Friday, October 29, 2021

 I was thinking about the recreations of the The Shadow radio show yesterday. Partly lamenting the fact that there hasn't been any for awhile, and for some reason, thinking about the music cues used.

A one off decided to create a whole new score, some used excerpts from the 1994 film score and others have edited the cues from the original broadcasts. What rather surprised me was the realization that none of the people who have made reconstructions know anyone who is musically inclined enough to recreate the cues. 

I myself am not musically inclined and couldn't play to save my life. But there should be some of us  out there somewhere who are talented enough either with an electric key board or one of those music creating programs that could recreate the cues and underscoring.

So agents of The Shadow that is your new mission, if you so choose. Recreate the music cues from the radio show and let's start a database that people who want to recreate episodes can use. From Camille Saint-Saëns' Le Rouet d'Omphale ("Omphale's Spinning Wheel") to filler music if the episode runs a bit short. 

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