Blogocentric Formulations

Musicians And Film Scores

Lately I've been listening to a lot of film scores. I've found that instrumental music is great for helping me get into a writing mindset; lyrics are distracting because I get the song's narrative in my head rather than thinking about my own story, but I've found that listening to film scores, classical music, jazz, and other instrumental compositions is a great way to get my music/tonal fix without distracting myself.

One of the things I'm really excited about is that a lot of musicians are starting to get into the film scoring arena. Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails won an Oscar for his scoring of "The Social Network," and did an excellent job on the American remake of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" as well. Last year, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park scored "The Raid: Redemption," and this year it was just announced that rapper Jay-Z will be scoring Baz Lurhman's upcoming adaptation of "The Great Gatsby."

I really like the music of both Nine Inch Nails and Linkin Park, and it's not surprising that I enjoyed the industrial rock vibe of their film scores. I'm kind of curious to see what Jay-Z will do with a film score and how he'll work his own sound into a period piece set in the 1920s. At the very least, it should be an interesting project!