11. The Sounds of Steinbeck's Chinatown
Sep 6, 2021
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John Steinbeck was born near Chinatown in Salinas, California, a place where people of all races and nationalities gathered. He played there as a boy, even more so as a man, and its people inspired some of his best characters. I composed the music and sound for three Exhibitions at The National Steinbeck Center about the people who lived in or were touched by this place, inspired by stories as ancient as the spice trade, and as new as the great-grandchildren now being born to its elders. People of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Mexican and mixed ancestry have been coming to the Monterey-Salinas area since the 1500s. The sounds and music they heard narrates their journey and this film.