MY CLOSET OF SHAME
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Read my screenplay Global Village Idiot here for free!
Every Hollywood screenwriter has one: a Closet of Shame.
It's the place where unsold screenplays go to...
I was going to say "go to die," but really they go to into hibernation. Like Walt Disney, chillin' like a fish stick under the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, screenplays are put into cryogenic Deep Freeze in the hopes they can be revived and reworked in future days. If the entire screenplay can't be reanimated, then scenes, ideas and dialogue can be thawed out and recycled into new works.
A few days ago I pulled an old script from the closet. I read it through and it still seemed lively and relevant,despite the occasional freezer burn of bad scenes and sloppy plotting.
So I'm thinking of rewriting some scenes and trying to sell it again. Last night I searched my computer for previous drafts, and came up with a .wav file of a theme song I wrote for the movie.
Yeah...a theme song. For a screenplay. That never sold.
At the time I wrote the script, I had just purchased a Yamaha PSR-2 keyboard and music recording software for the computer. The script was an old-fashioned action/adventure film that had a bit of swashbuckling in it, and I thought of all those great adventure themes from Korngold, such as The Sea Hawk and The Adventures of Robin Hood, and I thought I'd try and write something similar.
There was one scene in the script that I really wanted to capture in music. I had written a scene where a group of officers from an elite military corps, break into song. They sing a battle hymn together, like Marines singing "The Marine Corps Hymn" or Cavalry Officers singing the famous theme of the 7th Cavalry "Gary Owen," as seen here in "They Died With Their Boots On."
My mad performance skilz are the opposite of awesome, so it took several days of recording to get the tune written and the tracks played without any mistakes. It's called "Sons of the Sword Corps", and you can hear it yourself below in all its mid-90s Yamaha midi glory. Let me know what you think!
Read my screenplay Global Village Idiot here for free!
Every Hollywood screenwriter has one: a Closet of Shame.
It's the place where unsold screenplays go to...
I was going to say "go to die," but really they go to into hibernation. Like Walt Disney, chillin' like a fish stick under the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, screenplays are put into cryogenic Deep Freeze in the hopes they can be revived and reworked in future days. If the entire screenplay can't be reanimated, then scenes, ideas and dialogue can be thawed out and recycled into new works.
A few days ago I pulled an old script from the closet. I read it through and it still seemed lively and relevant,despite the occasional freezer burn of bad scenes and sloppy plotting.
So I'm thinking of rewriting some scenes and trying to sell it again. Last night I searched my computer for previous drafts, and came up with a .wav file of a theme song I wrote for the movie.
Yeah...a theme song. For a screenplay. That never sold.
At the time I wrote the script, I had just purchased a Yamaha PSR-2 keyboard and music recording software for the computer. The script was an old-fashioned action/adventure film that had a bit of swashbuckling in it, and I thought of all those great adventure themes from Korngold, such as The Sea Hawk and The Adventures of Robin Hood, and I thought I'd try and write something similar.
There was one scene in the script that I really wanted to capture in music. I had written a scene where a group of officers from an elite military corps, break into song. They sing a battle hymn together, like Marines singing "The Marine Corps Hymn" or Cavalry Officers singing the famous theme of the 7th Cavalry "Gary Owen," as seen here in "They Died With Their Boots On."
My mad performance skilz are the opposite of awesome, so it took several days of recording to get the tune written and the tracks played without any mistakes. It's called "Sons of the Sword Corps", and you can hear it yourself below in all its mid-90s Yamaha midi glory. Let me know what you think!
"So I'm thinking of rewriting some scenes and trying to sell it again."
Go for it! Judging by the song, I think I'll like it.
Maybe the script will sell and get made and they'll ask you to do the score too. Hmm, how often does that happen?
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Thanks, Breezy. I owe you an email. Look for it later!
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