Kyle Kindred: Music
Pop!
(University of Texas Wind Ensemble READING SESSION)
2003
The Candy Sweet is a set of three short pieces for band, each inspired by an association with a specific type of junk food or candy. Melting Sunday was conceived less as a depiction of a melting ice cream sundae than an icy landscape slowly giving way to the warmth of the “Sunday sun.” The second movement is a simple sweet tune written for my old, simple, and sweet black cat named Licorice. Pop! was composed as the score for the award-winning short film Clotheslined, produced and directed by Aaron Leggett and Franklin Petersen. The music accompanying this slapstick confrontation between two college boys in a laundromat explores a few fun musical clichés associated with our favorite move genres: suspense, horror, action, comedy, and romance—all best enjoyed whilst devouring a large tub of butter popcorn!