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SCORE! Music in Movies

You Can't Make This Script Up

English - February 09, 2021 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
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We only scratched the surface but don't worry - Brittany still found a way to bring up Almost Famous! (Recorded November 2020)

Things we talked about in the episode include:

The Queen’s Gambit TV show (2020) and novel (1983)Cuban Chess prodigy from 1922 - Maria Teresa Mora Pride & Prejudice (2005) Dir. Joe Wright. Score by Dario MarianelliLove Actually (2003) Dir. Richard Curtis. Score by Craig Armstrong.Cameron Crowe and Almost Famous (2000)Steven Spielberg and the John Williams PBS tribute concertTangled (2010), “When Will My Life Begin (Reprise)” and Alan Menken13 Reasons Why and “Take Me Back to the Night We Met” by Lord HuronRomy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997), Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” and screenwriter, Robin SchiffPutting songs into your script - Pros and Cons. (The Beatles catalogue! AH!) Led Zeppelin’s music in car commercials and movies“I Will Be There When You Die” by My Morning Jacket and Elizabethtown (2005)Music Supervisors We Dig: Kier Lehman (Spider-man) and Danny Bramson (Cameron Crowe’s projects).Spotify inspirational playlistsTwyla Tharp, her book on creativity (The Creative Habit) and the Billy Joel show - Movin’ Out! Soundtracks versus ScoresBaz Luhrmann and the Moulin Rouge (2001) soundtrack John Williams’ body of work, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore. (Caitlin said Howard Ashman but she meant Howard Shore for LOTR.)Love Actually’s mastery of both score and soundtrack. Development people and using discretion with music in scriptsBaby Driver (2017), Edgar Wright and The Hollywood Reporter video Janet Evanovich Author Bio Caitlin’s Favorite Pandemic Albums: “Folklore” by Taylor Swift, “Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse” soundtrack, “Knives Out” by Nathan Johnson, “Little Women” score by Alexandre Desplat, “Fetch The Bolt Cutters” by Fiona Apple, and “Fine Line” by Harry Styles.