Wednesday, 03/12/03

Weekend Edition Sunday is running its annual review of Oscar-nominated scores, which in its first installment (RealAudio) covers Philip Glass's atypical effort for The Hours and Thomas Newman's score for Road to Perdition.

Since I heard this segment over the weekend I've been trying to figure out why Newman's score, which they begin discussing at about 7:15 into the clip, sounds so familiar. I saw the movie months ago and I didn't feel like I was remembering the score itself.

Days later, the jangly, out-of-tune guitar finally gave it away -- Andy Trudeau mentions it's a Newman tell, but its usage (and the whole song in which it appears) bears the undeniable DNA of the Six Feet Under theme. And yes! Newman wrote that too. There's one less thing to think about. 11:20AM «

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