Hollywood, CA- Truth be told, the only adult movie award that Will Ryder still yearns to win is that for best music soundtrack and this year the versatile adult movie director/producer has a chance of taking home the trophy with his marvelous set of music for the Adam & Eve/ X-Play parody of Sylvester Stallone’s fight classic Rocky.
Known mostly for his funny television show parodies and numerous young girl lines, Ryder bit off a bit more than he should have chewed in writing, arranging, producing, playing and recording a set of 11 musical compositions for Rocky XXX that are mostly classical in nature.
There are no guarantees in life or in porn but the hundreds of hours that went into creating what is one of the most complex and beautiful non-library musical scores ever featured in an adult movie will not have gone in vein if he comes up empty at the AVN Award Show in Las Vegas later this month.
“I’m as proud of this musical score as I am for anything I’ve ever done in this industry so win or lose I can look back with satisfaction at a job well-done but there is nothing like winning in Las Vegas and this would be huge,” Ryder remarked.
Now viewers can get an inside look at how those recording sessions took place. The enjoyable video is available for free on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Omi2YNTLU
What Ryder did was spend weeks studying Bill Conti’s Rocky score before going into the recording studio for 13 days where he arranged, composed, altered and arranged what is long considered a masterpiece in American cinema. Brass instrument parts including trumpet, trombone, coronet, flugel horn and tuba had to be written, played and recorded.
String arrangements had to be created, played and accurately voiced on synthesizers and rhythm tracks had to be assembled including period appropriate guitars, bass guitars and percussion plus vocals involving top Hollywood session singers had to be sung all with his musical partner Rock Hardson in the control room.
What made him go to these lengths for porn music?
“I really don’t know I guess I might be crazy but I actually believe that even porn deserves the respect of excellent music.”
Winning dozens of award trophies including AVN Director of the Year has created a lasting reputation but with a long history in the music business before entering the wonderful world of porn, Ryder still dreams of standing in this elusive winner’s circle.
Disclaimer: This film is a parody. United Artists, MGM,Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Sylvester Stallone, Bill Conti or the producers or director of Rocky in no way authorize, endorse or sponsor this movie or the music.