It was in that film that I first heard Arlen's sorrowful ballad. I've been playing this solo piano arrangement for some time now. One nice thing about playing solo piano is the total control you have over the musical expression. I named Speak Memory after the title of Vladimir Nabokov's autobiography. As a teenager, I imbibed books from my father's expansive library.
All art is self-referential, however abstract the allusion.
My past and present speak to me through this music. I hope they'll speak to you.