It Happened One Christmas - 1977

It Happened One Christmas 1977. Based on It’s A Wonderful Life. Starring Marlo Thomas and Wayne Rodgers. This cue presented unique challenges for a composer. Mary Bailey (Marlo Thomas) is at a dance at the high school gym. She is dancing with a young man to a waltz I composed for the on-camera band. She says to him "I think this is a waltz." Marlo had asked me to compose a love theme for Mary and George Hatch (Wayne Rodgers) her boy friend from years past. I composed a theme she loved (as did her husband Phil Donahue, who sent it to Switzerland to be made into a music box). Marlo wanted to hear the high school band playing from the start of the scene and when her character spots George, the love theme was to cross fade with it. With the waltz being in three-quarter time and the love theme being in four-quarter time, and having to have them cross fade at specific points, some mathematical as well as creative skills were called for. After a few key calculations, it all worked out fine.

Видео It Happened One Christmas - 1977 канала Stephen Lawrence