DarthSimian

Perhaps you would prefer a post containing THAT sort of material, Mr. Befan? :roll: -DS

Ummmm JW?? I think the man would know how he intended his score to be. 3 posts total for you huh? I smell a Sony Classical Rep in disguise here! JW intended to write a score to accompany the action in AOTC. But you're arguing that a composer should decide how his/her cues are arranged in the final cut? Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a director as powerful as Lucas get "final cut?" Doesn't he finance these SW films out of his own pocket? Doesn't his company produce these films? Isn't SW his creation? If he lets his composer decide exactly how the cues are arranged in the finished film, then he really doesn't have "final cut," now does he? As for the "Sony Classical Rep" comment....you got me. I'm none other than Mr. Sony Classical himself! But my friends call me "The Sonemeister." But "Mr. Classical" will do for you, my small friend. -DS

All of these petition signers should put together their own cut of AOTC and arrange all of the musical cues to their liking. Oh wait...then we might have a problem with that pesky little thing called "creative control." The real problem here is some folks don't like the way Lucas arranged the cues. Uh-huh. And tell me, oh great and mighty would-be filmmakers...what exactly is the CORRECT arrangment of these cues? I'm sure everybody has a different answer to that one. Something about too many cooks spoiling something-or-another.... :roll: Would you like some cheese with your whine? -DS

Consider your case rested. And tell me, what exactly IS Williams "vision" of how the movie should have been scored? I didn't think the role of the composer was making such decisions. That's why we have "directors" and that's why we have "composers." If Williams wants to create his own movie, he can arrange the cues however he wishes. Then you can make the judgment you just made in your comment. As far as AOTC is concerned, it's Lucas vision. -DS

I can't understand it when irate fans think they have a right to "unaltered" score from a film. As presented, the argument is hard to refute... it goes something like this: "Give us the score as it was originally INTENDED to be used!" Well, that's all fine and dandy. The only problem is...who the heck knows what music was "originally intended" to be used in the first place? Okay. We know that there was music that was removed from the finale and replaced with a jumble of cues from TPM. So what? I hate to state the painfully obvious, but who am I to demand score from a film in which the filmmaker deemed it unworkable in the final cut? Lucas made the call. For better or for worse, AOTC is his creation (albeit a collaborative one, but Lucas will take either the credit or the blame for the quality of the outcome). He owns the score. He can do with it whatever he wants. You found the jumble of cues distracting? Well, might I suggest you hone your moviewatching abilitities to notice the totality of the work instead of concentrating on the score. If you can't do that, then complain away. Lucas doesn't owe anybody anything. Folks can plump down their seven bucks to see the film, or they can choose not to. Would it be nice to get some unreleased music from AOTC? Indeed it would be. Being a JW fan for the past 24 years of my life, I would buy a new edition of the soundtrack that contained unreleased cues. What fan wouldn't? But that's not the point. What is sad is seeing a petition based on a frivolous complaint that has no logical basis. Reading silly things like "we demand this" and "we demand that," and even though the word "demand" isn't always used, the implication is there in the complaints. I regret that Lucas didn't see fit to use all of Williams' music for AOTC. I also don't doubt that he had his reasons for doing so. Williams is an professional; he knows such tampering is inevitable, even to this degree. Too bad more fans couldn't have the same mature attitude. -DS