Harrison Ford names his favourite album of all time: “I love it”
Harrison Ford is one of the most respected actors of his generation, and he is responsible for mesmerising multiple generations of film fans through iconic roles in productions like Indiana Jones and Star Wars. It’s a position that means Ford is widely regarded as one of the most legendary actors of all time, helming the cultural behemoths that shaped cinema as we know it today. But his work hasn’t always resided on ther big screen.
While Ford’s legacy is already formidable, he has continued to work on projects such as The Call of the Wild and Apple TV project, Shrinking in recent years to expand his acting vocabulary. Ford’s rightly thought of as lovingly as one does apple pies cooling ona window sill. However, despite his twinkling eye and boyish smile, for a little while, Ford was nowhere near becoming a beloved actor, instead he imbied on the impurities of rock and roll.
While Ford has now established himself as one of the biggest names in the history of Hollywood, there was one point in his career when he almost gave up acting for music. During the 1960s, Ford was a roadie for The Doors and even worked as a second cameraman on a concert film titled Feast of Friend for the iconic band. It was a chance to mix in the with the counterculture explosion that was then drenching California. There’s no doubt that Ford was intoxicated by it.
During that period in his life, Ford had experience working with music icons such as Brian Wilson and The Eagles and their music definitely had a huge impact on his journey as an artist and his creative sensibilities. However, Ford’s favourite album of all time does not belong to any of the aforementioned legends.
When asked about his music preferences, the actor once revealed that the work he would select as his top pick was actually the 1999 album On the Edge by French guitarist Patrick Rondat. In an interview, Rondat himself was confronted by a journalist about Ford’s love for On the Edge but the musician maintained his scepticism about the trivia.
He said: “Well, of course I tried to find out! I’ve never put bullshit like that [online], and I’ve never found anyone who did. As I couldn’t see who would have wanted to do this, I contacted people I know – who are big fans of me – to try to find out if they hadn’t done this to try to help me, a little naively… Finally, I found no one who would have done that.”
At first, Rondat thought that the references to Ford’s favourite album on various websites were rumours started by someone he knew since he could not find an actual source. However, multiple publications have recorded Ford’s preference, and it has also been included on his IMDb page.
Rondat’s has often mentioned the imposing influence of cinema on his music which might explain Ford’s obsession with him. The musician even named some of his favourite composers: “Danny Elfman, I love it. There are so many… Herrmann too, who did the music for Hitchcock. I love Hitchcock, we haven’t talked about that but La Mort aux Trousse, for me it’s another masterpiece in another field. Both for the soundtrack and the film itself, I love it. John Williams, of course…”
Harrison Ford’ position as the count of culture is cemented, and while his choice of music may be a little wayward in matching that stature, there is more than enough to love about the charming actor to allow him the odd misstep.
