But I assumed his character did that off-screen. Andrew is shown listening to records but not studying them per se.
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The movie is certainly not about jazz, but to an amateur drummer such as myself, I found the movie captivating in that it projected the drive of a player to simply get better at their instrument. When you say that the movie has no connection to jazz, I wonder if you’re referring to the music from a technical perspective or from that of the history, culture, origins, and artistic quality of Jazz. As a drummer, I’m just entering my renaissance period as I acquired a taste for Jazz in recent years. Party it’s because I go to an arts conservatory for film so the structure of the experience is relatable. I love the movie in general even aware as I am of the truth which you’ve described.
#Whiplash movie ost professional
In the movie Fletcher grills someone for playing out of tune, but I couldn't tell.Īpart from the sound balance, I couldn't properly judge the calibre of the band or the quality of the music in the movie, or more precisely, if their levels actually match this highly successful, insanely demanding bandleader character, because I'm not a professional jazz musician or really knowledgeable in jazz. The OST Whiplash also sounded better played in terms of rhythmic precision. Maybe this was because what we hear in the movie was played and recorded as they filmed, but without particular focus on making the music itself sound good. It sounded much better overall, largely because in the movie the instrument balance was all out of sorts, including in the final "Caravan" scene. I wasn't sure if I heard right, so went to Spotify to check the track on the OST. That Fletcher didn't immediately stop the band at that point kind of distracted me - isn't he's supposed to be this god-like perfectionist bandleader with an impossibly high standard and super-human ear? I am rewatching Whiplash, which I always thought was a great movie.īut in the first band practice scene where they play "Whiplash," I thought I heard some brass sounding muddled and not really on the beat (after "Bar 93").