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Those of you who watch TV and pay attention to the music (yes…we do that here) will surely recognize this song as the theme music to the hit show “House” by our friends at Fox Television. We were surprised how much of the song was actually just repeated over and over, though it shouldn’t be too surprising since licensing costs soar as you start adding lyrics.
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Hailing from Brooklyn (through raised in New Orleans), Home Video is comprised of the unlikely duo of Collin Ruffino and David Gross. They met in an art class they took in 1997 during their high school years. David Gross, at the time, listened exclusively to Classical music (Dan….) and probably spent a large amount of time alone. Having two parents who were classical musicians, and himself a concert pianist in training, Gross had very little experience with music of the modern era.
Let’s touch on something a little more complex today, shall we?
Zero-7 is a British electronic group with two key artists: Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker. The something unique about these two is their background in Sound Engineering (unlike a lot of “musicians” whose background consists of being a famous person’s child and weed). When listening to their music you can tell that they:
A. Understand music and its underlying theories
and
B. Use “A”
This, of course, is amazing. Who dares use good music structure and progressions anymore!? GET THE PITCHFORKS, THEY USED PROPER VOICING! (yes…I am aware most of you have no idea what I’m talking about. Just assume it’s funny and laugh)
Ok, seriously though, let’s take a look at our theme song today. Released in 2006, “Waiting to Die” is on Zero-7′s third album named “The Garden”. It is sung by Sia Furler, and would most likely be classified as Jazz, but it has hints at electronic influence.
In reality, the song didn’t catch my notice too much until we reach the chorus, and then a little later, into the bridge. You’ll notice that the bass line actually follows a Basso Continuo (you will learn!) format until the bridge. Normally this would kill a piece, but as mentioned earlier, they save it with the chorus which is wonderful in its complexities. I especially like the ending, but I can’t explain why…you’ll just have to wait and hear it.
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