4.15 Northern Dream, Morricone and Tiomkin, and Tremendous Freedom

Northern Exposure dream — Rich and long — Many scenarios and segments — Dreams are a gift — Places familiar from earlier dreams — Another puzzle piece — Stan Jones song “Riders in the Sky” (1948) — A seed for Ennio Morricone — Great Western music — Finding my own way — Sergio Leone asked him to write in the style of Dimitri Tiomkin’s Western soundtracks — Born in Russia, moved to the United States — “Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling” from High Noon (1952) — Later instrumental music — The two influences — Spotify playlist “What Now 1956–1959” — Performance by Nelson Riddle — Music composed by Tiomkin — Two John Wayne movies — Rio Bravo (1959) and The Alamo (1960) — Johnny Puleo & His Harmonica Gang’s “You Are Always in My Heart” — Now in the 1960s — Journey through music — So far listened to 72,268 tracks — Created 3,201 playlists — New: “What Now 1960–1964” — Name and cover art changes — Great freedom — The Scorpions: “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky” — The Ventures: “Pipeline” and “Spudnik (Surf Rider)” — Firing the imagination — This freedom never existed before — How elusive it is — Only some very special artists have the key to that freedom always — David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE (2006), Mulholland Dr. (2001), and Twin Peaks season 3 — So much more to do with that freedom — Freedom and fragmentation — With regard to my own work — It comes through you — It’s somewhere out there — Flowing through what you do — Can’t be faked — You know the real thing immediately — Marketing tricks — May take a long time — Finding your way to ever more true and real things — Goes for life as well — Don’t settle if… — Feeling truly loved — “You are the one. I don’t want anyone else.”