A rhythmatist on Jaman!
Stewart Copeland, drummer for the Police and longtime film composer, is celebrating the recent release of his autobiographical tome Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo, and Pygmies. Your blogger cheerfully admits to being starstruck when meeting Copeland during a book signing a couple of weeks ago. Rather than enumerate the reasons why, how about a look at Copeland scores available on Jaman?
Happily there are a couple, including Ken Loach’s funny, earthy, and moving film Raining Stones:
As well as Ernest R. Dickerson’s sci-fi actioner Futuresport:
As different as they are, both films showcase Copeland’s dynamic range and knack for emotional arrangements (he’s a favored collaborator too, having worked with various filmmakers multiple times, including Loach and Dickerson). And they give you something to enjoy during the wait for Copeland’s next project, the profoundly awesome-looking Ben Hur Live, to hit a town near you!
