Derek Thompson

And I heard Huckabee vibes too. Exactly. Is what I got from it. There's a goofiness. There's a bit of irony in it. You know, it's not the most straightforwardly sincere sound, if that makes sense. But there's a cuteness to it and a knowing winky cuteness to it is what I get from this soundtrack.

And I heard Huckabee vibes too. Exactly. Is what I got from it. There's a goofiness. There's a bit of irony in it. You know, it's not the most straightforwardly sincere sound, if that makes sense. But there's a cuteness to it and a knowing winky cuteness to it is what I get from this soundtrack.

So in this case, you had a job. And to do this job, you prompted yourself, come up with a John Bryan-style soundtrack for a movie scene. And here's where things get weird. Let's imagine that you're not Mark Phillips' composer. You are Mark Phillips' movie producer. And you want to score a romantic comedy scene with a John Bryan vibe.

So in this case, you had a job. And to do this job, you prompted yourself, come up with a John Bryan-style soundtrack for a movie scene. And here's where things get weird. Let's imagine that you're not Mark Phillips' composer. You are Mark Phillips' movie producer. And you want to score a romantic comedy scene with a John Bryan vibe.

So in this case, you had a job. And to do this job, you prompted yourself, come up with a John Bryan-style soundtrack for a movie scene. And here's where things get weird. Let's imagine that you're not Mark Phillips' composer. You are Mark Phillips' movie producer. And you want to score a romantic comedy scene with a John Bryan vibe.

But rather than hire a musician, you just tell the music AI to spin something up. Now, Mark, you've done this exercise. What is the AI's version of a John Bryan soundtrack?

But rather than hire a musician, you just tell the music AI to spin something up. Now, Mark, you've done this exercise. What is the AI's version of a John Bryan soundtrack?

But rather than hire a musician, you just tell the music AI to spin something up. Now, Mark, you've done this exercise. What is the AI's version of a John Bryan soundtrack?

So Mark, I think people could debate whether your John Bryan riff was better or whether they prefer the AI version. But there are, in fact, much more impressive examples. In one job, you were asked to score a scene that had an Alfred Hitchcock vibe. And so you went to AI to see if it could cook something up that sounded like a Hitchcock film.

So Mark, I think people could debate whether your John Bryan riff was better or whether they prefer the AI version. But there are, in fact, much more impressive examples. In one job, you were asked to score a scene that had an Alfred Hitchcock vibe. And so you went to AI to see if it could cook something up that sounded like a Hitchcock film.

So Mark, I think people could debate whether your John Bryan riff was better or whether they prefer the AI version. But there are, in fact, much more impressive examples. In one job, you were asked to score a scene that had an Alfred Hitchcock vibe. And so you went to AI to see if it could cook something up that sounded like a Hitchcock film.

So a classical orchestra playing something anxious and evocative for a thriller. What happened?

So a classical orchestra playing something anxious and evocative for a thriller. What happened?

So a classical orchestra playing something anxious and evocative for a thriller. What happened?

So what I have to ask here, as I'm listening to the trembling strings and other instruments just emerging to add little pointillist spookiness in a way that just sounds quite human, have you gone back to look at whether... Bernard Herrmann has been totally ripped off here. Like, is this, to a certain extent, just playing something that exists as a fully completed soundtrack to a Hitchcock film?

So what I have to ask here, as I'm listening to the trembling strings and other instruments just emerging to add little pointillist spookiness in a way that just sounds quite human, have you gone back to look at whether... Bernard Herrmann has been totally ripped off here. Like, is this, to a certain extent, just playing something that exists as a fully completed soundtrack to a Hitchcock film?

So what I have to ask here, as I'm listening to the trembling strings and other instruments just emerging to add little pointillist spookiness in a way that just sounds quite human, have you gone back to look at whether... Bernard Herrmann has been totally ripped off here. Like, is this, to a certain extent, just playing something that exists as a fully completed soundtrack to a Hitchcock film?

Or do you detect, do you know that there's true originality here with, I guess, originality in heavy quotation marks?

Or do you detect, do you know that there's true originality here with, I guess, originality in heavy quotation marks?

Or do you detect, do you know that there's true originality here with, I guess, originality in heavy quotation marks?