My friend Mackenzie quit his day job 5 years ago to aggressively pursue fatherhood, but also to start making music full time. He was not interested in recording music for records, or radio release - he just wanted to make great music to score films and TV shows.
I thought about that this morning, when this link came my way. Its a page that lists ever end credit track from every episode of Entourage, including an embedded video of the track. Its one of the best links I have ever received, and my only wish was that it existed as a continuous podcast. Maybe I’ll make it this weekend.
Its a great reminder of what a powerful role TV and film have played in curating music over the last few years. Entourage is a best-in-class example of a show that has always used quality music to reinforce the credentials of the writing and editing. For my money, they have the best selection of end credit music out there. And the list of bands I discovered and rediscovered through the show is long, and stellar: Cold War Kids, Funkadelic, Tame Impala to name three.
At a time when TV and film are consuming more engagement hours among the young and impressionable, its great to know that many shows are doing their bit to keep music fresh, relevant and in people’s faces.
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