From: Lonergan, Kenneth Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 7:27 PM To: James Finn Subject: Re: music

I listened to Anton Karas' zither music from film The Third Man; Rene Fleming singing Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs (the famous 3rd Last Song is featured in the Extended Cut, when we pan Central Park West and then cut to Lisa waling through midtown Manhattan. And of course Rene appears in the film at the end with Susan Graham, singing the "Barcarolle Belle" - nuit, nuit d'amour (from The Tales Of Hoffman); La Traviata (The Extended Cut also has an aria from that opera, when Lisa goes to Brooklyn to confront the bus driver); Bob Dylan's album Desire, especially the song "Hurricane.;" also a song called "To Ramona" from "Another Side of Bob Dylan." I listened to that song a LOT, as it really reminded me of Lisa Cohen. I listened to Bach's St. Matthew Passion, which always puts me in a heightened emotional state; Bach's St John Passion, which is gloomier. Certain cuts of Wagner: the Prelude to Lohengrin, which appears three times in the Extended Cut, and is basically its principle musical motif; the very famous Interlude from Tristan & Isolde, which everyone knows, but most of us didn't know where it came from (There's a very small piece of it in the Extended Cut). I listened to a number of different arias from various operas - usually from a Rene Fleming CD; also La Boheme - I listened to the CD from Baz Luhrmann Bway production til it wore out. I also listened to some Dr Dre and Eminem, and as I always have, Frank Zappa -- but not so much when I was working, probably - it's not exactly music that blends into the background. I listened to Duke Ellington from time to time -- from an album whose title I cant remember, but which Matthew Broderick and I listened to endlessly in high school. One morning when we were shooting, it occurred to me that since I was the director, I could pick the music we listened to on route to the set, so I gave our driver Ernie a few Bach Cantatas on CD, and he would put them on when I got in the van - which made me feel very important, and was also very relaxing, since that's my favorite music - if I had to choose. I also listened to a lot of Bessie Smith, especially a song called "Down In the Dumps." There's also a new singer of New Orleans old-style jazz named Meschiya Lake who was busking in New York and all over the country with a group called the Loose Marbles, who is in my opinion one of the great living singers - and is now coming up in the world - one album out now and more coming; very popular in Germany and New Orleans - not famous yet, but becoming better know. She has a voice and a singing technique you cannot believe. J. bought some Loose Marbles homemade CDS and I'd play them a lot. Meschiya Lake is really phenomenal. I listened to a song called "If Thats What Youre Thinking" by the Texas Tornados a lot. But I'd say what I listened to most was La Traviata, La Boheme, the Strauss, and the Wagner, Bessie Smith "Down In The Dumps" and Bob Dylan "To Ramona."