Movie Scores

Remember back to when you were young. Sitting in the plush movie seats, tasting the buttered popcorn on your tongue, the moving pictures enrapturing you. But the one thing that never leaves your brain is the one thing that brings life to the movie. The music.

I recently created a new station on Pandora with some of my favorite movie composers. The whole idea of Pandora is to introduce you to new music, but music that is similar to the music you already listen to. A brilliant idea, in my opinion. I tend to overuse it. But it has introduced me to incredible composers and the music is just indescribable. I truly love music.

Though unfortunately I have a hard time making it. For the longest time I yearned to play an instrument well, but no matter how much I practiced it just never 'clicked'. I can sing rather well, in my honest opinion, but I can't write music. And I can't express myself knowing, 'I didn't write this'.

The one thing, though, that I can always turn to to vent in, is my writing. I love writing. I don't think of it as telling a story. I think of it as weaving a picture in the reader's mind with my choice of vocabulary, my syntax, my tone. I've developed so much over the years in my writing it is rather unbelievable. But I truly do pride myself in my writing.

(And how does this tie back to movie scores? Oh don't worry, I've got that covered. Just hold on.)

You may wonder what inspires me. Some writers get their inspiration from society, from nature, from inside of themselves. But the ink in my pen is music. And that is what I wish to create. A story as smooth and beautiful as music. Something that sticks in your mind forever.

I told you I would tie it back.

Go on with bravery and love.