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Nov 4, 2024 - 1:03 PM
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acathla
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Both my parents are still around. My mom is 67 and my dad is 68. I am also lucky enough to still have a grandmother which turned 87 this Saturday 
Mom never really listened much to music when I was younger and she still dont have any particular taste. Mostly just listen to radio. She was of course forced to listen to my loud music (both 90s pop and film/tv scores lol) I guess she never really had time since she had five sons to take care of (almost) alone and we all have something, ADHD (my case and my youngest brother), OCD, drugs or gambling addictions, so she had her hands full, and some times still does. She has litterally sacrificed her whole adult life for us (which I still feel bad about today) and not had much of a life herself. Luckily we are all adults now (mostly) and we take good care of her and we are all very close to her. She has even started to be a bit social with co-workers which makes me so happy! All she's missing now is a man! lol!
My dad was, and still is an alcoholic, so our relationship to him has always been a bit awkward and tense. And he seems to become more and more grumpy, angry and narcissistic as the years past. Thank god I live on the other side of the country now cause I get away with a lot of shit from him which my other brothers has to handle. My mother FINALLY seperated from him in 2000. And it was a sweet release.
However, me and dad has some of the same taste in music. I remember he used to listen a lot to Linda Ronstad and Emmylou Harris, which was not my cup of tea. But today he does also like a lot of instrumental music and scores. Mostly thanx to me and its all thanks to Buffy. In 2000 I got the first Buffy the Vampire Slayer OST and there was a track towards the end of the CD by Christophe Beck "Close Your Eyes (Buffy/Angel Love Theme) and I was OBSESSED with it (still am!). I kept playing it over and over and over. So much so that my brothers still to this day, remembers that theme. My dad came to me one day and asked if I could tape that "song" to a casette for him to have in his car. And he almost became as obsessed with the theme as I was. He still whistles that theme from time to time when I go visit him (maybe about twice a year). I also burnt a couple of CDs for him some years ago with Zimmer stuff cause he called me one day and there had just been this military tattoo show on Norwegian tv, and they used Hans Zimmer's "Homeland" theme from SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE SIMARRON which he loved. He also whistles this some times.
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I lost my Dad almost 10 years ago. He was never much of a music fan. Every once in a while he would admit to liking a song, but music was never something he would choose to listen to. While commuting he would listen to audiobooks or the news.
My Mom is still alive, and she is a huge music fan. She loves the Beatles, a lot of classical and Opera music, and even likes some film scores. One time when she took me to the Empire Strikes Back, she asked to stay through the credits so that she could hear Williams' score. She got the original three Star Wars LPs, and has bought a few other scores over the years where she has seen the movie, and the music left a big impression. I have also given her CDs for several scores that I think she will like, and I have a pretty decent batting average. This past weekend, she watched the John Williams documentary on Disney+ and texted me about it, telling me how much she enjoyed it.
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Nov 5, 2024 - 1:47 AM
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Dorian
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My parents are 69 and 67, respectively. Both have always been big music fans but not much into film music. My mother enjoys mostly hippies and reggae stuff while my father is more into jazz and blues. But the music was always on in our household and has always been very important. I was absorbing all kinds of music that they played as well as all those themes that I heard on TV, which got me to soundtracks.
My father was also an inspiration for me learning to play classical guitar as both he and his father were/are skilled guitarists (not professional though).
Nowadays, when I visit my parents, it is usually me who selects music that we listen to and especially my father enjoys many of my soundtracks, especially 60's and 70's titles, James Bond scores, Morricone, Piccioni etc. When I come for dinner, we then sit in the next room, have a glass or two of good craft beer and I put some album on that I know we will both enjoy. I am happy that I've had the chance to introduce him to "my" music in return for him introducing me to "his" music back in my childhood.
Reading the previous posts I suddenly feel very young and lucky to have my parents still around and in a good shape.
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Both my parents have died. My Dad took me to the cinema but could never understand why the music made a bigger impression than the films themselves. My Mum never shared our love for cinema, however she did develop a love for Morricones music, especially for La Resa Dei Conti (Big Gundown).
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Reading these has made me recall one of the few instances where my mum mentioned the music. When I was a tadpole of a collector she often mentioned one film/ score. In her younger days she was a big Rock Hudson (' I know but he's still lovely') fan. It was the finale scene from A Farewell to Arms, where the music swells as he's walking off. I think she even remembered Mario's name.
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Both of my parents are deceased.
My tastes in music were not formed by either of them. My father played guitar and banjo and sang, but his music was more country. He usually played and sang when my folks got together with friends. He didn't play and sing when it was just us.
I remember listening and not having any kind of opinion one way or the other. I wanted to learn to play guitar. My dad used the "Phoebe Buffay" method -- watch, mimic, and that's it. I never learned that way, so I never learned.
We always had the radio on, especially on Saturdays, which was cleaning-the-house day. Loved the popular music of the late 50s and into the 60s.
My tastes began when movie themes were played on radio -- vast, sweeping themes like "Exodus", which was my first soundtrack album. My interests became very serious when I saw "To Kill A Mockingbird" and found the soundtrack.
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Nov 5, 2024 - 7:16 AM
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neelyre
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Both parents still here. 82 and 80 (this year)
Mom took a couple years piano lessons as a kid and encouraged me to try when I was 10. Learned to read music and did simple recital or two. Quit after two years because I wanted to be outside playing soccer with neighborhood kids. And as much as I LOVED playing soccer all through my childhood, not keeping up with piano as a kid is one the biggest regrets of my life so far.
Dad loved to buy records and make mix tapes. He bought the Rudolph red nose reindeer TV special soundtrack on LP when it first came out in '64. Gave it to me years later as my soundtrack collecting grew and still have it framed in my office. He also bought my first soundtrack as a xmas gift when I was 5- the original 'Star Wars' 2LP (fox T-541). Wore it out on my Raggedy Ann & Andy record player and cleaned it with a homemade LP cleaner made out of Tinkertoys.
Dad did have his fair share of soundtracks (Goldfinger, Born Free, Summer of '42) I heard a lot as a kid, and I was drawn to the orchestral/string parts of pop singles (Dan Fogelberg's 'Nether Lands" & "Longer", Billy Joel's 'Ballad of Billy the Kid'; etc) he played as well. I guess there was a little influence there toward my later draw to orchestral music.
I will always be grateful to them for busting their butts locating soundtracks I put on my Christmas list. We lived in a small town in North Georgia with just a Record Bar at the local mall. No Turtle Records, No Tower Records, or other big records store chains, and the mail order shops like RTS, JEMMS, ASQ, Footlight, and STAR were unknown to me. Still, they tried and I will always appreciate that, considering blasting soundtracks out of my bedroom from time to time probably got to them
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