Sun, January 9, 2005
Lava in the Afternoon—6:04 PM
Today I braved the deluge and caught one last screening of The Incredibles at El Capitan before it leaves on Wednesday. (Ah, the beauty of digital projection... the film looked exactly as flawless as it did opening night.) This meant that I had to take a break in my Alias marathon, right as Season Two was really coming to a head.
And, since they were piping the Incredibles score into the theatre lobby – and the Disney Store next door where I scored some amazing going-out-of-business deals – and I had the score on in the car for the drive over (natch), this meant that I haven't heard a single note of music all weekend that wasn't composed by Michael Giacchino. (Except for 30 seconds of Merv Griffin during a Jeopardy! break on Saturday. Who doesn't know the Basques? I mean, other than me.) Not that I mind, of course. Mikey G is quite a whiz, and I'm falling in love with his Alias music all over again. Now that I'm familiar enough with the Incredibles score to practically be able to hum it all the way through, I've been able to realize how many of the same themes have been available on Alias all along. Giacchino seems kind of new, but he'll give W. G. Snuffy Walden a run for his money, I'll bet!
