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Oct 07, 2006

John Williams directs new film score

...with his new composing partner. It's like, perfect for Close Encounters II.

Nice one, Elle

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Yay, cute and awesome sounding!

Mindy
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 04:38 PM

What is it about kitties and keyboards? Growing up we had a piano and whenever we left the lid open our cat would jump right on the keys.

auntiecoagulant
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 04:41 PM

:O IM SCARED

Jaeby
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 04:49 PM

What a talented little fluffball! I hope that keyboard was recording that cool space music he was making with his fluffy belly and paws.

Brak_Silverbone
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 04:50 PM

He can play! he can jump!thats a chipmonk playing cat!

Aldi :D
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 04:52 PM

Encore!

kdub
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 04:53 PM

Pretty little kitty in white sox ...

gently and daintily helping compose delicate music for our hearts ...

such a soothing scene ... nature's wonders never cease ...

HRHQueenCat
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 04:54 PM

Cat: The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Puffypaws. Her five-year mission: To explore strange new keyboards; to seek out new mice and new civilizations; to boldly go where no kitty has gone before.

Not That Mike The Other Mike
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 04:56 PM

Oooh ooh ooh - can I be the first to say it? Can I can I can I pleeeeeeeeease? "Close Encounters of the Furred Kind"?

Tony James
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 04:59 PM

Ok, there are some piks uploaded on Teh Vox del Teejio, including some kittins in Damascus (Meg - Teh OvahLood's roving report's expense report is in the post) - eyebeams just for Teh-0 :)

Tony James
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 05:03 PM

Oh, that is a beautiful symphony! What a cutie, doesn't even seem phased by the sound. He must spend loooots of time on that keyboard

Michele
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 05:07 PM

damn it's soooo cuuute!!! =D so fluffy!!

kodomo_ja_nai
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 05:17 PM

Senor FluffyFace here has a dark and brooding side. Awwwwww. ^.^

Lizzy
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 05:36 PM

There's an old ragtime-type piece called "Kitten on the Keys" by Zez Confrey. I don't know if it was inspired by a kitten as cute as this one.

Zap
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 05:47 PM

The kittie eyes! I love floofy baby kitties, with white markings around their eyes. They look SOOooo sweet!

Julie
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 05:47 PM

What a clever kitten!

Sarah
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 06:09 PM

She plays much better than I do. Scroll past the vid and listen without viewing--it's kinda kweepy sounding...[pulls covers over head]

jaypo
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 06:23 PM

musical kitten! those big paws are too adorables...

little miao
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 06:46 PM

My head just exploded from cuteness.............

JCat
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 07:11 PM

dis kitty has mouse encounters of the purry kind.

Janie
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 07:14 PM

Now if only that little sweetie is named like Mozart or Bach or something like that.

Velvet Rose
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 07:28 PM

That's too adorable for words. ._. Furred kind. Thats cute =]

Katherine
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 07:42 PM

There is a piano solo song called "Les Chats" that was inspired by a cat walking across piano keys. ike McKittersons here, the song has odd intervals and key changes. I immediately thought of Les Chats when I saw this clip...gotta love that kitty floof!

Jackie from Michigan
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 07:48 PM

and you can hear the kitten kinda singing along...

deirdre
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 07:56 PM

Wow, that is one pretty kitty!! Did someone put a cat on my keyboard?! (I have one just like it!)

Darcy
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 08:14 PM

That produced some quite nice chords.

VaCKo
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 08:23 PM

OMIGOD!!!! I have been reading CO for a while...but that kitty is so MINE! I will EAT FUZZY FOR LUNCH!!! SO CUUUUUTE! faint/thud...

Melodie
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 08:54 PM

Sweet lil' maine coon kitten! Love 'em!

maria
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 09:38 PM

Someone should get him to compose for a horror flick! This little's guy's a natural! He'll certainly scare the hell out of me if he played that on Halloween!

Jess
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 09:56 PM

Aw, it wants to know where the sound's coming from.

Kendally
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 10:26 PM

Ol' Two-Note McKitterson's been playing at the pianny again. What's he scoring this time? The shower scene for Psycute-o?

And completely random and OT, but check out this long but lovely video about Skidboot, the dog:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5249518974978628334q=skidboothl=en%3e

AuntieMame
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 10:35 PM

Space Opera Creepy!

Would make for great sampling!

Rafael
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 11:01 PM

This kitty has obviously been taking keyboard lessons from Mr. Bounce:

http://www.squidgrid.com/images/misc/bounce_on_piano.jpg

(note the sheet music 'neath his tidy paws)

J. Bo
 |  Oct 07, 2006 at 11:40 PM

@Zap - couldn't resist looking up Zez Confrey's "Kitten on the Keys" you mentioned - thanks for the heads up! There's a wav of the old ragtimey piece here:

http://tinyurl.com/z7b2p

Haven't looked up Jackie from Michigan's "Les Chats" recommendation yet...

Gary Fixler
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 12:24 AM

Mr. Carrot-tail put his paws on the ebony and ivory. The croud goes "Aaaaahn"

Gustav
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 12:49 AM

pleeeeeeeeeeeeease can i have this kiddykat !!! its the cutest little kitten ive ever seen !!!

InsanityKnocks
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 01:26 AM

PAWS!! DANGLING!!! OFF....KEYBOARD!!!

*spacks*

*n

penski
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 02:36 AM

I love how the kitten looks so puzzled by the sound the piano is making. And the composition gets thicker and more intensive when he is about flip off the keyboard :D

Lisa
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 02:40 AM

J.Bo

Did Mr Bounce compose 'Cat Walk' or just preparing it

http://www.squidgrid.com/images/misc/bounce_on_piano.jpg

Dewi

Dewi CasGwent
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 04:10 AM

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

TJ - "Close Encounters Of The Furred Kinds" - Good one!

