![]() ![]() "Not on purpose, she's just the best harp player there is," Martin clarifies with a laugh. It didn't feel right having the piano starting it."ĭespite those changes, several of the songs on the soundtrack remain deeply rooted in the source material-"Your Song" even features harpist Skaila Kanga, who played on John's original recording of the hit song half a century ago. It's funny, you can have strings-people don't mind having strings coming from anywhere, but if you're using a piano, you kind of want to see it to a certain degree. "Sometimes you need that, but in that moment in the movie, I didn't. "In all honesty, it's as simple as you watch the movie and listen to the song, you think, "Does this sound too like, 'Here comes the song!'?" he continues. Listen to songs from the soundtrack on our playlists: | /ccJaxPnZEx- Abbey Road Studios May 30, 2019 Produced by Giles Martin ( using Studio One, Three, Penthouse and Mix Stage. ICYMI: The soundtrack to biopic is out now. You know, who am I to get rid of that iconic riff? And I ended up with just doing it on acoustic guitar, and it worked better for the scene. I then tried the piano because I really missed the piano riff. And it's at Mama Cass's party, and it's sort of quite folky, and I did it on 12-string acoustic guitar and that was a bit too strong. It was a really tough thing because it comes from a very quiet place, 'Tiny Dancer' in the movie. ![]() ![]() I did have the piano starting, and do you know what? It didn't suit the mood. "'Tiny Dancer' was the one that I kept on changing. "I did a lot of iterations of 'Tiny Dancer,'" he says. But the change Martin struggled with the most was his decision to swap "Tiny Dancer"'s iconic piano intro for guitar. Those changes instantly noticeable in the movie, whether they come in the form of John's family performing "I Want Love" to illustrate his troubled childhood, a slowed-down "Crocodile Rock" intro during his star-making set at the Troubadour or a version of "Rocketman" that draws inspiration from Pink Floyd's "Great Gig in the Sky" during a scene that begins with John underwater in a pool and follows him all the way to his Dodger Stadium performance. But you have to change things around because it has to suit the film." Because you know, it is his music, and it's his life, and you just want to make sure that you do right by him. I just wanted to phone you and tell you I've been watching the rushes, and I think what you've done is an amazing job, and I just wanted to say thank you very much, and I've phoned Taron as well.' And I think I nearly cried. But he goes, 'I've listened to the music, and I love it. "He was like 'Giles? This is Elton John.' And I don't think I'd spoken to Elton at all for about four months, and I was like 'Oh god.' I always think I'm gonna get fired for some reason. "Elton doesn't have a mobile, so I haven't got a number saved for him," he explains. The endorsement from John came this past January in the form of an unexpected phone call from an L.A. ![]() It's better than someone saying 'I don't trust you at all.' I was delighted when he actually liked it by the end." "It's a bit like you've got a top chef and they give you a bunch of ingredients and go, 'I completely trust you to make an amazing meal,' and you go, 'Oh, right, okay.' At the same time, I guess it's better than the other way around. "It was huge pressure," Martin says with a laugh. John remained hands-off throughout the whole process, entrusting Martin and star Taron Egerton with the task of telling his story through the music. But that pressure to get it right and do the original recordings justice never disappears when he dives into a beloved artist's catalog, especially when the artist is Elton John.Īs the musical director of John's new biopic, Rocketman, Martin was given free rein to interpret the legendary singer's work as he saw fit. The GRAMMY winner and son of Beatles producer George Martin has remixed and rearranged the Fab Four's work a number of times throughout his career-perhaps most notably for Cirque du Soleil's production of Love. Giles Martin is no stranger to the pressure of reimagining timeless classics. ![]()
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