Charlie Chaplin - This is my song
Since I watched Woman On Top, I have been looking for its soundtrack compilation here and there. It is not that uncommon that I watch a movie and its music remains in my ears for days afterwards…most of the time I don’t even know what I am actually singing or humming. But who is it to play the music? Well, generally orchestras, bands, singers...but they just execute. The right question is actually: who is it to compose the music, to write it, to put musical notes on sheet music?
Composers and songwriters are normally overshadowed behind their famous and catchy music in films, Tv-series and the likes. The theme of Two and a Half Men is now obsessing me, thanks to Grant Geissman, Lee Aronsohn, and Chuck Lorre (who wrote the music) and to Elizabeth Daily and ‘other Studio musicians’ (who performed it). Looking at the show, I actually thought Alan, Jake and Charlie were singing it! Funny, uh?
If Morricone goes with Western’s, Nicholas Hooper is the one of Harry Potter’s films. Maurice Jarre is the one behind epic films such as Lawrence of Arabia or Doctor Zhivago, whereas David Nessim Lawrence is the one of the American-Pie-kind-of-stuff. And who did not enjoy Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl by Klaus Badelt, or the music of Gladiator by Hans Zimmer (allegedly the king of music scores)?!? On January 30th, John Barry died. Without him, James Bond would have had all a different sound. The Guardian wrote this music-blog page for him "John Barry: a life in clips" and among his aficionados, one left the closing comment: "if music has the ability to instantly affect the emotional and intellectual state then John Barry is the Grandmaster Wizard". Who's your favourite one?
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