“Take the night train. Take the sun, the dog, the friend. Take them and fly…” <br />https://vimeo.com/197970865 <br />A little girl travels alone to a small island in the Pacific looking for her lost grandparents but instead finds a doomed dog living alone inside one abandoned train station, not far from a spooky graveyard. With darkness coming fast she decides to spend the night with this strange blade carrying dog hoping to make a difference and in the end, makes a great discovery. Her name is Joan and this is her story. <br /> <br />One cold November night while out walking I heard a wonderful symphony. It was The Fox Symphony by Lalo Schifrin. Quickly it brightened my day. And there and then because of this fabulous symphony of light, I could see my book Midnight Train to Joan come to life. I could see Joan, Wando and Susan riding the lost railway with their rooster perched like a sail. And because they are riding the wonder express of Lalo Schifrin's musical tour de force, I knew they are in safe hands and would for sure reach wherever they are going. <br /> It took a good month and more, planning and animating. The result isn’t fantastic but it was fun. My book was finally living! <br /> For some reason I always thought the back notes of E.T. by John Williams reads “Thanks, John. You gave life. Steven Spielberg.” I was way out. It was a composite of his notes from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Yet Lalo Schifrin’s The Fox Symphony, did and still does that for me. It “gave life”. Thank you. <br />This Fox Symphony is abridged. Please check out the full rainbow version. <br />https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-fox/id266543285 <br /> <br />the making of Midnight TrainTo Joan https://midnighttraintojoan.wordpress.com/
