It is with heavy heart, and blooming sadness, to realize what I'm writing implies your life is now reflection. I'm mourning not the loss of a public figure, nor a respected musician; a hero. Rather, I mourn the son, the child, the boy alone and so far from home, the husband, the father. You wrote volumes of thoughtful prose examining the human condition, our individual potential and fears. In the long aftermath of unfathomable hardships, you championed courage despite crushing anguish. Amazingly, you did not become a shell of a man. Instead, you returned and found love again and raison d'être. With vigor and fire in your hands, thunder from your sticks. I was there to watch you exit the stage for the final time, then - "Suddenly you were gone, from all the lives you left your mark upon." May you now find eternal peace in your literary heaven, in the embrace of those who left before you. Farewell, and thank you, NP. ~J Los Angeles, CA 1/10/2020 Recently, a friend from high school shared a video of a real-life "Mario Kart" experience in New Zealand. During its heyday, we played the Nintendo 64 console game fairly competitively. I made the obvious comment of what was missing from this video was the actual game music. So naturally, I set out to recreate it. The new re-make of Stephen King's "It" is unlikely to disappoint many fans of retro-nostalgic horror movies. Recently, I pulled a trailer from the web which to my surprise (and glee) included a scene that gave everybody a jolt in the theater. The accompanying music and sound design was terrific - perhaps a little sparse - but overall, it does the job. However, I imagined a less subtle approach could also be quite effective, in homage to the genre. So, I stripped the audio and kept the dialog and sound effects I wanted and began composing a new audio track. |
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