EMAIL FROM KEVIN BANKS
To: Jesse Strader
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 10:53:34 -0500
From: Kevin Banks
Thank you (all) for your kind words and praises.
When you
get (or don't get)
nominated for these kinds of things over the years,
you
realize how hard it
is to be recognized or even win these puppies. I
feel I have
been extremely
lucky in the past few years with my nominations, and
I am
grateful for the
honors.
Here are some answers or corrections for some
questions I've
seen on the
forum lately.
Richard Martinez was the right hand man for Michael
Small
and the scoring
editor for his compositions before they were sent to
the mix
stage, where I
would be responsible for editing them if needed, in
addition
to handling the
needledrop music (not score). Sometimes Michael
would be
scoring to a rough
cut, or Tim would have a different cue in mind from
another
show.
On the subject of title music, Tim and Aurore would
always
decide on a piece
of music, and I would have to whittle it down to 0:59
to fit
the titles (and
make sense), or we would come up with a few options,
and Tim
would make the
final choice.
In the first season, Michael composed music for DR,
PB and
OMDB. During the
second season, there was new music for every show.
On
average, I would
estimate a second season show (end product) would be
split
evenly between
new music, previously established cues, and
needledrop
music.
My involvement in the show started with PB. In
season 1 we
mixed the
international 48 minute version of the show, and I
edited
the complete
soundtrack (conformed) to fit the picture editor's
44 minute
A&E version
(season 2 was the reverse).
After they liked my conform on CFO (all that tango
music),
and because
of schedule, I became the music editor with Act 5 of
DFM.
The next 2 shows
DTD and CP were done completely from scratch (no
scoring)
and DTD is still
my favorite to this day.
You asked what I was doing now. You can always look me
up on
imdb.com for my
list of projects. After NW, I did some music editing
on a
CBS MOW called
Mafia Doctor (look for it soon), a movie called
"Hollywood
North" (later
this year) and started working on a new series
called "Sue
Thomas: F.B.Eye".
(PAX in the US, CTV in Canada). It's no NW (what
is?) ; it's
more of a
"Scarecrow and Mrs. King " meets "Touched by an
Angel"; Oh,
well. I'm the
Sound Effects editor on this one, although I will
touch the
music ,if
needed, during the mix. I just can't help myself.
I think that just about does it.
Thanks again, keep well.
Kevin
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(Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London 433702).