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BABEL: Santaolalla and Prieto Together
Lynne:
I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about this. I haven't re-watched Babel, but I did listen to Closet again carefully, and I'm sure Eric's right - I just wasn't trusting my own ears.
In the NYC interview (and I may mangle this some, so my apologies - maybe Meryl or Jenny or Adrian can help me out??), Gustavo talked about Wings and it being a simple, even common, chord progression, something like the Beatles' Blackbird...the first few notes are the same, but Blackbird then goes in one direction and Wings in another.
I guess I'm feeling a bit betrayed on one hand, but I'm trying to remember that just because I idolize Gustavo, he's still human and capable of foibles or follies or mistakes. It's not like you can plagiarize yourself - just misrepresent maybe? And I really hope unintentionally because heroes are hard to come by.
SFEnnisSF:
Well, similar music was also used in Amores Perros and 21 Grams. The music from the SNIT was originally used in 21 Grams first. I kinda felt cheated at first too when I heard all this, but then I got over it. Not so bad to use good music in multiple movies I guess...
Lynne:
I've decided I'm over it too. Otherwise, I'd need to feel similarly annoyed that Monet did multiple studies of water lilies or poppies...
-Lynne
adrian:
I have not yet seen Babel, but I remember how much I loved John Barry's music when I first saw Out of Africa. I recognized it his style again in Somewhere in Time and then in Dances With Wolves. Then again and again in many subsequent films. I could tell it was his music before even seeing the credits.
So, like John Barry and Leonard Bernstein and John Williams, Gustavo might just have a style that works. It was his music that made me want to see BBM.
Lynne:
--- Quote from: adrian.delmar on January 13, 2007, 03:45:12 pm ---So, like John Barry and Leonard Bernstein and John Williams, Gustavo might just have a style that works. It was his music that made me want to see BBM.
--- End quote ---
I didn't know that, Adrian...very neat. I've got Motorcycle Diaries from Netflix waiting for me to give it back ;). Babel is completely worth seeing, IMO. I went in expecting Gustavo's music and Rodrigo's panorama and got both. And the bonus was that Brad Pitt is a much better actor than I knew.
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