A displaced Californian composer writes about music made for the long while & the world around that music. ~ The avant-garde is flexibility of mind. — John Cage ~ ...composition is only a very small thing, taken as a part of music as a whole, and it really shouldn't be separated from music making in general. — Douglas Leedy ~ My God, what has sound got to do with music! — Charles Ives
Monday, November 17, 2008
Arpeggiated Bleg
My son pointed out this trailer for the upcoming film Watchmen, about which I know nothing. Please have a look, or more precisely, a listen to the soundtrack, and let me know what you make of it. I don't know if the trailer includes the final score or is just a mock-up from existing sources, but it sure does sound like...
its a rearrangement of the opening and parts of philip glass's koyaanisqatsi
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Trailers almost always use preexisting or stock music. It's relatively rare for a trailer to include any music from the original score, usually because the score hasn't been written yet (and can't really be written until the film's final cut is ready).
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