Cruikshanks and Bigfoot0
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Every time I watch Mannequin, which for my sins is a fair bit, I always forget to make a note of who’s responsible for the title sequence – an animated whirlwind ride charting Emy’s journey from ancient Egypt to a Philly shop window in the late 1980′s. Last night I finally checked the credits and as expected I’d subconsciously grown up with the work of Sally Cruikshank who’s been behind many a montage for Sesame Street not to mention a succession of her own shorts, a sadly aborted feature film and no end of hollywood work from Twilight Zone to the afore mentioned Mannequin.
You might wonder what any of this has to do with what is essentially a music blog but it seems that soundtracks have been an important factor in her work from word go, from early psychedelic shorts through to the Rolling Stones backed Ruthless People title sequence, Danny Elfman even offered his scoring services for the ’87 film Face Like A Frog. It also doesn’t take a genius to spot the correlation between the recurring Quasi character and the laconic styles of one Quasimoto from the Stones Throw camp, in fact I’m sure it’s safe to surmise that Madlib is down with the Cruikshank.
I could probably waffle on about all this for ages and no doubt digress into extolling the virtues of Sylvester Levay’s electro soundtrack work, or why Hollywood Montrose is more than simply a stereotypical stooge in an 80′s romcom but really that’s for another blog. Until then have a gander at Sally Cruikshank’s youtube page or even hit her up for a DVD (i’m guessing they’re not gonna be region 2 though but you never know).
And of course here’s some personal favourites from her vaults…