Chapter 8

You know what's phenomenal?  The talent of composing music.  I was reading my favorite book series while listening to movie soundtracks, and noticed that in Avatar, there are multiple other soundtracks combined to make it what it is.  Intertwined in Avatar are EPIC compositions from the following movies:

• Braveheart
• Glory
• Zorro
• Titanic
• The Perfect Storm
• Field of Dreams

If you listen closely, you can hear a theme from each of the above movies in Avatar.  These soundtracks were also all composed by the same person--James Horner.  He is among my favorite composers, which include but aren't limited to:

• Michael Giacchino
• James Newton Howard
• Mark Mancina
• Thomas Newman
• John Williams
• John Barry
• Steve Jablonsky
• Nick Glennie-Smith
• Rupert Gregson-Williams

I am constantly downright baffled at the pure genius of these men.  How do they create the essence of emotion?  Sadly, I'm not one who has this mind-boggling gift.  To be able to create emotion the way they do...it's high on my list of wishes.  I wish I were like August Rush; a musical genius.  And only 10 years old so I would have my whole life ahead of me to create movie soundtrack masterpieces.  Maybe I'll be reincarnated as a music prodigy.