Laura Veirs & Thomas Newman

Musical crossover happens occasionally, and the interesting element of recognizing it is that it's always instantaneous.  I guarantee that anyone who heard something in the past would recognize it at something familiar if they heard anything remotely similar five to ten years down the line.  Auditory recognition is ingrained in our genetics (that goes for most any animal), most likely a survival technique to remember sounds of our enemies.  

One interesting element to take note of is the musical similarity between Thomas Newman's score to Brothers and Laura Veirs' July Flame from her recent album of the same name.  No explanation needs to be mentioned - it's just a neat find.  Listen to the guitar motif and see if you can't spot a similar likeness.

Laura Veirs - July Flame

Thomas Newman - Homecoming (Brothers Score)

Update on Monday, August 9, 2010 at 7:57AM by Andy

Okay.  It's amazing how your mind finds similarities.  After listening to these two tracks back-to-back in detail, I find that they are vastly different in key and theme.  Still, the guitar does share some similarity.  At the very least, listen to some good music.  Am I right?