I was just a wee thing. 10 years old, in fact when Pulp Fiction came out. Most parents would never even dream of letting their child watch such a provocative film at such a young age, but I was a sneaky little devil... I'm not sure how I actually got my hands on the movie itself, but what I do remember is falling IN LOVE with the soundtrack.
I remember my 6th grade school trip to the San Juan river. 20 screaming pre teens and 2 adult chaperones stuck in a van for Gd knows how many hours.
Katie Ergen and I sat in the back, delicately holding my diskman without shock absorption, each taking a separate earphone from the one set we had, and as the magic quality of music would have it, time flew. I looked out the window and secretly imagined making my own movie and wondered about the music it would have. We played that soundtrack on repeat until the CD broke. And if it didn't actually break, it should have. That's how many times we played it.
Who made that CD? How did they pick so many great songs? Where do soundtracks come from? I wondered...
I remember thinking at the time, what a treat it was to have such an incredible grouping of songs in one place. An entire experience. A journey, if you will. This was before napster, mp3s, CD burning and ipods. If I liked a song, I saved up all of my money to go to Sam Goody and buy the entire album, most of which I usually ended up hating... 15 dollars later. So, it was a real treat to have a CD where every song was one that I loved. Man, that makes me feel old. And writing that last sentence makes me feel even older. Whatever, that's not the point.
Flash forward 12 years. I moved to L.A. and found myself working for Mary Ramos, the very woman who made the soundtrack for Pulp Fiction! Now if that isn't serendipity, stars aligning and luck, I don't know what is. Mary was and is the coolest of the cool, if I do say so myself. And when I stopped working at her office, I felt thankful that I got to know her as a person and friend. Not to mention what I learned about music and film!
I never imagined that getting to know Mary would answer my prayers in more ways than one! When I told her I had written a short film and she offered her expertise with the music, I would have to say I received nothing short of a gift from the heavens above.
Is it really possible that something I dreamed about and didn't even fathom as a possibility could actually be coming true in real life? Could the person who made my all time favorite soundtrack in the world be doing the soundtrack for my film!?!
Please do not mistake me and think that I am in any way putting my short and Pulp Fiction in anywhere near the same category.... But, I just have to say, life is freaking COOL sometimes!
This evening around 7:30, Mary and I finished selecting the music for the short! I am so excited and feel so invigorated and inspired. After watching it with our music choices, it felt like new life had been given to it. As I drove home, I couldn't help but thank my lucky stars for allowing me such an opportunity today. And, it made me remember to remind myself that dreams really do come true.
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