Recently I decided to go and see a current "blockbuster" movie playing at the local corporate cineplex theater. Upon entering I was quickly visually assualted with action figures / superheros and larger than life celebrities looking perfectly polished in their photo-shopped images cut straight from whatever their latest end all feature was offering - coming soon! After circumventing the concession stand I found my way to the theater showing my chosen film - which one isn't important. The experience is all the same these days. 30 min prior to the previews actually starting there are the pre-previews; a video sequence of upcoming films / past films with trivia / extended commercials all blasting away at you in amplified sound meant to expose the hapless trapped viewer/consumer with more and more and more....
Gone are the days which I miss at the theater. You would find your way in and the lights were low and there would be some enjoyable entrance music playing, at a comfortable volume which does not preclude conversation if you like or, as in my case, provides for an enjoyable, relaxing listening experience. it was an escapist feeling, tuning out the busy rest of the world and offered for a moment a blissful interlude. No blaring ads / dumb witty loud comical cartoonish ploys to persuade you to buy some _____ or a _____. Just a comfortable plush chair and some great music chosen by a local well meaning projectionist meant to set you easily into the mood of watching a film and enjoying some time away from all the rush of the world.
I've chosen a quick 5 song set here representing what I consider fine examples of Entrance Music For a Film - Imagine you're sitting in a theater with only the entrance lights on and the screen is actually blank....this is what you might hear!
Click the title to listen!
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