As I was driving to work this morning I popped in my Glory soundtrack CD.  The moment it started playing this morning I was brought back to my 7th grade field trip where my schoolmates went to see Glory at the movie theatre.  What a movie!  I remember feeling all sorts of things when watching that movie, happiness, sadness, uneasyness, and I’m sure much more.

It wasn’t until my teacher, Mr. Schmidt whom we simply called “Schmidt”, was asking us “ok, yes it was a good movie, but why!?” and we all were answering out with “the action!” or “good acting!” and things such as that.  He then answered his question by saying “the music!!”  And boy was he right!  Without the music, Glory would still be good I’m sure, but nothing compared to what it is.

It was at that point in my life that I started thinking about movies as an art form and has thus led me to my new path of filmmaking.  Thank you James Horner for composing that beautiful score, thank you Glory, and thank you Mr. Schmidt!