Recently heard this episode of Sound Opinions from many years ago featuring an extensive interview with Jon Brion, musical magician behind many film scores, session playing, and producing such artists as Aimee Mann, Kanye West, and Fiona Apple. Here he breaks down an important distinction between performance and song. It’s sensational.
“I think Nicolas wanted to distance himself from making anything that bore any resemblance to Drive and I felt the same way. So musically, Only God Forgives will be something different. As for Nicolas being a repeat customer so to speak, I would say that monogamy has its benefits. I like to think that I […]
Lars von Trier recently provided a first glimpse of his upcoming controversy Nymphomaniac. Whether it will actually live up to the extensive hype of its content we have yet to see, but this minute glimpse of footage is not a bad way to start the trailer run rolling. Seeing as the film has a YouTube […]
The Vivian Maier exhibit at the Chicago History Museum, titled Vivian Maier’s Chicago, is contained in one gallery space, which feels small and restrained considering her stunning and extensive talent, her simple yet mysterious life, and the fact that her work was virtually unknown until it was discovered after her death. Though Vivian went viral in […]
[Continued from Part 1] GT: Now, according to IMDb, there are some classical pieces that you performed for To the Wonder as well, am I correct? HT: Yeah. GT: Was that brought out from the process of The Tree of Life or was it completely separate? HT: There was a Bach piece and a piece […]
