Klarinet Archive - Posting 000376.txt from 2002/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Movie Trailer Music
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 08:31:52 -0400

At 11:39 PM 7/16/2002 -0400, Molly wrote:
>I was watching TV and saw a trailer for the new Harrison Ford movie K-19: the
>Widowmaker and noticed that the music they used for it was from Gladiator.
>Anyone else noticed this with this movie or any other movie?? And why would
>they use music from different movie to promote it? Why not use that movie's
>actual music?
>The interesting thing is when I looked on Amazon.com to see who's name was on
>the soundtrack for K-19 it was neither Hans Zimmer nor Lisa Gerrard who wrote
>the music for Gladiator.
>
>Anyone have any insight in to this, just for kicks??

Frequently the trailers are made before the movie music has been
completed. They just grab something out of the archives that sounds good
and fits the trailer, figuring that only music geeks like us will
notice. The theme music from "Rudy" has been used repeatedly in this manner.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
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Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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