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Kamasi Washington on Writing a Score Worthy of Michelle Obama (“I thought, ‘If Michelle was going to write a song, what would it sound like?’)
Rolling Stone ^ | 5/15/2020 | David Browne

Posted on 05/15/2020 11:47:09 AM PDT by simpson96

...Washington was approached about writing the score by the film’s director, Nadia Hallgren. After watching a rough cut, Washington, who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, signed on. “I always thought Michelle Obama was an amazing person when I would watch her interviews,” he recalls, “but the chance to hear her talking about her way of thinking about life — and saying what’s important and not — was really cool, so I was definitely interested in doing it.”

The work itself turned out to be far more intense than he’d imagined. Washington had only a few short weeks to compose and record the music, which he began writing while on a jazz cruise in January. For starters, Washington scanned the Obamas’ individual playlists to get a sense of what music they gravitated toward. “They like a certain kind of Motown-ish soul and R&B,” he says. “It’s hard to put into words, but there was a feel I could hear in the music they’re into.”

In the course of those few weeks, Washington conceived interludes that played off that sense of their taste, along with the moods of particular scenes.

Washington never met Michelle or Barack Obama during the creation of the score (and has yet to encounter them since he wrapped up his work), but he would receive notes passed down from the higher-ups. He says the couple loved “Becoming” “right out of the box,” although he would also hear feedback from them about “tone and color” in certain scenes, and adjust pieces accordingly. “There was a point where someone said, ‘There’s a note from Barack Obama,’ and it was, ‘OK, I guess I can’t argue back!’ ”

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To: Fungi

“The impossible task of dressing a really ugly woman?”

I’m imagining that... Her handmaidens trying to make her look acceptable, set to “Flight Of The Bumblebee”.


21 posted on 05/15/2020 12:01:01 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Song Judge: “Ok. Let’s hear your version of a score worthy of The Wookie”

Non descriptive song writer: (piano music begins playing) “You jail all our Black!...”

Song Judge: “THANK YOU! NEXT!”


22 posted on 05/15/2020 12:01:26 PM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: simpson96

Becoming?
Becoming what?
Becoming a Narcissist!
Would somebody please tell me anything this woman has ever done other than being Barak’s wife?


23 posted on 05/15/2020 12:04:32 PM PDT by ZagFan
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To: simpson96

Probably sound like a Jane Fossey recording


24 posted on 05/15/2020 12:04:36 PM PDT by digger48
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To: simpson96
‘If Michelle was going to write a song, what would it sound like?’

Bovine Flatulence 🐂💨

25 posted on 05/15/2020 12:04:54 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: Buckeye Battle Cry

Klaus Nome?

https://youtu.be/_qPnTyrvAv0


26 posted on 05/15/2020 12:04:57 PM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: simpson96
What would it sound like? The reported screams of Sasquatch.
27 posted on 05/15/2020 12:05:04 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: simpson96

Like an Orc battle cry?


28 posted on 05/15/2020 12:06:14 PM PDT by digger48
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To: simpson96

It would sound like “Godzilla” by Blue Oyster Cult...


29 posted on 05/15/2020 12:06:35 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys-you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: simpson96
It would sound like an America hating, racist parasite being in love with herself.
30 posted on 05/15/2020 12:06:43 PM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: digger48

“Like an Orc battle cry?”

LOL, You guys are killing me!


31 posted on 05/15/2020 12:09:24 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Its already been scored...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28CJFJ_bN9c


32 posted on 05/15/2020 12:09:45 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: simpson96

Screech?


33 posted on 05/15/2020 12:10:59 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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To: simpson96

A moose call ... Kind of a bellowing, huffing sound. It probably appeals to other moose, or to homosexual men looking for a “beard.”


34 posted on 05/15/2020 12:11:36 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Buckeye Battle Cry

The campfire scene from Blazing Saddles.


35 posted on 05/15/2020 12:11:46 PM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: simpson96

“He says the couple loved “Transitioning“ right out of the front hole...”


36 posted on 05/15/2020 12:13:18 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: simpson96

“Baby Got Back”


37 posted on 05/15/2020 12:13:35 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Buckeye Battle Cry

Godzilla


38 posted on 05/15/2020 12:16:42 PM PDT by steve8714
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To: simpson96

I’m a Man by the Spencer Davis group.


39 posted on 05/15/2020 12:17:22 PM PDT by pacobell
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To: simpson96

Vogon Poetry

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IxPeIiU2kx4


40 posted on 05/15/2020 12:17:23 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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