[quote name=\'mcsittel\' post=\'165209\' date=\'Oct 1 2007, 11:26 AM\']
So how is the typical GS theme composed?? Does the composer actually see the show, or know about it, when dreaming up a tune? Or do they have catchy little ditties stored up for just such an occasion, and the producers go through a tape of possible tunes?
Just wondering...
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Very likely they've been told about the show, given an idea of the style, maybe even seen set sketches. That's not to say that a composer then goes home and writes music based on that information--more likely s/he goes to the trunk and pulls out some ideas and polishes up the one(s) that seem most promising and submits them to the producer.