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.