Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director, HP Newsgram
What do you picture of when you think cinema? Perhaps images, actors, or a plot?
Did music come to mind?
After all, what would a movie be without its musical score?
Movie music was the focus of Sunday night’s event: “Sundance Celebrates Music & Film” also known as “Composer’s Night”.
Sundance organizers invited several performers who composed music for films appearing in this year’s festival to perform on stage.
Performers and their films were:
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irlglova for the film Once
Photo by Joy Reyneke - © WireImage.com |
Photo by Joy Reyneke - © WireImage.com |
Craig Wedren for
The TenM. Ward for
The Go-Getter
The crowd was upbeat and enthusiastic for Glen Hansard, from the band The Frames, and his many inspiring tunes, especially when he sang the theme song from “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”.
Next followed Craig Wedren, who performed several interesting numbers but to me seemed to be less well-received by the audience.
The headliner of the night was
M. Ward. He came on around 10 p.m. and performed several songs from his popular albums Transfiguration Of Vincent, Transistor Radio and Post-War.
His amazing guitar playing and rough, rich voice had the packed house in a complete hush. Ward created the musical score for the film The Go-Getter which was filmed in his formerly home state of Oregon (Eugene, to be exact).
For some, the thrill of the night came when he was joined by The Go-Getter co-star Zooey Deschanel. The two sang several numbers ranging from a jazzy-bluesy love song with with Zooey on the keys, to duets that had a 1940s flavor.
The admiring crowd, including
Winona Ryder, ate it up and gave a rousing round of applause when the night wrapped up around 11:30 p.m.
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Posted
01-25-2007 2:41 PM
by
amy brock