Transcript for the Piece Audio version of Wendy & Lisa: Former Prince divas become heroic composers

[sonar sound] + This is an Echo Location: Soundings for New Music.

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DID YOU CATCH IT? THAT'S THE THEME TO THE TV SERIES, HEROES AND IT MIGHT BE THE SHORTEST THEME ON TELEVISION RIGHT NOW. THE THEME WAS CREATED BY LISA COLEMAN AND WENDY MELVOIN.

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WM: You know what? We were absolutely blown away when they said they wanted 10 seconds. And how were we going to make something memorable at 10 seconds?

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THE THEME TO HEROES MAY FLY BY QUICKER THAN ITS CHARACTERS JUMP THROUGH TIME, BUT THE REST OF THAT SHOW IS A NON-STOP CINEMATIC SWIRL THAT RANGES FROM THE ORCHESTRAL TO AMBIENT, EAST TO WEST, POIGNANCY TO RAGE.

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YOU MIGHT REMEMBER LISA COLEMAN AND WENDY MELVOIN AS WENDY AND LISA, THE THE VAMPED UP GUITARIST AND KEYBOARDIST FOR PRINCES REVOLUTION IN THE 1980S.

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PRINCE FIRED THEM IN 1986 AND AFTER A FEW CDS THAT RECEIVED MIXED RECEPTION, THE DUO FOUND THEMSELVES CREATING TV SOUNDTRACKS AND FILM SCORES. THEY CAN BE HEARD ON SHOWTIMES NURSE JACKIE, FOXES VIRTUALITY AND MOST NOTABLY, NBC'S HEROES.

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A SONIC SIGNATURE TO THEIR SCORE IS THE VOICE OF INDIAN MUSICIAN SHANKAR, FORMERLY KNOWN AS VIOLINIST L. SHANKAR FROM THE GROUP SHAKTI. LISA COLEMAN.

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LC: ....it’s when somebody’s power actually happens or when somebody discovers they have a power or when somebody will be running and then all of sudden, they can run really fast, like, “Whoa! What just happened?” We’ll do a Shankar voice.

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THEY RECENTLY RELEASED THEIR OWN ALBUM, "WHITE FLAGS ON WINTER CHIMNEYS" AND YOU CAN HEAR THE INFLUENCE OF SOUNDTRACKS IN THEIR OWN MUSIC.

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WM: it’s just a huge influence now on when we write a pop song. We were able to really pick apart each song like little mini movies

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LISA COLEMAN AND WENDY MELVOIN'S SOUNDTRACK TO HEROES HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED AND THE LATEST CD BY WENDY AND LISA IS WHITE FLAGS FOR WINTER CHIMNEYS. I'M JOHN DILIBERTO AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ECHO LOCATION, SOUNDINGS FOR NEW MUSIC.

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