Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream

I recently rented Bottle Shock, a wonderful film from last year that loosely retells the events that led up to Judgment of Paris in 1976. As it goes, the Judgment of Paris was held on the bicentennial of the United States, and it pitted French and Californian wines against each other in a blind taste test. You really, really, really should see this film–it is a light-hearted comedy that entertains with its quirky characters and beautiful backdrops.

The main theme of the film, though, is my reason for writing a post about Bottle Shock.  The entired soundtrack was composed by Mark Adler, who did a splendid job of brining out the sounds and feelings of Napa Valley and French snobbery. The opening track “Bottle Shock Main Title” opens up with a contemplative triangle and piano. A violin is cued up as the triangle keeps clicking away. The entrance of peculiar stringed instruments (kantele and psaltery) make way for an excellently and eccentrically crafted song.

Check out Mark Adler here.

Listen to “Bottle Shock Main Title“