04-27-2020, 07:02 AM
Ah, Tutko. I really wanted to talk more about him and sports psychology but I didn't have enough concrete information to get that theme going. I really pushed Stacy Johnson on the subject as well. She also brought up Tutko. I do have the Women talking about going to group therapy together but it came to be more about them and less about Stro. I left it out. I have lots of story threads that I'm going to address that didn't make the film. I have big chunks on Gaugler. I have a little on Neil Diamond. All sacrificed on the altar of brevity.
The music. I'm glad you liked it. That's my weakest area. I think he was really key on getting The Last Captain to be a movie. So, he was my only pick for Stro. I paid for him out of my own pocket. The money for Stro ran out last February (2019). I put one chunk aside to pay for the Stro in 1983 footage but even then I got a steep discount.
The only input I had with Philip Kreyche, the composer, was I didn't like certain sequences. And then tell him I had no idea what I wanted in their place. For instance, the original music for the butt stab story was so dark and menacing when you first heard it. Kreyche does downbeat music really well. But I always the story was supposed to be kind of darkly funny and his music worked in total opposition to it. I referenced to him that a lot of people thought he was living in West Side Story. The next version was this hep cat jazz lounge version. Really wrong. I finally stacked to the two versions he gave me and that worked a lot better, the deep menace notes with some of the lively jazz stuff.
The other area that drove us to distraction was when the Yeti wanted to kill Stro. Kreyche's music was all over the place. It seemed to act in opposition to the strory. Kreyche again went super dark. I didn't mind the dark, but the music needed to change when Stro in the story changed, from dark to light. I also wanted to build up a frenzy in the music to show the gathering frustration of the Yeti. To be honest, I don't think the final version quite captures what I wanted, but it works.
On the whole, I think the music really supports the story in The Last Captain better than it does in Stro. But I think the final piece we have at the end that underscores the reminiscences and praise really works well. That's where Kreyche shows his strength.
Thanks again for watching and reviewing most of all not hating it.
There is a lot of Yeti in the film , but there is Greg voice everywhere.
The music. I'm glad you liked it. That's my weakest area. I think he was really key on getting The Last Captain to be a movie. So, he was my only pick for Stro. I paid for him out of my own pocket. The money for Stro ran out last February (2019). I put one chunk aside to pay for the Stro in 1983 footage but even then I got a steep discount.
The only input I had with Philip Kreyche, the composer, was I didn't like certain sequences. And then tell him I had no idea what I wanted in their place. For instance, the original music for the butt stab story was so dark and menacing when you first heard it. Kreyche does downbeat music really well. But I always the story was supposed to be kind of darkly funny and his music worked in total opposition to it. I referenced to him that a lot of people thought he was living in West Side Story. The next version was this hep cat jazz lounge version. Really wrong. I finally stacked to the two versions he gave me and that worked a lot better, the deep menace notes with some of the lively jazz stuff.
The other area that drove us to distraction was when the Yeti wanted to kill Stro. Kreyche's music was all over the place. It seemed to act in opposition to the strory. Kreyche again went super dark. I didn't mind the dark, but the music needed to change when Stro in the story changed, from dark to light. I also wanted to build up a frenzy in the music to show the gathering frustration of the Yeti. To be honest, I don't think the final version quite captures what I wanted, but it works.
On the whole, I think the music really supports the story in The Last Captain better than it does in Stro. But I think the final piece we have at the end that underscores the reminiscences and praise really works well. That's where Kreyche shows his strength.
Thanks again for watching and reviewing most of all not hating it.
There is a lot of Yeti in the film , but there is Greg voice everywhere.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm