NEWS
Hey guys,
A quick update…check out our summer interview shows at http://vitalsigns.mevio.com/.
Recent notable interviews include composer Hannah Lash and pianist David Friend of the Transit New Music Ensemble.
Also I’ve started a VLOG if anyone is curious over here or here.
So check out the podcasts and write to us at heyvitalsigns@gmail.com with feedback.
I wonder what Fall 2010 will bring…
~Jeff
Amphion plays Radiohead →
Hey New Yorkers! Sean’s percussion duo Amphion will be performing a FREE concert this Friday Sept. 10th @ NYU. This is a taste of what they’ll be playing on the show.
For more info visit: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/events/2010/9/10/239612/percussion_master_class_recital_amphion_duo
What are your own “Top Five Film Scores?”
Dennis Connors writes:
1. The Hudsucker Proxy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng3XHPdexNM&feature=related out of all the Cohen Brother’s movie why this? It is because the chosen music, although not original, is so tied with the film, the panning in and out of the city they created, and all the various scenes such as the hula hoop scene. I also like how all the regular sounds: footsteps, the clock, the factory whistle, the screaming children, the cars slamming on brakes almost become part of the soundtrack. The actors and actresses speak in such distinctive styles too. Paul Newman constantly going…”Sure, Sure” and Jennifer Jason Leigh’s fast speak reporter dialogue, it is all set with the pace of the imagery, the music, the whole deal. 2. Pee Wee’s Big adventure (no need to explain, the timing is insane) 3. Waking Ned Devine (there is one scene in particular where the people from town are playing music in the bar celebrating, and meanwhile the local village witch “Lizzie” is going up the road to tell on them, the music is becoming more focused and intense, then just as Lizzie dials the lottery number, you hear back and forth the dialing of the phone and the super intense fiddle playing, then the returning village priest drives into the phone booth and sends Lizzie flying off the cliff to her demise, as the phone booth shatters on the cliffs below, it flashes back to the bar where the fiddler plays his last note, the string explodes, silence, then cheering from all.) 4. The Good The Bad and The Ugly 5. Brazil Also, There Will be Blood was amazing and kind of reminded me of the music from Marathon Man
New York Times Review of Dorman Concerto CD →
Allan Kozinn of the New York Times reviewed Avner Dorman’s Concertos, and praised the recording by Metropolis Ensemble and its soloists, Mindy Kaufman, Avi Avital, and Eliran Avni. See our very first episode from Feb 25th for OUR review.