Subhangi
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 06:11 AM

Kitty was amazingly soothed by those celestial chords. At one point, down on the lower end, it looked like Kitty wanted to go back to sleep in a minor key. :-P

Quick, without internet help, who here can remember the names of the three kittens in Aristocats?

ElfOwl
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 08:45 AM

Wish I had that octave range. What a talented kitteh.

book_monstercats
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 08:45 AM

>>Did Mr Bounce compose 'Cat Walk' or just preparing it<<

Only Theo knows, Dewi.

J. Bo
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 10:47 AM

Good question Elfowl. I can't remember, but I can see (and hear!) them in my mind, practicing their scales and their arpeggios. Aw. Love that scene.

soxfan
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 11:13 AM

Elfowl,
argh! I remember there were one girl and two boys. and soxfan, I love that scene too. but the names? I *think* the boys were named after composers, something like Berlioz mebbe? no clue on the girl.

mariser
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 11:33 AM

Berlioz was one, Mariser. And I remember the mouse was Roquefort.

J. Bo
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 11:44 AM

Toulouse was the orange one. He was my fav. ^_^

Koneko
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 12:07 PM

That was so cute. awww :)

Justine
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 01:37 PM

NTMTOM -- re: Star Trek the Next Generation theme music -- that was my first thought, too.
Needs more French horn, though. (And I gotta have more cowbell.)

Theo
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 03:22 PM

And the little girl was Marie, I believe.

ElfOwl
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 05:08 PM

Can't wait to see the movie it's for - sounds like a scary suspense thriller! But that ended - a plot twist? Was it all just a psych out? One of those horror films that keeps setting you up for a scare but then it's nothing?!? Oh, the suspense!

Laura
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 05:47 PM

That kitteh is all like, where's that noise coming from? I must now do an interpretative dance to it. Now I don't like it, I'm all outies.

Thats what he's like.

PuppyMomma
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 07:34 PM

Good grief, I just noticed somebody *else* had posted the link to the old shot of Mr. Bounce on the piano.

J. Bo & Dewi -- no, he's not the composer. Sad truth is, Bounce never even fully got the hang of it. I mean, it sounded good enough at the recital, but it was purely mechanical. All technique & finesse, without any musicality or feeling.

Still, it *was* cool to watch. Beats "Dance Dance Revolution" any day.
;)

Theo
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 08:08 PM

Coolest cat evar!!! All other cats are lesser.
Expect for perhaps Invisacat and the cat that chased the bear up the tree. :oD

EricaE
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 08:39 PM

Ok, that's too cute. I had to put that up on Matrixsynth: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2006/10/kitten-composer.html. The site is dedicated to synths, and for some bizarre reason, cats seem to make a regular appearance. It seems out of all pets, cats are at the top of the list for keyboard players. BTW, JD is my cat on CuteCaps: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2006/07/my-cat-programs-synths.html. I'd link to the shot on CuteCaps but it looks like it's "taking a nap" at the moment. : )

matrix
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 09:47 PM

Well, you know what they say, Theo:

"Those (cats) who can't do(-wop), teach."

J. Bo
 |  Oct 08, 2006 at 10:11 PM

Hey, what breed is that cat? I would really like to find out. It's so cute!

Jonathan
 |  Oct 09, 2006 at 12:01 AM

So talented! So cute! GENIUS GRANT PLEASE.

Rodent Break
 |  Oct 09, 2006 at 12:17 AM

Does he do parties?

Sharyn
 |  Oct 09, 2006 at 12:53 AM

Realy cute little film. Can't wait to see another.

Aleksandar
 |  Oct 09, 2006 at 06:50 AM

Seriously, I'm a musician and that was better than most of the modern conceptual music that I have to play...

faycat
 |  Oct 09, 2006 at 09:49 AM

Depussy

Weronika
 |  Oct 09, 2006 at 12:42 PM

"uh huh, yeah, I don't care what that HACK Philip Glass had to say-- get me the CAT on the freakin' PHONE-- that soundtrack'll be box office GOLD for 'Grudge 3'!"

cosmiquemuffin
 |  Oct 09, 2006 at 02:55 PM

O.K. The music is pretty damn good for one so young. But that kitten is just DE-LISH. I wanna nibble on his fuzzy ears!!!!

Wendy
 |  Oct 09, 2006 at 06:08 PM

Cosmique -- got something against orchestral club-trance?
;)
Anyway Phil's not hurting; he just scored "The Illusionist" (pretty well, I thought).

Theo
 |  Oct 09, 2006 at 06:29 PM

I dunno, sounds a lot like the Twin Peaks soundtrack to me. Praise for the kitten technique!

Angelique
 |  Oct 10, 2006 at 04:51 AM

*blinkblinkblink* ... *shudder*
Creepy. The cute kitty takes a lot of the punch out of it, though. ^^

(I moved. I have unearthed my kitchen and sort of unearthed the office. But I ain't DONE yet! Waaaah! *watches the kitty again, w/ the sound off*)

Thorne
 |  Oct 10, 2006 at 05:26 AM

Fuzzy *AND* talented!

acelightning
 |  Oct 10, 2006 at 09:19 PM

I'd say that's more John Cage than John Williams...

Karen
 |  Oct 12, 2006 at 03:42 PM

This was just on Ellen!!!!

Hilary
 |  Oct 13, 2006 at 07:40 AM

You know, Ellen Degeneres would make an EXCELLENT C.O. guest interview.
And Mister T.

Meg? Who can we call??

Theo
 |  Oct 13, 2006 at 07:46 AM

Aww. I didn't get to watch this vid before it started to say "This video is no longer available.". :(

Lizzie
 |  Apr 30, 2007 at 12:58 PM

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