Monday, March 1, 2010

Soundtrack of Your Life

Movies have soundtracks, the background music or score that accompanies the visual action. Sometimes it is referred to as the theme music.

When it is done well, we tend to remember the soundtrack from a movie for a long, long time.

For instance, from the classic "The Wizard of Oz" (1939), I'd say many of us would remember the song "Somewhere over the Rainbow".

I also bet you can whistle the theme music from the war movie "The Bridge over River Kwai" (1957) or the western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966).

And what about that tearjerker "Love Story" (1970) ? Then there's the theme music of "The Godfather" (1972), "Star Wars" (1977) and "Forrest Gump" (1994) which are so memorable.

Your children would probably know the theme music from the Harry Potter movies.

Someone once asked me: what is the soundtrack of your life? Like the soundtrack of a movie, the music might go high or low, faster or slower, louder or softer based on the significant events of your life. Think about it for a moment. What is the soundtrack of your life?
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24 comments:

  1. Kuching KidMarch 1, 2010 at 11:18 PM

    waah this one is tough . i am tone deaf.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 1, 2010 at 11:20 PM

    i know the "Love Story" theme becos my neighbour's kid was learning piano and played it over and over and over again, till I wanted to strangle her.

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  3. Sportsman 76March 1, 2010 at 11:22 PM

    My theme song in the soundtrack of my life is "Chariots of Fire".

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  4. ETMarch 1, 2010 at 11:27 PM

    My soundtrack will include "Fair Land Sarawak", "Sons of St Joseph", "Stoney", "Bridge Over Troubled Waters", "How Deep is Your Love" , "The Birdy Song" (with the hand movements) among others.

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  5. GerardMarch 1, 2010 at 11:36 PM

    'The Sound of music' from the movie The Sound of music. It has always been my favorite.

    The other is The Good, The bad and The Ugly.

    James, I have sent the wmv file the theme music from The Good, The bad and The Ugly to your e-mail. Cheers

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  6. AnonymousMarch 1, 2010 at 11:47 PM

    it's more like the PLAYLIST of your life.

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  7. Kuching KiaMarch 2, 2010 at 7:55 AM

    Cool. Never thought of it this way before. Mine would probably be like "Forrest Gump". Don't know much but things keep happening to me.

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  8. AnonymousMarch 2, 2010 at 9:27 AM

    Let me guess a few appropriate theme music for some of our classmates ...

    Dato' Anthony : theme from "Lou Grant"

    George : music from "Boston Legal", "Ally McBeal" or "LA Law"

    James Kuo : theme from "House" or "Marcus Welby MD"

    Sinos : soundtrack of "Laura Croft & the Tomb Raider"

    Nick Lau : music from "Caddyshack" or "The Legend of Bagger Vance"

    Just kidding guys ...

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  9. James YongMarch 2, 2010 at 10:21 AM

    Thanks Gerard. I loved "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly" in our schooldays too. And I'm sure I put my old plastic pistol complete with belt and holster in good use, terrorizing all the neighbours.

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  10. AnonymousMarch 2, 2010 at 1:02 PM

    Anonymous 11.20pm.
    surely you are not my neighbour b'cos my daughter plays 'love story' on the piano regularly. definitely do not want her strangled (by you or anyone).
    and i love 'love story' personally.

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  11. Junior Gun SlingerMarch 2, 2010 at 1:29 PM

    Do you guys remember how some toy pistols or rifles made a loud noise when u shoot? There is a little coil of special paper which has some firecracker or power placed in spot at regular intervals on it. The paper feeds thru a hammer mechanism in the toy gun, and when u depress the trigger, it makes the hammer hit the spot and BANG ! These days, you don't find these any more. Maybe too many kids got blinded or burnt by it.

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  12. once a lovesick teenage girlMarch 2, 2010 at 2:31 PM

    Aaaaaa... "Love Story" with Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw. Love means never having to say you're sorry. Sigh.

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  13. Teh-O-PokMarch 2, 2010 at 4:27 PM

    beside what your soundtrack is like, maybe we also ask what your ALBUM COVER will look like, hoh?

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  14. SteveMarch 3, 2010 at 10:56 AM

    You are the Sunshine of My Life ... i dunno why i thot of that song when i read this

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  15. AnonymousMarch 4, 2010 at 6:57 PM

    that's Stevie Wonder, yes?

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  16. Just a Kampung BoyMarch 5, 2010 at 2:52 PM

    The soundtrack of my life would include 4 parts. part (1) is like war music cos early life family very poor and all about survival. part (2) is ballad and love song, when i met my girlfrens and eventually my wife . part (3) is happy songs, with my career and business doing okay, and also my children born. part (4) is like more relaxing songs as I transitions into part-time work and half retirement.

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  17. NorbertMarch 6, 2010 at 6:12 PM

    I love soundtrack from Love Story, can even sing the song quite well already. Too bad we didn't have any karaoke during our reunion dinner or else I would have sung you all the oldies.

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  18. AnonymousMarch 7, 2010 at 3:13 PM

    "where do I begin ..."

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  19. song birdMarch 9, 2010 at 7:00 AM

    "to tell the story"

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  20. AnonymousMarch 9, 2010 at 11:03 PM

    "of a sweet love that can be"

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  21. SongsterMarch 10, 2010 at 8:38 AM

    Great theme song. Words by Carl Sigman, Music by Francis Lai.

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  22. SongsterMarch 10, 2010 at 8:39 AM

    nope. thrd line is actually "of how great a love can be"

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  23. bathroom divaMarch 10, 2010 at 8:58 AM

    "The sweet love story that is older than the sea"

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  24. Sabun KingMarch 14, 2010 at 10:43 PM

    "the simple truth about the love she brings to me, she fills my heart"

    "With her first hello"

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