16.11.09

nice Variety mention for UP IN THE AIR SCORE

http://bit.ly/NvdFK  Kent's movie music fills in the blanks Composer provides back story for 'Air,' 'Goats' By LAWRENCE CHRISTON Rolfe Kent's jazzy score for "Sideways" provided the perfect accompaniment to a story about two guys on a semi-improvisational trip. His motif for George Clooney's corporate hatchet-man in "Up in the Air" is a drum rhythm with a soft-shoe bass tread, describing a man whose life has pace but no melody, a life that doesn't harmonize much with anyone else's. Film music is the "meanwhile" and "suddenly" of narrative; it steps in for the back story, all while remaining discreet. In fact, Kent says, "When I'm spotting a film with a director, looking for places where the music goes, I'll often ask, ‘What would be missing if we didn't put anything there?' Music should do something. We've developed this videogame mentality that says there should be a constant sound under the action. But you shouldn't be afraid of silence. There's a lot that can go on in empty space."

8.11.09

Itay Talgam on conducting

I found this TED to be inspirational, and a real eductaion too. Always
interested in improving my conducting, but only getting real practise
a couple of times a year (I learned from a BMI summer nightschool),
this opened my eyes to some more of the possibilities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9g3Q-qvtss