job with a music supervisor, a film studio, a
television studio, or a record company,
and just absorb as much as you
can."--JH
BARKLIE GRIGGS, MUSIC SUPERVISOR/OWNER, TILTED
WORLD MUSIC
It would be hard to decide which Barklie Griggs
loves more: films or music. As a
teenager, the two consumed all his time and
money. "I was always a music fan and a
movie buff. I loved going to see movies and I
loved listening to music. I paid atten-
tion to the music used in films. "I'm Alright"
by Kenny Loggins in
Caddyshack,
Simple Minds' "Don't Forget About Me"
in
The Breakfast Club, "Get Into The
Groove" by Madonna in
Desperately Seeking Susan, the sound track to
Diner was a
favorite. I began to buy sound tracks and just
started learning more and more about
music."
After graduating from high school, Griggs left
New York for Los Angeles, and
worked as a waiter while trying to decide what
to do with his life. In conversation
with a regular customer one day, he discovered
that the man was a music supervisor
CASE STUDY:
THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT THIS
JOB:
"There is a certain amount of ego in the movie
business, and some of
those with bad egos, can ruin the business
because they make every-
thing so uncomfortable and limiting. You're not
inspired by somebody
trying to impose their will just because they
can, not because that is
the best creative choice."--BG
"The clearances and legal
work."--JH
THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS JOB:
"Being able to have control over, or having a
big part of, the emotion
of a scene that makes people feel a certain
way. There is nothing
greater than sitting in a screening of a movie,
and a scene comes on
that you really know the music is going to
start turning people inside
out emotionally. They start to feel love or
scared or conflicted, that's
really the best part of this job. You get to
have a creative impact on a
movie."--BG
"I love being involved with the creation of new
songs and new covers
of songs."--JH
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