A few months ago I was encouraging the viewing of an anime movie by Makoto Shinkai. That video is, to my surprise, still on YouTube, and now there’s a new Shinkai video that’s online, unofficially, in HD, called “The Garden of Words.” I admire his work very much, so I’ll buy a Blu-ray copy.
Category: Cartooning
The Music Superman
Here’s some more Adventures of Superman music. The previous example is from season 2, and this is from the first season. The music wasn’t actually written for the series, it was composed for low-budget “Poverty Row” studios in the late 40’s, re-recorded overseas to avoid the musician’s union, and later made available on transcription disks for use in TV shows. Some of it is believed to have been the work of famed film composer Miklos Rozsa. There’s a strong “Rite of Spring” component to this piece.
The first season of TAOS is a lot grittier than subsequent seasons. One of the best early episodes is “Crime Wave.” Watch Superman punch through a concrete wall, then turn around and punch bad guys in the jaw, and remember that this was a kid’s TV show.
Super music cues
Here is the source of the music from the previous post.
Music Appreciated
To fully appreciate certain things it is often essential that they be considered in context, but sometimes taking a thing out of context is equally valuable. Here is a 10-minute music selection, removed from its source, that has been heard countless times by millions of people.
At 8:55 you will hear something truly super. Keep in mind that in its day this was considered hack work, composed for Hollywood’s Poverty Row studios.
Brown-noser Spidey
All these years I thought it was Captain America who had his head up Uncle Sam’s a–.
Diane Disney, 1933-2013
Diane Disney has passed away, a month shy of her 80th birthday. Diane was Walt’s first daughter, and his only biological child. Sharon, who died in 1993, was adopted. Brian Sibley knew Diane, and today he talked about her on BBC Radio 4.
[audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/dogratcom/Audio/2013/11/Brian+and+Diane.mp3|titles=Brian Sibley on Diane Disney]This is the Disney Studio’s press release with Diane’s birth announcement.
