RE: OH MY! and ESPN College Football
Great article finds Miguel !
Like I exressed in the movie thread, I think music is often underated in it's importance in TV too. Its not alway "song" and I suppose some social-science orientated critic could talk about emotional manipulation (but thats the point right? entertainining us) but those fanfare in the NFL themes (they use it on all the networks right.. its NFL owned?) and the olympic theme's composed for th 1984 olympic really add a sense that we're watching something "epic".
I think the reality show Survior would have had far lesser sucess without it's own musical themes woven through the show. I suppose credit goes to the Producers who understand how important production values and choices are to even a reality show and are sure to hire top talent top to bottom , from camera people, to video editors, to host , to music directors.. Still, I think it takes all those legs to be strong and the show would be a lot more wobbly without its music. (I 'll watch it a season or two , then take 4 or so off, then come back to it... after 20 seasons (2 a year) it gets old... but that still means I enjoyed it many many times)
Those articles really do paint to one reason why coverage feels "better" on ESPN sometimes and alternative sports channels often feel a bit bush-league.
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I wonder about the money.
I get conflicting messages, even in the second, more recent quote.
He seems to say both that the studios are pushing music more than ever, especially new artists yet he says "We don't get those great deals anymore".
How can that work? Can the studios really hang tough together and demand certain minimums while having so many bands they's like to get heard? (maybe thats why they consolodate into mega companies with mutiple labels and enforce something from the top and across their subsidiaries?
2007 We're able to do stuff for free, or for hundreds of thousands of dollars. It just depends," Mitchell says.
2009 (not clear on contextural meaning of "those" ) "We don't get those great deals anymore"
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