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I wonder how JW used the accordion in this score. Did he do it subtle, like in POA's "Squeeze Play v.1" or did he really use it as a solo instrument?

It's just called "Squeeze Play."

Why not call it The Knight Bus, so people know what the hell you are talking about?

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I hope the accordion stuff is really minimal

We got enough of it in The Terminal

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I hope the accordion stuff is really minimal

We got enough of it in The Terminal

I suspect Williams will use the ethnic instruments much as he does in the Indy scores, providing some colour for the locales and characters, not as significant solo instruments. He mentioned how he loves the little travelogue style map montages in Indy and coming up with the suitable musical suggestion of the destination he is travelling to. I am sure it will be much like the Chinese flourishes at Club Obi Wan in ToD or the brief sitar moments when Indy arrives to India.

But it could be that Haddock possibly has his own sea shanty theme with accordion adding some buffoonery to his character. And I think if used well it would fit quite nicely.

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I wonder how JW used the accordion in this score. Did he do it subtle, like in POA's "Squeeze Play v.1" or did he really use it as a solo instrument?

It's just called "Squeeze Play."

Yes, but i meant the first version.

I hope the accordion stuff is really minimal

We got enough of it in The Terminal

I suspect Williams will use the ethnic instruments much as he does in the Indy scores, providing some colour for the locales and characters, not as significant solo instruments. He mentioned how he loves the little travelogue style map montages in Indy and coming up with the suitable musical suggestion of the destination he is travelling to. I am sure it will be much like the Chinese flourishes at Club Obi Wan in ToD or the brief sitar moments when Indy arrives to India.

But it could be that Haddock possibly has his own sea shanty theme with accordion adding some buffoonery to his character. And I think if used well it would fit quite nicely.

Brief? I think almost half of the score has Eastern percussion.

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Well if you want to count the percussion ethnic, which it is in ToDs case, but furthermore possibly annoying then you are right. But I was referring to the more exotic things than pure percussion. Sitar, while a nice touch would have been quite agonizing if JW had say chosen it as a solo instrument for the whole score. This was KMs fear and that is what I was trying allay meaning that we don't probably hear the accordion on every other track.

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I think accordion is a very appropiate choice for this score and I loved it in The Terminal.

Depends on how it is used in the context. And yes it was very fitting for Terminal as well.

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I suspect Williams will use the ethnic instruments much as he does in the Indy scores, providing some colour for the locales and characters, not as significant solo instruments. He mentioned how he loves the little travelogue style map montages in Indy and coming up with the suitable musical suggestion of the destination he is travelling to. I am sure it will be much like the Chinese flourishes at Club Obi Wan in ToD or the brief sitar moments when Indy arrives to India.

Yes

But it could be that Haddock possibly has his own sea shanty theme with accordion adding some buffoonery to his character. And I think if used well it would fit quite nicely.

No

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Thank you Jason for that small detail regarding the accordion. KM can sleep in peace now until the score is released. Well at least on this aspect of the music. :)

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Isn't an accordion more associated with France rather then Belgium?

What's the difference? They're both in Europe, right?

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Yes...

But yeah, accordion is more French or Italian, for Belgia you should use chromatic harmonica.

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Isn't an accordion more associated with France rather then Belgium?

It could be used for some scenes for Haddock in the film, who is a sailor, and to whom the instrument is also very often associated. And hey Belgium is near France. Local European color. :P

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Isn't an accordion more associated with France rather then Belgium?

It could be used for some scenes for Haddock in the film, who is a sailor, and to whom the instrument is also very often associated. And hey Belgium is near France. Local European color. :P

I hate French people...

They don't want to learn our language, whilst we HAVE to learn it.

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Isn't an accordion more associated with France rather then Belgium?

It could be used for some scenes for Haddock in the film, who is a sailor, and to whom the instrument is also very often associated. And hey Belgium is near France. Local European color. :P

Isn't Haddock supposed to be Scottish, in the film version, anyway ? Serkis' accent in the trailer tell me he is. I even think he presents himself to Tintin as "McHaddock", in the trailer.

