Jul 11, 2026 · 55 min · 12 segments
In 1974 I wrote the music for a film at Warner Bros. called Zandy’s Bride. The picture was directed by a famous Swedish film maker named Jan Troell and starred Gene Hackman and Liv Ullman. In this…
Michael FranksHostVeronica NunnHostSo, uh, I'd like to start with a phrase you had in your notes, "Lost in the horse latitudes." What was that? [laughs] What is that?
Well, as I understand it, the horse latitudes, uh, are thirty degrees north and south of the equator, I think.
It's where there's very little wind and where, uh, you know, sailors often found themselves adrift without much, you know, wind to propel them in the directions they wanted to go in.
Um, I, I had made the record, uh, the first record, uh, the eponymous Michael Franks album, uh, for a comp-- for that company called Brut, Brut Fabergé, and they, um, picked up, picked up an option.
They did so, but they didn't, uh, send me into-- They didn't really want me to record.
They weren't, they weren't sure what they were gonna do with their record company, and it turned out they didn't do much with it at all after that.
I, I knew there was kind of some interest possibly, potentially at Warner Brothers, uh, but it was just sort of vague.
And, uh, there was one person there who was a big fan of mine who helped me, and he happened to be the head of music at Warner Brothers Pictures.
So, uh, I'd like to start with a phrase you had in your notes, "Lost in the horse latitudes." What was that? [laughs] What is that?
Well, as I understand it, the horse latitudes, uh, are thirty degrees north and south of the equator, I think.
It's where there's very little wind and where, uh, you know, sailors often found themselves adrift without much, you know, wind to propel them in the directions they wanted to go in.
Um, I, I had made the record, uh, the first record, uh, the eponymous Michael Franks album, uh, for a comp-- for that company called Brut, Brut Fabergé, and they, um, picked up, picked up an option.
They did so, but they didn't, uh, send me into-- They didn't really want me to record.
They weren't, they weren't sure what they were gonna do with their record company, and it turned out they didn't do much with it at all after that.
I, I knew there was kind of some interest possibly, potentially at Warner Brothers, uh, but it was just sort of vague.
And, uh, there was one person there who was a big fan of mine who helped me, and he happened to be the head of music at Warner Brothers Pictures.
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