![]() ![]() The lyrics of the second verse explain his actions while the bass and the keys pick up reinforcing the passionate feeling you get when thinking of someone you love, No matter where we go from here. By creating this song, they have let the audience in on a little secret as to why William is who he is. Yes, William was about to achieve his dreams, but how could he stay in Memphis to do that when the very song that got him to this point is based on his loyalty to his mother? What a brilliant play by the writers. He received a call from his ailing mother in Pittsburgh, and although she told him not to come, he immediately packed his bags and left his budding success in Memphis to be by her side. Unfortunately, things don’t always work out the way you’d hope, and for young William in the flashback this was a truth he was okay with facing. At the end of the sequence you’re left to see how this song has turned this group from a cover band into something real. It could be months or years, but each time they play it the crowd grows larger and their faces grow happier. The scene then continues with the band playing this song over a period of time. It’s filled to the brim with soul and has the signature Memphis blues sound all over it. Open up your suite case when you get there tonight. Brian Tyree Henry holds zero emotion back as he sings the verse, Standing at the station, It’s his way of saying that they will always be there for each other, as they always have been, even miles away. He wrote “We Can Always Come Back To This” as a way of coping in her absence. In the flashback she recently left him to take care of family in Pittsburgh. This first verse is very much about the bond William and his mother shared while he was growing up. Immediately his cousin hoists him to the stage and the band begins to play the first verse of the song. His cousin, played by Brian Tyree Henry, teasingly approaches him at the bar where the band often plays and a solemn William proclaims, “I’ve been writing and I think it might be good.” And thus, “We Can Always Come Back To This” is born. The song is first introduced in a flashback during William’s days of being in a band with his cousin. “We Can Always Come Back To This” – Brian Tyree Henry “We Can Always Come Back To This” is a soulful ballad used twice in the episode to send one simple, powerful message: make memories with the people you love and they will stay with you forever. “Memphis,” focuses on two of the shows main characters, Randall and his birth father William, as they travel back to William’s hometown of (you guessed it) Memphis so William can say goodbye before he passes away from cancer. It was actually written into the script as a scene of its own, being an original song that one of the main characters, William, writes and performs with his band. Perhaps the biggest stand out in the series so far was the original song penned by Khosla and songwriter Chris Pierce “ We Can Always Come Back To This,” airing in episode 16, titled “Memphis.” A welcomed twist, this song isn’t simply placed in the background to emphasize a scene. Show composer Siddhartha Khosla does an outstanding job in elevating the emotion of This Is Us with thoughtful song choices and an outstanding original score. The stories are compelling and the characters are real, but there’s another element to it that isn’t getting the attention it deserves. It’s everything everyone says it is…and more. ![]() If you don’t watch this show, do yourself a favor and tune in. Sadly, This Is Us ended its first season recently - but have no fear, the series has already been picked up for two more seasons. There’s a science as to how and why certain songs are placed within specific moments of a story they exist to elevate the scene in a way that can only be done by music. Music plays perhaps the largest role in actually making us feel so intensely for what we see on screen. This is due in part to the story and the characters, but also to the music. Atwood Magazine is excited to announce Sound Tracks (formerly Film Notes), a column in which we feature moments from current television and film and how they are heavily impacted and elevated by music. We all have those moments when watching our favorite movie or TV show: The ones where you find yourself unexpectedly wiping a tear from your cheek, or realizing your heart is racing just a little too fast, or even experiencing extreme yet irrational joy.
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