Seth MacFarlane is plugging his oncoming Christmas album with interviews.
...Q: Do you have any favorite holiday albums that inspired the sound [of yours?]
I’m not frankly a huge conossieur of holiday music, but I love orchestral jazz. I love that era of high orchestral musicality that bears a lot of similarities to holiday music in a lot of ways. As far as holiday records, gosh I don’t know -- the Home Alone soundtrack? ...
What interested me most about the interview with "Billboard" was this:
Q: How do you rationalize your faction of fans who may continue to expect comedy from your musical projects?
Surprisingly, a good chunk of Family Guy fans recognizes why we do this -- they see that against all the comedy is a legitimate regard tor the importance of music. It's virtually the only show left on TV that uses a live orchestra for every episode. We use anywhere from 50 to 90 people, depending on how many players are available.
Big, live orchestras? I had no idea.
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"It's virtually the only show left on TV that uses a live orchestra for every episode. We use anywhere from 50 to 90 people, depending on how many players are available."
And I imagine those are L.A.-based union musicians . Can you imagine a world where big-time producer says:
"It's virtually the only show left on TV that uses a staff of domestic animators for every episode. We use anywhere from 50 to 90 animators, depending on how many animators are available."
Nah ...
"writers" of cartoon shows love to do music parodies, because they get a lot more money under music/lyric contracts than writing contracts...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D0DYYFKT5c
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