Semi-improvised and cinematic in their approach, their anachronistic style has been applied to various epochs (VIKING WIVES, PILGRIMS) and adaptations of literary classics such as East of Eden, Ethan Frome, Little Women, and Bright Lights, Big City.
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"Bright Lights Bigger City", a 2010 song by Ben H. Allen, Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, and Tony Reyesn; performed by Cee Lo Green (Callaway) on the The Lady Killer (album)
Bright Lights, Big City adapted in 1988, screenplay McInerney, directed by James Bridges, starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates
Reed's recordings of "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Big Boss Man" were voted two of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
She also made a foray into film acting, playing the mother of Danny Thomas in Big City (1948), which also starred Robert Preston, George Murphy, Margaret O'Brien and Betty Garrett.
He has also composed widely for film and television, including the 1988 Mike Nichols film Working Girl (with Carly Simon), the film Bright Lights, Big City (with Donald Fagen), and the HBO hit series Sex and the City.
Three songs from the album—"Naughty Dread" by Kardinal Offishall, "Fitnredi" by Rascalz, and "Bright Lights, Big City" by Scales Empire—were nominated for Best Rap Recording at the 1997 Juno Awards.
The first single from the album is "Bright Lights, Big City," written by Mother Vinegar frontman Karl Engelmann, who is also a member of Ali Baba's Tahini with Umphrey's guitarist Jake Cinninger.