Nah, he has french roots.

His great-great-great-grandfather was called "Hadoque". He is the captain of the "Unicorn".

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I hate French people...

Yes...yeeeeesss

They don't want to learn our language, whilst we HAVE to learn it.

You are from Wallonia?

Nah, he has french roots.

His great-great-great-grandfather was called "Hadoque". He is the captain of the "Unicorn".

I have Polish roots, but I'm still Dutch.

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What the hell? Im from Flanders.

Hoe kom je daar nou bij?

Die Nederlanders hè...

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Because you say you have to learn French.

I never new Flanders people were taught French.

Apologies accepted, dutchman.

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I don't apologize.

[dutch]Ik wist dat je dat ging zeggen.[/dutch]

I knew you were going to say that.

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I've visited Flanders many times when my girlfriend lived there.

Thank good she moved here....

Je kon het niet beter zeggen.

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I never knew Flanders people were taught French.

They should be being taught spanish, but history did not treat us well ;)

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I never knew Flanders people were taught French.

They should be being taught spanish, but history did not treat us well ;)

I love spanish. We have the option to learn it.

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We have the option to learn Spanish as well, it was just that nobody gave a shit about it and then dropped it.

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Isn't an accordion more associated with France rather then Belgium?

It could be used for some scenes for Haddock in the film, who is a sailor, and to whom the instrument is also very often associated. And hey Belgium is near France. Local European color. :P

Haddock's Theme is most commonly played on bass clarinet and bassoon

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Isn't an accordion more associated with France rather then Belgium?

It could be used for some scenes for Haddock in the film, who is a sailor, and to whom the instrument is also very often associated. And hey Belgium is near France. Local European color. :P

Haddock's Theme is most commonly played on bass clarinet and bassoon

Oh just PM me all the details already! Dropping hints is making me too impatient!

Nice to know Haddock has received classic JW woodwind comedy music. :)

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That was not just a hint, that was information! Yay, thanks Jason! :)

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Ooh, so the theme played at the beginning of Tinker-Tin is Haddock's theme?

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I know! Every single day I search various retail outlets for glimpses of the soundtrack being listed, and there's nothing.

Surely any day now we will get some news

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I know! Every single day I search various retail outlets for glimpses of the soundtrack being listed, and there's nothing.

Surely any day now we will get some news

They are being almost unusually secretive when the soundtrack is concerned. No news and the film is released in Europe in about 6 weeks.

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It's quite odd. Maybe Sony Classical won't be releasing the OST in Europe until December either?

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It's quite odd. Maybe Sony Classical won't be releasing the OST in Europe until December either?

I just hope that is not the case. It would be unfair as it is certainly our turn to get the soundtrack release first for once. :P

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Sony CANCELS plans for Tintin c.d.!

"Market for orchestral scores not profitable enough , we might do a soundtracks with songs or something" exec says

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Sony CANCELS plans for Tintin c.d.!

"Market for orchestral scores not profitable enough , we might do a soundtracks with songs or something" exec says

Album is to be called

Music, which does not mean the weird stuff that has no singing or pop beats,

In No Way Inspired By and Totally Unrelated to the Motion Picture

Adventures of Tintin.

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At the shock of hearing the news John Williams has a Heart attack, Hans Zimmer to score Robopocalypse, Trevor Rabin to score Lincoln.

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It's quite odd. Maybe Sony Classical won't be releasing the OST in Europe until December either?

:blink: You're freaking kidding, right?

So moving to Europe was for nothing???

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It's quite odd. Maybe Sony Classical won't be releasing the OST in Europe until December either?

Unlikely, I guess. I should contact my own sources at Sony Music Italy and ask them if they already know something.

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It's VERY unlikely, especially since the movie is released (except for in North America) worldwide in October/November.

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War Horse is for pre-order for DECEMBER and nothing on the TinTin OST?

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Maybe Tin Tin is like the Sugarland Express and Williams doesn't want it released.

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