8/8/08

[swashbuckler332]

SCORING REALITIES
I've often reflected that since what I love film music is that it tends to be inherently dramatic, much of the source of my attraction to it is exactly what many people avoid when listening to music. That's too bad, because every once and a while, you just get perfect matches to what's actually going on

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[vdkapenguin]

I've never understood the tendency in people to only listen to sad music when they're sad, etc. I'm too mentally involved in what I'm listening to to settle for mellow background music all the time.

The Conversation soundtrack is amazing, and I've only ever been able to get one track from it. My wet dream would be sheet music for it, but alas.

[swashbuckler332]

I have on occasion been known to use music to undepress me. This is a complete coincidence, but another David Shire score that I really like is Max Dugan Returns; I believe there are clinical tests that prove that you just can't be down after listening to it.

The Conversation was a score that I was impressed by immediately upon seeing the film. I had to wait several years for an album to be made available, which is, unfortunately, out of print. While I am certainly glad to be around for all of these releases now, their limited nature does have its major disadvantage. If you miss it, you've missed it.

I can't help you with the sheet music, but...