in Trek II, was really top notch on its own. Contrast that to any other long running series and you see the difference – even w/ Harry Potter, for instance, where you have new composers taking over in the series they still keep the original themes that make the movies identifiable. If you listen to Trek IV, VI, or VII you barely hear a hint of the original themes; certainly not on the opening titles where the new guys had to put their own imprint. It annoys me. And it also hurts the series, imho. I’ll be interested in seeing of JJ Abrams recognizes that or tries to reimage the music along with the canon.
^^Dude-you are so right. Stupid no-name composers that are unwilling to use other people’s themes for HUGE movies are DUMB.
Also–I think JJ will do good, like he did with Superman Returns. The dude that wrote that score did a FLAWLESS job of using old themes. It was fresh and totally original. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that soundtrack.
Never saw that movie, although I know a bunch of people who liked it. I’ve just never been much of a Brad Pitt fan.
i can picture mike saying that just as calmly as you wrote those words. how funny. you gotta try the items on the menu that i meantioned in my blog. you’ll never be the same again.
So you’re tranqualizing yourself at work then???
^^ummm…
Ahhh…that’s one of Horner’s best. I love him, no matter how many times he uses his same few note themes!!!
Never did see Legends of the Fall, but I’ve been a *huge* fan of the score ever since I played some themes from it in Jr. High. And I totally agree with Mike about the HP and ST movies, it’s so true. Oh, and that was John Ottman who did the amazing job on Superman Returns. He also did the scores for X2 and the Fantastic 4, so he’d had a bit of practice in the “superhero” genre.