So, on Wednesday, I played a gig, recording a track for an upcoming film. A film starring Mark Mark and Christian Bale . Which, at first, I thought was hilarious, but then I remembered 'I Heart Huckabees' and 'Swing Kids' and it was a little bit more cool and less hilarious.
Funky Bunch aside,
I've done soundtrack work before, both in terms of score and songs, but this was the first time I've done a song that's been specially commissioned by and for the film. I'm not going to get into this-case specifics too much; however, this is an interesting musical/cinematic phenomenon. Essentially, in this situation, the film-music-bosses contact a band and say, "write us exactly this kind of song." Whether or not that's the kind of song the band would normally write/sing/like. And they generally do, maybe losing a tiny bit of artistic integrity but gaining a tiny bit more fame/fortune. (And then they hire us to play awesome hard rock string riffs. And then play them again. And then again. And then again but up the octave. And then again. Until three little players sound like the London Phil... only much cheaper. And easier to fit in the studio.)
Another week, another quite fun/funny thing to do with one's viola.
3 comments:
Wow, that is very cool! Was this gig with the Cedar or a "strings only" thing?
It was strings-only, just a little trio of us, and far less glamorous than it sounds. In reality they forgot to bring me the tea they promise. Imagine. An entire gig with no tea.
Cool, Emma; one more notable experience for your musical scrapbook, tea or no tea. We have our share of repetitive tunes here too since Chance discovered the Playmobile merry-go-round and its 3 plastic records
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