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- Jan 7, 2011
Some of this is covered in the new programs thread, but more details here. To summarize:
Jason Brown's new SP will be set to Grand Guignol by Bajofondo (listen to it here).
The LP will be done to "Flow Like Water" from The Last Airbender soundtrack (listen to it here)
The LP will be choreographed by Rohene Ward (yay!), possibly the SP, too?
Brown's progress on the triple axel is hampered by the 3-inch growth spurt he has had since US nationals. But he promises to attempt it in every competition from now on.
My take:
"Grand Guignol" sounds like it could be a fine piece of tango music on the part of the acoustic instruments, but the maddening repetitive and clichéd techno beat kills it. And it's going to sound pretty weird and bad with the echoing in some of the arenas. Still, I don't think I've seen Brown skate to music this dramatic and intense before, so I look forward to it.
"Flow Like Water" is utterly generic movie music (no surprise as it's from one of the worst movies ever made). It's really not that hard to suggest the sound and quality of water in orchestral music, but James Howard Newton couldn't Handel that. The blog entry promises that the shape and flow of water will be incorporated into the choreography. But I'm not sure how effective that will be since the music doesn't service that at all. Still, Ward is a very talented choreographer, and with Brown, I'm sure they can make magic happen.
I hope he nails that 3axel down. And then gets a quad. And then wins every competition in sight. :thumbsup:
Jason Brown's new SP will be set to Grand Guignol by Bajofondo (listen to it here).
The LP will be done to "Flow Like Water" from The Last Airbender soundtrack (listen to it here)
The LP will be choreographed by Rohene Ward (yay!), possibly the SP, too?
Brown's progress on the triple axel is hampered by the 3-inch growth spurt he has had since US nationals. But he promises to attempt it in every competition from now on.
My take:
"Grand Guignol" sounds like it could be a fine piece of tango music on the part of the acoustic instruments, but the maddening repetitive and clichéd techno beat kills it. And it's going to sound pretty weird and bad with the echoing in some of the arenas. Still, I don't think I've seen Brown skate to music this dramatic and intense before, so I look forward to it.
"Flow Like Water" is utterly generic movie music (no surprise as it's from one of the worst movies ever made). It's really not that hard to suggest the sound and quality of water in orchestral music, but James Howard Newton couldn't Handel that. The blog entry promises that the shape and flow of water will be incorporated into the choreography. But I'm not sure how effective that will be since the music doesn't service that at all. Still, Ward is a very talented choreographer, and with Brown, I'm sure they can make magic happen.
I hope he nails that 3axel down. And then gets a quad. And then wins every competition in sight. :thumbsup: