Rocking in the Free World

I have finally been able to zero in on what I think is my dream job. Notice I said ‘Dream’ and this probably means that there isn’t a job out there which fits this description in any case. It is probably something I’d like to do to pay the bills and keep some money stashed aside for post-retirement.

I can’t believe I am thinking that far ahead already.

Nevertheless, coming back to my dream job requirement, I guess it has nothing to do with a lot of stuff I have done so far to earn my daily chappati-subzi and bowl of rice and sambar. However, it combines quite a few of the things that I really love doing, and would hence be a brilliant hobby that could work out to be a full time profession.

I first made a reference to something similar in this post, lauding how a certain celebrity fortunate enough to share my birthday got an Oscar for making a mixed tape.

The Dream Job I would like to have is to be a soundtrack man for a movie. Basically, I want to be the guy who reads the script, watches the rough cut of the movie and is given the authority to put in music in the background by coming up with a list of songs that would be appropriate for the moment.

This job would involve doing many of my favourite things – listen to new music intently, watch a lot of movies, exercise a strong degree of creativity to get the perfect background music going, (derived from all possible sources) to kick in at the perfect moment and make for a great movie-viewing experience.

I’ve realized that most white collar jobs that require a certain level of specialization entail creativity in some form or the other. I somehow feel that one of the situations I would perform optimally would be like in the one I just described above.

So if any of you know whether such a job really exists, let me know and I’ll see if I can do something more than just bleg about it.