Some days ago my father stumbled upon a “guess the movie soundtrack” YouTube video.
In short, it’s a simple compilation full of all kinds of different themes and soundtracks from mostly famous (as well as some not-so-famous) movies. Every piece of music plays for 15 seconds—so you have some time to guess the movie it’s from—until it reveals the answer.
Anyway.
We just went with it and played the quiz, testing our movie theme knowledge.
Since I’m very much into film music and film composing, I knew most, if not all, of the soundtracks (at least for the movies I’ve actually seen or even heard about).
But not only that.
The other family members who played along also knew quite some soundtracks. Often as fast as only hearing it for a second or two.
Which goes to show you the power of creating something unique, memorable, and, often-times, emotional. Even with limited resources and/or many limitations (after all, every piece of music you hear only consists of 12 different building blocks called “notes”).
Luckily for you, the English language has 26 letters, more than double the amount of notes in western music.
Know I’m no mathematician, but it sounds like you can do a whole lot more with writing than music (and that’s coming from a film score fanatic and hobby film composer).
The best way to get started honing your (persuasive) writing abilities?
Email Valhalla.
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