“So, you didn't listen to it yet?” I asked again.
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I couldn't wait to go out and see what she thought about the arrangement.Īnd she said, “No, I just came from a screen test with Kevin Costner to do this movie called ‘The Bodyguard.’” I pulled into the parking lot of the studio. Minor: Whitney was coming to Los Angeles to record the safety vocal.
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(Photo by Gin Ellis/Getty Images) Artistic tension over whether Whitney should be more ‘traditional’Ĭlayton: Even with all the time invested in creating this arrangement, it's not a given that it's going to work or going to sound the way you want it to sound for a bunch of reasons. The Florida Symphony Orchestra helped provide the sound behind Whitney Houston at Super Bowl XXV at Tampa Stadium in 1991. I was just so immersed in it at the time that I was getting ready, preparing for an opponent. By being participants, your thoughts and your focus are different from all the fans. We're excited but we know we still have a big task ahead. And finally, you win the AFC championship game. Marv Levy (Buffalo Bills head coach): I just remember how excited you are and what a long path it is to get there. Our Giant fans are just unbelievable and their love for the Giant players is incredible. Even though when you're around Giant fans, they constantly remind you of the game that was played down there, and they're constantly thanking you for playing and for winning it. Ottis Anderson (New York Giants running back, Super Bowl MVP): It definitely doesn’t feel like 30 years. That didn’t happen so my dad talked to him and got two Super Bowl tickets. They were going to see the Raiders if they beat the Bills in the AFC championship game.
He talked to somebody that he worked with who was a huge Los Angeles Raiders fan. Murdoch: We lived in Orlando and my dad was vice president of his company. And that's how I got tickets for the Super Bowl. He had tickets to the Super Bowl and I said, “Look, I'll get you one of these pieces in artist proof which is a rare, rare edition, and I'll take you for a couple of tickets.’ He really loved the idea. Thimmel: One of my clients was a huge New York Yankees fan and his favorite player of all time was Mickey Rivers. I was like, “OK, this is my one chance to go. The ticket I remember was $150, compared to $4,000 today. My buddy of mine who is a program director at QFM 97 in Buffalo, got us Super Bowl tickets. Webb: A group of three of us from high school went to all of the Bills’ playoff games. We moved around a lot so 30 years later, it still sticks with me that I’m still a Giants fan. I remember watching with my mom and dad when the Giants won the Super Bowl over the Denver Broncos in 1986. Michael Murdoch (Giants fan in attendance): I started watching the Giants the year the Chicago Bears won the Super Bowl. We're one of those families where you shut up, you don't talk, and you watch the Giants.
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My dad was a truck driver so we never had the money to go to a game.
Ken Thimmel (President of Pay it Forward Auction, Giants fan in attendance): Born and raised a New York Giants fan. My first memory of the Bills was in 1969 when I was 10 years old. Sheff Webb (Bills fan in attendance): I grew up in a town south of Buffalo, New York. Nobody has a voice like that.īills, Giants fans prepare for a trip of a lifetime She is one of the greatest singers with God-given talent. When I was notified that they got Whitney Houston to sing in the Super Bowl, we were very excited. I didn't know at that time who was going to sing because they didn't announce it yet. Jahja Ling (conductor of Florida Symphony Orchestra during the Super Bowl): I got a call a few months before they said that there's a consideration that they want to have an orchestra company for the national anthem in the Super Bowl. That makes the end part where it gets really big again, even bigger. We've got the first big part that I want to contrast with something mellow, contemplative and introvertive. The other thing that we arrangers and composers always think about is contrast. The mood and focusing on the voice, everything I do, services those two important things. The second thing is how I can direct the ear to the voice. Very chest up and out, chin held high, all that kind of stuff. And the mood for this was very patriotic. But when I get ready to write a composition arrangement, I actually first think about the mood or moods. I can’t go crazy with the orchestra, doing all kinds of crazy stuff, and the next thing you know, you forget about Whitney. In this case, we wanted it to go to Whitney. You have to help the ear go where you want it to go. (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)Ĭlayton: It’s your job as an arranger to direct the ear. Musical director Rickey Minor attends "Meet The Oscars Creative Team" at Hollywood & Highland, in Hollywood, California, on Feb.
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