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By Bill Mack<br />
By Bill Mack<br />
were rolling on the big screen. In big, bold<br />
print are the words: “Music coordinated by Bill<br />
Mack Productions”.<br />
Incidentally, some of the recordings I<br />
chose for that movie include “Ida Red” by Bob<br />
Wills and his Texas Playboys … “Abilene” by<br />
George Hamilton IV … “Please Help Me I’m<br />
Falling” by Hank Locklin … “Blue, Blue Day”<br />
by Don Gibson … “Catch A Falling Star” by<br />
Perry Como … “Guess Things Happen That<br />
Way” by Johnny Cash … “Night Life” by Rusty<br />
Draper … and “Dark Moon” by Eric Jacobson<br />
and Chris Isaak. I often wondered why Bonnie<br />
Guitar’s version of “Dark Moon” wasn’t used<br />
in the movie, since her recording of the song<br />
was the big hit that I had chosen for the film.<br />
I discovered that the Jacobson and Isaak<br />
recording was released on Reprise Records,<br />
owned by Warner Brothers Music. Since<br />
Warner Brothers also filmed “A Perfect World”,<br />
I realized why the brothers chose to ignore<br />
my suggestion that Bonnie Guitar’s recording<br />
of “Dark Moon” be used and allowed Erik<br />
Jacobson and Chris Isaak to earn a bit of<br />
royalty loot for their Reprise record label. This<br />
wasn’t a dishonest choice, it was simply a<br />
business decision made by Warner Brothers.<br />
Out of curiosity, I just googled the<br />
information that these recordings were popular<br />
during the year 1958. Since the movie, “A<br />
Perfect World”, was about a prisoner escaping<br />
from jail, I presume all of the exciting action<br />
took place in 1958. In case you’re interested,<br />
Kevin Costner was the prisoner and Clint<br />
Eastwood plays the part of the Texas Ranger<br />
who tracks him down. Clint also directed the<br />
movie.<br />
I also had the opportunity to do some of<br />
the narration for a documentary feature titled,<br />
“My Architect, a son’s journey”, based on<br />
the life of Louis I. Kahn, widely considered<br />
to have been the most important architect of<br />
the second half of the twentieth century. This<br />
was a very interesting and enjoyable feature<br />
that would be chosen as an Academy Award<br />
Nominee for the Best Documentary Feature.<br />
Although it didn’t win that awesome award,<br />
it did receive some rave reviews. The noted<br />
movie columnist, Leonard Maltin, proclaimed<br />
the documentary to be “One of the Best Films<br />
of This or Any Year!” (I just double-checked<br />
that quote by Leonard on the cover of the<br />
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