Switchfoot and Karl Jenkins

Today I have some more sentimental music for you. I was going through my Facebook today, when I happened upon a post that The Script had made. And in this post, it talked about the five songs that changed their lives. For each member, what were the five songs that proved to be the most significant pieces of music in their lives? And that was a really hard question for me to answer. It is a question that I still do not have a definitive answer for because of how my musical journey was mapped out. But I found this question to be one of the most beautiful questions ever asked. Having to think about those five songs mean that they are worth remembering. It means that they are songs that mark moments in life that are so precious and are reminiscent of the moments that sculpted you as a person. Now this question is one that makes you think of the soundtrack to your life. Everyone has one, we all have those special songs for those special moments. These songs would be on the album of greatest hits. So today, I thought I would post some music that would make the list or is in consideration of being on the list. This first song is by the band Switchfoot. This song did get popular towards the beginning of the 2000s era. Switchfoot was a band that I had heard little about, with exposure to only two or three songs. But then I heard this song, and this may be one of the most important moments in my life. When I hear this song, it gave me a sense of what love is. It gave me a chance to feel and understand the business and the business culture. But that isn't why this song is so important to me. This song is about loving someone, and this was the first song to make me ever believe in love, other than what we hear and see in movies and music. And this is the first song I knew had to play at my wedding. I mean this song opened up so many emotional doors for me, knocking down the walls that I unceremoniously put up n my brain. That is the weird thing, my head knew exactly when things were going wrong. This song is full of raw and unending love. A cover of it was featured in a movie, and that movie was such a wonderful description of this song. There is sheer care and heartache and desire and true love in this song. And it is not just the lyrics that make this song so hauntingly beautiful. It is the music in the background, the accompanying waves of sound that turn into waves of emotion. Some of the most gorgeous and spectacular cello playing I have ever heard, is featured in this song. And to go along with that is the soft and vulnerable strum of the guitar, the yearning croon of the violin, and the raindrop plinks of the piano. When you add all of these elements together, you are left with an orchestra filled with individual parts and sounds, but come together to be one beautifully molded piece of art. Jon Foreman's voice is a very soft and gentle one, a voice that is perfect suited for this song. There are moments where we get to hear a little bit of rasp, but that just adds a more moving and emotive experience. And we get to hear how his voice crescendos throughout the song, until we get to the climatic moment of the song. The apex of this obra maestra. It is at this point where we really get ot hear Jon Foreman. He builds up to this magical and powerful moment where he belts out the notes with all the passion and love that his heart can cold. And he slowly comes back down, fading away and getting lost in the strings of the instruments. This song has been so important in my life because of how completely moving and full of emotion it is. This is one of the first songs, if not the first, that has been a comfort and a constant. It allowed me to sing the rollercoaster we like to call "feelings." It was also the first song that made me feel exactly what the band was feeling. It made me want to join them and fall in love and have to let that love go. Switchfoot has been known to be a rocker, but this is something that is even more insightful. I wrote about this song in the seventh grade. We were both shocked by how beautiful the imagery is to a song, and with this song, I took a picture of the sunset, and took a nap with friends. Today's instrumental song is one of the first movie scores I ever loved. Apart form the Lion King's score, I cannot think of another composer who has done as much wonder as Hans Zimmer. But this song was one of the earlier scores I ever heard outside of orchestra. I loved how tribal and ethnic this song sounds. And this score has a place in my heart as being the first time I stood Peter back. So there. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the music and please feel free to comment!