{"id":5025,"date":"2009-09-03T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=5025"},"modified":"2017-03-05T16:33:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T08:33:30","slug":"wedding-music-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2009\/09\/03\/wedding-music-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Music – Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly a year ago I wrote a series of posts<\/a> on wedding music. Even though our own event was 3 years ago, whenever I listen to a music composition, my subconscious self still goes on appraisal mode to see if it\u2019s good music for weddings. So, here\u2019s an update to my wedding music post from last September with new additions:<\/p>\n

Father of the Bride<\/em> \u2013 Opening Title<\/a> \u2013 by Alan Silvestri<\/p>\n

Father of the Bride<\/em> \u2013 Annie\u2019s Theme<\/a> \u2013 by Alan SIlvestri<\/p>\n

\"blog-fatherbride\" Father of the Bride<\/em> is an old comedy from 1991 starring comedian Steve Martin as George Banks, a nervous dad whose daughter Annie is getting married. George is worried about everything: wedding expenditure, the future son-in-law, and losing Annie.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t think much of the film in previous years (it was light hearted, enjoyable but didn\u2019t leave much of an impression), but now that Hannah\u2019s in the picture, I better rewatch the film at some point\u2026 because 25 years from now, I\u2019m going to be in exactly George\u2019s shoes!<\/p>\n

Anyway, the film was apparently successful enough that a sequel followed shortly with the cast returning to another adventure, this time with George facing the impending birth of his first grandchild.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to listen to the film\u2019s music by American composer Alan Silvestri<\/a> (who has a very large body of work now) and not immediately associate it with a warm American, romantic or family drama. The music from end to end is optimistic, sunny, rich in melodies \u2013 the stuff you\u2019d put onto your CD deck in the car, and play back to calm yourself when someone cuts into your lane.<\/p>\n

The two tracks I\u2019ve listed here are the best exemplars of Silvestri\u2019s music for the two films. The first is the opening title music, and is grand, perfect for recessional, and stylistically similar to music you\u2019d hear in Yuletide. The second track, Annie\u2019s Theme, personifies George Bank\u2019s daughter. It\u2019s a lovely piece with a lyrical melody introduced by oboe and supported by other wind instruments. A great possibility for processional.<\/p>\n

The links above BTW play back 30 second samples of each piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly a year ago I wrote a series of posts on wedding music. Even though our own event was 3 years ago, whenever I listen to a music composition, my subconscious self still goes on appraisal mode to see if<\/p>\n

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