SUN FLIGHT BY GERALD MCDERMOTT
Score by Ryan Wetherbee
5 MINUTES, 31 SECONDS
Click on arrow to begin - There is sound
Last month I posted another of Gerald McDermott's films, called The Stonecutter. McDermott made The Stonecutter when he was only 19 years old. In fact he made only five animated films (all under 12 minutes) before he changed his career from film animator to children's book illustrator.
Sun Flight, one of those five films, is here set to music scored by Ryan Wetherbee. It's the story of Daedalus and his son Icarus. To refresh your memory of this story, you can read about it here on Wikipedia.
I found this film to be quite moving. Am I the only one so affected by the art and the music? The music here is a recent contribution, by the way, scored by a student at the Hartt School of Music in 2008.
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July 26, 2010
Sun Flight - Animated Film
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I think it was the long fall of Icarus that packed the emotional punch for me, Jean. The music accompanied it very well. Despite my familiarity with the story, it felt like I was seeing and hearing something very new to me.
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