"Forrest Gump Suite" - Alan Silvestri I woke up this morning to a very familiar piano medley. More memories came flooding back. I seriously baffle me sometimes with such thoughts. It was the early 90's and I just remember watching this movie in a small, run-down old theater, feeling as if I was the only one in the room. From beginning to end, it grabbed me and wouldn't let go; filled with so much story I didn't even know what to do with myself after I watched it. It consumed me because it took me through a journey, not only through the characters but also through song. I know thinking back now some may argue that it shouldn't have won an Oscar. And I know that even such critics like those on Rotten Tomatoes will rate it simply as "average." Being somewhat of a critic myself I know how to nit-pick every last detail until I pretty much ruin it. Yet, I can't say the same for this. It moved me; it moves me still. That alone makes me stand by it. It d...
A song pops up in my head in bed, carrying with it a memory that may not always be described in words. So the music in it of itself allows me to tell my stories. This is my writer's pen. This is my '3' and my 'M'. This is my passion in life; my blog; my light and though it may occasionally lose its shine, it will never completely leave me in the dark.