Overview
- In a People excerpt from Never Mind the Happy, Shaiman recounts pausing his morning pot habit to score Misery in 1990, then quitting altogether.
- He writes that the long days and technical demands of film scoring made working after smoking in the morning unworkable.
- Shaiman credits Reiner with helping him shed the belief that he needed to be high to write and arrange music.
- The memoir reflects on his extensive collaboration with Reiner on films including When Harry Met Sally, Misery and A Few Good Men.
- Coverage notes the book was completed before recent reports of Reiner’s death and his son’s related murder charges, which the excerpt does not address.