Post by neferetus on Aug 31, 2006 14:40:26 GMT -5
Here are my thoughts when I finally got my copy of Alamo extra Joe Basquez's "Extra Notes, 13 Days At The Alamo" CD in the mail and gave it a listen. Nice. Your presence on the set is very evident, judging from the overall "feel" of the disc. For those on the set experienced something very unique and came away from the production with a perspective that cannot be wholly explained.
While listening to "EXTRA NOTES", I tried to envision each cut as background music for the FILMING OF ALAMO. It worked well that way. With the opening track, 'Alamo", I could 'see' the extras parading through the streets of Bexar, crossing the bridge and finally reaching the Alamo compound. As the music progressed, I felt as though I was slowly walking by each building and checking it out. ( It would be a good CD to play, while visiting the Alamo set.)
I smiled when I heard the "Crockett Theme". I had expected it to be upbeat and it was. Through the what I imagined to be the strains of fiddle and bagpipe, I could almost 'see' the twinkle in Davy's eye.
The "Final Siege" selection is, I believe, the most powerful one on the disc. Again, when listening, I tried to place myself on the Alamo set and follow, by the tone of the piece, the stealthy movement of the soldados as they advance towards the walls. Suddenly, a screaming hawk signals the attack. Brilliant! They are moving in for the kill. But as the music starts to pick up to a crescendo, you come to realize that the no longer sleeping Texians are giving the attackers what fer. I guess, that, having been on the set of yet another Alamo film when the walls were being breached, I was perhaps able to visualize the scene a little clearer than your average listener, but "see" it, I did. The pounding, driving notes as the outer walls fall, the frantic scuffle across the plaza and in the barracks, the fall of the church and the last softening strains as life ebbs from the Alamo. With these last few notes, I am looking at the Alamo church... silent smoking and.....sad.
A fine effort, Mr. Basquez. I know it was an act of love and perseverence from someone who was truly there and saw. I'm going to be giving it another listen tonight. But for now, the above three selections are my current favorites.
To order EXTRA NOTES: 13 Days At The Alamo, or to find out more about Joe Basquez and his music, use the following link:
quicksitebuilder.cnet.com/hwviper/id10.html
While listening to "EXTRA NOTES", I tried to envision each cut as background music for the FILMING OF ALAMO. It worked well that way. With the opening track, 'Alamo", I could 'see' the extras parading through the streets of Bexar, crossing the bridge and finally reaching the Alamo compound. As the music progressed, I felt as though I was slowly walking by each building and checking it out. ( It would be a good CD to play, while visiting the Alamo set.)
I smiled when I heard the "Crockett Theme". I had expected it to be upbeat and it was. Through the what I imagined to be the strains of fiddle and bagpipe, I could almost 'see' the twinkle in Davy's eye.
The "Final Siege" selection is, I believe, the most powerful one on the disc. Again, when listening, I tried to place myself on the Alamo set and follow, by the tone of the piece, the stealthy movement of the soldados as they advance towards the walls. Suddenly, a screaming hawk signals the attack. Brilliant! They are moving in for the kill. But as the music starts to pick up to a crescendo, you come to realize that the no longer sleeping Texians are giving the attackers what fer. I guess, that, having been on the set of yet another Alamo film when the walls were being breached, I was perhaps able to visualize the scene a little clearer than your average listener, but "see" it, I did. The pounding, driving notes as the outer walls fall, the frantic scuffle across the plaza and in the barracks, the fall of the church and the last softening strains as life ebbs from the Alamo. With these last few notes, I am looking at the Alamo church... silent smoking and.....sad.
A fine effort, Mr. Basquez. I know it was an act of love and perseverence from someone who was truly there and saw. I'm going to be giving it another listen tonight. But for now, the above three selections are my current favorites.
To order EXTRA NOTES: 13 Days At The Alamo, or to find out more about Joe Basquez and his music, use the following link:
quicksitebuilder.cnet.com/hwviper/id10.html
