If Mozart were alive today, I don't think there's any question he'd be writing for the movies. This was a guy who was always looking for ways to make money, and soundtracks can be a very lucrative field.
If Mozart were alive today, I don't think there's any question he'd be writing for the movies. This was a guy who was always looking for ways to make money, and soundtracks can be a very lucrative field.
But, yes, now I wouldn't do some of those soundtracks the way I did them.
Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us.
Well lately I have listening to a lot of movie soundtracks.
Film executives look at things like star power, film release dates, target audiences and soundtracks. This software is going to give you information that is probably already known.
Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks.
I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that - stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent my legacy with the Pretenders.
It was a very curious situation when there were two soundtracks for the film being composed simultaneously - my score, and the songs.
John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks.
There was a time - and I used to get made fun of a lot - that all I collected was soundtracks.
I can remember soundtracks that you just can't separate from the film - It's just so intertwined, so important. Like the Hitchcock ones where they kind of inform each other and become this larger thing as a result.
Tony Hawk games are known for having incredible soundtracks that match the look and feel of the game play, ... Tony Hawk's American Wasteland pays homage to the roots of skateboarding and the music on the CD does the same with the assembly of some of the best new bands of today giving us their take on punk classics.
I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.
I've always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they're basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I'd make for you at home.
Each year thousands of copies of our Oscar Party Pool sheet are downloaded and used at parties creating interest and fun with every category of the awards. Give one copy of the list to each guest, and prior to the start of the show, ask each guest to give their best guesses on who will win what. During the course of the show, have each guest score their own sheet, and award a prize to the guest with the most correct answers at the end of the evening Have DVDs (or CD soundtracks) of movies to offer as prizes.
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