June 09, 2004

Music on the Sopranos

One of the pleasures of HBO's The Sopranos has been the consistent use of quality music to enhance a scene. Some of the ones that immediately come to mind are Junior singing in Italian at the end of the season a few years ago, or Tony sitting on his boat by himself at the end of the prior season. Alex Ross has a few words on the subject.

What do Procol Harum, Anton Webern, the Eagles, Steve Reich, and Otis Redding have in common? The answer, the Pulaski Skyway informs you, is that they've all appeared on The Sopranos. I’m a fan of the show, like any upstanding American citizen, and I love its wildly imaginative use of music. I realized something quasi-epochal was going on musically back in the second season...

Posted by Casper at June 9, 2004 03:41 PM
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