SCORE! Music in Movies

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 Marianelli
• Love Actually (2003) Dir. Richard Curtis. Score by Craig Armstrong.
• Cameron Crowe and Almost Famous (2000)
• Steven Spielberg and the John Williams PBS tribute concert
• Tangled (2010), “When Will My Life Begin (Reprise)” and Alan Menken
• 13 Reasons Why and “Take Me Back to the Night We Met” by Lord Huron
• Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997), Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” and screenwriter, Robin Schiff
• Putting 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 playlists
• Twyla Tharp, her book on creativity (The Creative Habit) and the Billy Joel show - Movin’ Out! 
• Soundtracks versus Scores
• Baz 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 scripts
• Baby 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.