That Nip in the Air

Just for future reference, “nip in the air” (hyphenation optional) is a term from the many phone conversations with the Captain to describe the almost subconsciously atmospheric sense of festive anticipation of Halloween, applied specifically to the marriage of set design and musical score to a couple of our ideas for movies for the season. Think, it’s sunny outside, in the upper 50s, and you’re walking around looking at people whipping out pumpkins around town. It’s that nip-in-the-air feeling, when the last vestiges of summer are gone but not even missed.

The good Captain coined it, I canonized it. We’ve been using it as though it were an official term for a few months now.

That Nip in the Air is, consequently, the working title of a suite for the film score that will never be composed for the movie that will never be produced.

Think of the violin stuff from Drag Me To Hell combined with Diagon Alley and the Gringotts Vault (from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) and the last part of Monster Books and Boggarts! (from Prisoner of Azkaban, starting at 1:50). Take all of that and put it in a Camille Saint-Saens-brand blender, then garnish it off with a little cinnamon.

Now you know yet another bit of the Land of Song lexicon, like Orange Cream Soda and the Zombie Horse Motif. Just so you know.