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hardtolee420

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  1. I haven't heard the whole thing yet, but its very cool to hear his explanation of the process of scoring a film.
  2. The way I see it, you can relate a movie like ET to a ballet - only without the dancing. Take The Nutcracker, for example. It is a brilliant performance. It has a wonderful story, good dancing, and a beautiful score by Tchaikovsky. If the Nutcracker had stood alone without the music, it would have been a huge disaster. No one would see it. If the original creaters of the show had decided to make it without music, it would have been made very differently. So the creaters of the Nutcracker are in no way bad story tellers or choreographers, but simply good colaborators with Tchaikovsky. Similarly, If Speilburg had intended to make ET without Williams, he would have made it completely different. Therefore, Speilburg (who IMO is the best director alive today) is in no way a bad director, he simply made a "ballet," intending for there to be powerful music playing.
  3. Wow, I have seen 5-tets before, and maybe 9- or 10-, but never all of the others. They must be difficult to count out and play. What are some examples of William's works that use those other divisions? also, jsawruk, do you happen to be a music teacher? Because the only time I've heard meter divisions explained so thuroughly were in the beginning of my AP Music Theory class this year. -Peter who is obsessed with music theory
  4. Hi, I don't read this message board very often, so I appologize if this has already been discussed. I recently heard that Jerry Goldsmith's score for Michel Criton's (sp?) Timeline was canceled. I was surprised to hear this because Jerry Goldsmith is one of the best composers out there. How could a director cancel his score? If anyone knows anything about this, I would love to hear about it. Thanks
  5. i don't believe i've ever heard the force theme. does anyone know where i can download it?
  6. I absolutely loved this film. Though the plot is somewhat disturbing (considering it is possible), it makes for a great, provocotive movie. the only complaint I have is that Ben Affleck had to play the part of Jack Ryan. He's an ok actor, but i think that he gives the movie too much of a sappy, chick-flick feel (this is very minimal considering the story-line). the score, i must say, was extremely good. i most certainly will buy the score when it is available; which, i might add, will be my first goldsmith score (aside from a star trek cd that has goldsmith, horner, Alexander Courage, and Dennis McCarthy). one thing that i noticed, and i may be wrong, was that goldsmith cleverly wielded his score from russian scenes in Air Force One into certain russian scenes in Sum of All Fears. Though i'm sure some people will think that he should have composed new material for those parts, i believe that he did a fine job tieing it in and giving a cold, russian feel to the scene.
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