Of Mice and Men (opera) George, at the urging of Candy and Lennie, reads the want ad aloud to them once again as the curtain falls. SCENE ONE. Lennie is disconsolate at having inadvertently killed his puppy, and is hiding it in the loft of the barn when Curley's wife enters, carrying a suitcase and obviously preparing to leave the ranch. She and Lennie begin to confide their dreams and fantasies to each other, neither aware the other is speaking: hers, a glamorous career as a movie star; his, to have pets on his farm. Lennie tells her of his love of stroking soft things,
Lennie Niehaus "Straw Dogs" and "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" by Sam Peckinpah, the comedy "The Bad News Bears" or the horror film "Demon Seed." Since Fielding’s death, Lennie has been a leading film composer in his own right; he always does his own orchestrating for his scores. In films Lennie never forgets his jazz roots. The story of the 1984 film "City Heat" was cast in the 1930s, so he wrote jazz of that period using people like altoist Marshal Royal. Bill Perkins came in and played like Lester. He had a jazz violinist who sounded like Stephane Grappelli.