A humorous and poignant look at the man behind the music; W.G. Snuffy Walden has written the soundtrack of our lives. Fr | dG1fTHJxNng1VE5Calk
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 - Snuffy Walden is probably the most versatile
00:16 television composer of all time.
00:19 - He was the guy who wrote the theme to 30-Something,
00:21 which I loved.
00:23 - I don't think the Wonder Years would be remembered
00:25 as positively or experienced as warmly when it was on
00:29 if it weren't for his work.
00:30 - He knew exactly what instrument to use for what character
00:34 and what overall impact the music should have on the scene.
00:37 - Snuffy's just the greatest musician in television.
00:40 (clicking)
00:44 (rock music)
00:48 - The '60s was nothing compared to the '70s.
00:51 The '60s was just like a warmup for what was gonna come.
00:54 - It was exciting times.
00:55 I was 23 and I had my first record deal
00:58 and life was good.
00:59 I thought I was on top of the world.
01:01 - It was before paparazzi, AIDS, mobile phones.
01:05 So we could do what we liked and we did.
01:07 - We rocked hard just like we lived.
01:09 - There was a lot of excess going on,
01:11 especially in the drinking department.
01:12 - You're on stage and you're playing for thousands of people
01:14 and you get in that rush and people applauding
01:17 and you walk up a stage to nothing.
01:18 There's a deep emptiness and loneliness,
01:21 that hole that everybody tries to fill
01:22 with one thing or another.
01:24 - And I remember saying to myself,
01:26 do you know what, you really are an alcoholic.
01:28 - He was unwound and we all are when we get here
01:33 and then we begin to grow.
01:35 - What really knocked me out is when I heard
01:37 that Snuff started doing television.
01:39 - And when the credits went and it said Snuffy Walden,
01:42 what, Snuffy, how did he do that?
01:46 - Snuffy revolutionized the way
01:48 that television sound sounded.
01:51 - What a lifetime, what a story, what a journey.
01:54 ♪ People say I'm going far, I believe it ♪
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