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Anne Kadet's avatar

Interesting point about current movies vs pop. Do you think there was an era when pop music played a different role--served the sort of function you’d like it to serve?

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Dave Colicchio's avatar

YES! So many great ideas here. Village, the Wolf and the Boy has always been one of my favorites of yours and that bridge lyric hits me so hard every time I hear it. This is actually part of why I left music for the TV/Movie biz - among other things I felt like songs didn't provide enough words or context to say what I wanted to say, and I was always worried my songs would come off as preachy if I did try to imbue them with this sort of socially conscious messaging. I'm finding that it's much easier to hide these ideas in subtext when you have 30 minutes as opposed to three - let alone a two hour movie. Hoping today's songwriters can find a way to make this happen!

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