At a time in our nation’s history when many are asking deep and often disturbing questions, I humbly add one more: Why is it that some of the best movie theme music has no lyrics?<\/p>\n
TRON<\/i> for example. I’ve searched high and low, but apparently Wendy Carlos’ brilliant and moving score<\/a> for this groundbreaking 1982 film is purely orchestral; no lyrics were ever penned.<\/p>\n Today I correct this egregious omission:<\/p>\n \nThere I was, playing some arcade game All at once I fell, Hey there’s TRON<\/i>! He fights for the user In the end we’ll see I encourage you to perform the same vital service for your favorite lyric-challenged movie theme. Though I must warn you that some of the best movie theme music has already been claimed. Witness, for example, this now classic film score interpretation by Bill Murray, performing as the inimitable lounge singer Nick Winters:<\/p>\n \nStar Wars<\/i>, nothing but Star Wars<\/i> I am humbled to be in the presence of such greatness. Aren’t you?<\/p>\n Still, many opportunities remain for you, my fellow poets of the cinematic arts, to contribute to this important service. I believe, for example, that the theme from Jaws<\/i> is still fair game.<\/p>\n Feel free to jump in. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At a time in our nation’s history when many are asking deep and often disturbing questions, I humbly add one more: Why is it that some of the best movie theme music has no lyrics? TRON for example. I’ve searched high and low, but apparently Wendy Carlos’ brilliant and moving score for this groundbreaking 1982 … Continue reading “Lyrical tendencies”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNow I’m here, trapped inside the mainframe<\/p>\n
\nOK, what the hell???
\nGuess it’s just as well
\nUm, I could stay a spell<\/p>\n
\nMaster Control, you will be the loser<\/p>\n
\nPrograms running free
\nFrom the evil M…C…P!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nGive me those Star Wars<\/i>
\nDon’t let them end…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n