I didn't finish watching my recording of this year's Emmy broadcast until last night and during the In Memoriam I was surprised to see that Chris Ledesma has passed away:
(http://www.dsboards.com/1991/Ledesma.jpg)
Who is Chris Ledesma? some of you may ask. Well, he was the Music Editor on the '91 DS. And I might not have remembered that if it wasn't for the fact that I've recently started rewatching the '91 DS (to incorporate a certain aspect of it into something we're already doing - but more on that in April) and I've been seeing his credit -
(http://www.dsboards.com/1991/Ledesma_Credit.jpg)
- at the end of every ep. Though Ledsma also appeared in a portion of a segment the Today Show did on the '91 DS back on January 9, 1991. Here's a video of that portion (he's the one in red) -
- (love how he answers that Willie is the one who lights all the candles [snow_cheesy]) - and Bob Cobert actually mentioned Ledesma during his 2010 Fest appearance, as Midnite so kindly reported back in her report on that appearance:
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He said the Revival Series had wall to wall music-- 30 - 40 minutes of it, but he never had more than 3 days to write a score. Chris Ledesma was the music editor for the '91 series (and is credited on the soundtrack [the first Festival mention of it?!]); his job consisted of taking notes, followed by a spotting session the next day; ...
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