Soap Opera Background Music Thread

[All My Shadows]

On one of the YouTube episodes, I want to say one of the late 1987 episodes, there's a scene with Nina and the music is definitely Pino Donaggio's theme from "Carrie." I got a huge kick out of that because when I hear that song, I'm used to seeing teenage girls frolicking around in the nude!

[soapfan770]

Both of these videos contain classic, epic Y&R scores that are favorites of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXsv0uLxMu4

[alphanguy74]

Cynthia does FABULOUS "Crazy eyes", doesn't she? I LOVE her! Now, although both of the pieces you posted were composed in the 80's by Alloco and Davidson, it amazes me how they used the original score and the newer stuff together within the same episodes, and have them turn out so seamless and cohesive. That's why I say they don't need ANY more background music, this show has a library stuffed to the rafters with great pieces, and a third of them haven't been used in over 10 years.

Edited January 23, 2010 by alphanguy74

[soapfan770]

She did indeed! I was sorely disappointed when LML brought on that B-movie actress who's name escapes me at the moment instead of trying to get CE back. The amazing thing is the music remains timeless and not outdated in any way, much like the rest of 90s Y&R.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Has anyone seen Marty Davich's official site, and how he completely ignores that he's composed for DAYS, GH, and PC? LOL!

http://www.martindavich.com/

[Sindacco]

Maybe working on soaps isn't good to have on your resume for composers? Or else he's just an ass.

[Cat]

I hate it when peeps try to negate their soap past. Dork, daytime is a part of "television"!

My favorite soap score of all time comes from -- surprise, surprise -- Y&R and they used it fairly regularly in the 80s and 90s. It starts below almost immediately in the "Brad in the Cage" SL. It literally makes the hair on my arm stand on end.

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[bellcurve]

He may not own the rights to any of the music he composed for those shows, which is why he left it off the resume.

I love how he will claim Trinity, some one season disaster, over his long lasting work on GH(that was just as good as anything in primetime).

[Sindacco]

You know I thought about that, because on Days they still use his music in old flashbacks.

[alphanguy74]

That's no reason for him to leave it off his resume'. he's just ashamed about a daytime credit, that's obvious. And 9 times out of 10, when it comes to soap scores, composers don't own the rights. On TV, when a composer scores a show, it's almost always a "Work for hire" contract, where the show itself retains all rights to the music. This does not happen, of course, when shows use pop music within the body of the show, or if they use pieces from places like the Chappell music library.

[bellcurve]

I never said it was.

[alphanguy74]

Here's the original movie version of the Y&R theme before there even WAS a Y&R. Now, this movie version was used on the show during really BIG watershed moments. This is a version they need to pull out NOW every once in a while:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNwbnQAJHhc&feature=related

Edited January 27, 2010 by alphanguy74

[alphanguy74]

Here's another one of my favorite pieces from Winn/McGinnis/Todd... and notice how much NICER Diamont looks WITHOUT his chest waxed! He would be a perfect specimen if he just had a package:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLRNU5Q1R4Q

Edited January 27, 2010 by alphanguy74

[SFK]

Does Y&R hold the distinction of having a theme song that debuted in an earlier piece (LIAMST of course being an exception)? The second theme for Texas had a second life in bank commercials (it's late, I'm forgetting which bank).

[alphanguy74]

I believe so, SFK. But not only the theme, as you know.... but Y&R utilized several other pieces from that movie's soundtrack as background music. The insturmental version of the title song was used quite often... a re-recorded version of the title song was even used during Colleen's death.