November 27, 2008
-
New Music and THANKSGIVING PICS!
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all.
I’d like to start this festive holiday by saying how thankful I am for everything I have. I could seriously list about a hundred things I am TRULY thankful for…but I’ll post my song instead (maybe the list tomorrow??)
This is a longer cue I worte for the end of Nim’s Island (not for the real movie, but for my class). Basically (SPOILER ALERT) if you’ve seen the movie, you know that the big conflict is the loss of Nim’s dad at sea. He was supposed to have returned from his trip a few days ago and did not. So this cue starts at the beginning of the end of the movie…here’s the skivvy:
Nim is sitting on a ledge looking at the ocean. Jodie Foster comes and sits next to her and Nim starts talking about how her dad is lost at sea…she cries…Foster puts her arm around her and says (in the most tender part of the cue…listen for cello solos here) “I’ll take care of it…”. Which is a big deal. Then the sea lion barks and off in the disatance something is happening. The bird comes back…and during a slight swell we realize that “It’s HIM! DADDYYYYyyyy” and the horns start blazing as we see him sailing back on a home-made raft. Then they run down from the ledge and we see more glorious horns as he sails some more (all in about 8 seconds total…). Nim runs down to the beach (cue running music) and then they run to meet in the shallow water…cue BIG SWELL and HUGE SOARING MELODY (you’ll hear the cymbal crash RIGHT on the hug…). All is well…thank you bird for guiding me home…etc, etc, etc…and we fade out…
and that is that.
Happy listening!
Comments (2)
I listened hard for that cymbal! Thanks for laying it out like this – it really helps me get what’s going on with your music!!! This was great!
Daniel, when does your compilation CD come out? I like listening to it when I’m on the computer or writing. I love soundtrack music!