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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Soundtrack

Posted on August 22, 2009

Music

The Score was composed by Ennio Morricone, an Italian composer. Well-versed in a variety of musical idioms, Morricone began composing film scores in the early ’60s.[5] Though his first films were undistinguished, Morricone’s arrangement of an American folk song intrigued director and former schoolmate Sergio Leone. Leone hired Morricone and together they created a distinctive score to accompany Leone’s different version of the Western, A Fistful of Dollars (1964).[5] As budget strictures limited Morricone’s access to a full orchestra, he used gunshots, cracking whips, whistle, voices, Sicilian Jew’s harp, trumpets, and the new Fender electric guitar, rather than orchestral arrangements of Western standards à la John Ford. Morricone used his special effects to punctuate and comically tweak the action.

Quentin Tarantino originally wanted Morricone to do the soundtrack for his most recent film, Inglourious Basterds. However Morricone refused, because of the sped-up production schedule of the film.

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Ft. Pickens is back

Posted on August 7, 2009

Lifestyle, Photography

The weather is cooling off, the summer crowds are thinning and the time for locals to reclaim the beach is here. My wife and I headed out to Ft. Pickens last night. It was beautiful, not to mention free. We watched the sunset and moon rise.

Here’s a few photos:

JP King photography Ft. Pickens

JP King photography Ft. Pickens

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The Cove Trailer

Posted on August 6, 2009

Lifestyle, Surfing

My mother is not a violent person, but i think this just might push her over the edge…
This looks like a movie where the rubber will actually meet the road.

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