Friday, September 30, 2011

Meet Joe Black

Path to the Moon
I believe it was my Junior year of college that I discovered the movie Meet Joe Black and it's musically stunning film score by Thomas Newman.  The movie and film score instantly became favorites of mine, and Thomas Newman became my favorite film score composer...from there I discovered he had also scored other favorites such as American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption and Little Women.  For some reason, Newman unveils a beautiful angst, melancholy and melodiously unique sound in his music that continues to capture me again and again.  His compositions always make movies just that much stronger.


Sometimes I feel as if music can influence so deeply, and it also connects certain types of people together with similar interests and feelings.  Have you ever heard a song that seems to bare your very soul and thoughts?  Have you ever met someone that you can discuss a song or piece of music with and connect on another level because you both understand it and feel it the same way?  It's quite magical...