Aside from the great collection of U2, 80’s Rock, and Jazz Masters, I love listening to movie scores.
Unlike the traditional classical pieces I’ll listen to on Classical 96.3, scores have a sweeping and distorting sense of whimsy. Since they’re created to back the emotional content of a scene and the action of a piece whether it’s the counter-measure to dialogue.
When you hear soft strings it pulls at an emotional depth that no sentence can reach.
I was watching “Braveheart” the other day and noticed that rousing speech Gibson gives at the Battle of _______, one of the top call to arms speeches if I ever heard one, is impacted so much by the strings and woodwinds that by the time he’s ready to charge I’m enthralled to the point I want to grab a spear and give my English ancestors a thorough impaling.
I think if I could have everyday walking music playing all the time it would be a toss up to the opening theme for “American Beauty” or “Empire Records”. The quirky claves would just make everything that more interesting.
What would your top songs be for the soundtrack of your life?
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