Listening guide to
the CT-Great Speech project
The aim of this project
is to compose a music to "furnish" a
famous speech. A "great
speech" is a speech that has a
relevant historical,
religious, political, or social content.
First time I started to
think at this project was when I worked on a film about the Apollo 11
moon landing. The interesting part of that work was to think to the
speech as a part of the music, the leading part. Nothing new compared
to My life in a bush of ghost (Brian Eno - David Byrne, 1981),
but it was new for me experimenting the Eno-Byrne creative process.
I started to work on other
speeches and when I realized that it would take most part of the time
i’ve to spend in music, I open it to the CT-Collective.
I'm now very proud to
announce the publishing of the CT-Great Speeches project, my first
experience as a CT-Collective project coordinator.
This was an amazing
experience for many reasons: different musical approaches and speeches
choosen by the members, different ways of working on the samples and
many contacts with skilled musicians, from all around the world.
It's interesting notate that
some members have choosen speeches regarding similar events or content:
2nd world war, missions in space and spirituality are three recourring
themes in this CD.
That inspired me to create a
playlist accordingly to these three themes and here's how it works.
The CD starts with a great
dense, obscure and emotional atmosphere, where you can hear the famous
W. Churchill’s one-line quote, "we'll fight 'em
on the beaches" (1). Next songs contain the tone colored declaration of war (2) by the italian dictator
B. Mussolini, in a crescendo rock track. It's interesting notice that
both songs end with a sample (birds in the 1st, a child crying in th
2nd) that introduce a reality context.
The third song contains a
Michael Moore speech, about the U.S. President G. Bush feeling like God (3); M. Frank had
built a very rithmic and straordinarly accessible track.
The Meaning of God is the
original title of the speech held by M. Gandhi that appears, after an
ethereal looping textures, in Misterious Power
(4), the song i composed for this project.
As it was the dark side
compared to the Gandhi message, follows the intense composition by Mike
Fazio, about the The Jim Jones Jonestown Cult
Suicide Speech (5).
Moon
1969 (6) opens the edge of space missions. Just announced, like
in the JFK speech, altered by Michael Peters in an onomatopoeic way, as
it seems that you’re starting to fly ; or followed step by step, with
an ear to the President R. Reagan announcing the mission and an ear to
a radio station that was broadcasting in real time the Challenger Tragedy (7), like in the obscure
ambient song composed by Milco Montagna.
Spirit and science converge
in a unique element in the A. Hofman speech choosen by Anders Ostberg
for his drone track, about a new natural wiev of
life (8).
Artificious is the starting
point for the (impossible) 17 U.S. Presidents conference (9) Norelpref created. As an
answer to all that politics talking, i’ve put Now
is the time (10) contains a part of the famous I’ve a dream
speech held by M. L. King in Washington in 1963 (10). I compose it
before starting the CT project, and even if i’ve encouraged the members
to take in account this speech, noone used it. So
i put it here, thinking it could be a good final song.
At the end, i feel it was an
interesting experience where all members work hard to get the best
idea, or musical and technical approach and inspiration.
Thanks to you all for your
work, collaboration and patience, i’ll hope it will be a second
CT-Great Speeches project to follow.
Roma, 15 gennaio 2007
Fabio Anile
