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[Mr. Breathmask]

Or "Two fighters against a Star Destroyer?"...

[Murdoch2555]

oh yeah that goober guy in empire..."Your tauntaun will freeze before you hit the first marker!!" that was another great line....

another classic trilogy acting moment is all of Leia's ewok village dialogue during Luke's revelation...

"if he can feel your presence than leave this place"......"hold me!"

[Henry Buck]

I have mixed feelings about this. I'm reserving my opinions of this for now. Once the soundtrack and movie come out, we'll be able to see how this works out. And I thought the "Anakin, you're breaking my heart was really cheesy. But that chorus did sound really powerful!

Hopefully it'll be covered up with a tragic statement of Across the Stars or something...and hey, at least Natalie Portman's (trying to) show emotion. That sets this apart from the previous two episodes.

Here's a midi I made of Battle of the Heroes. The orchestration doesn't really resemble what we've heard so far...still, considering the theme's reported presence in the film, we should be getting plenty of different orchestrations of it. Sequencing this MIDI helped me better understand the tempo of the theme. I think the problem is that with both the ringtone and the trailer music, the first beat or two is cut off.

[king mark]

I like the music in the Tragedy trailer more and more

[ChrisAfonso]

Here's a midi I made of Battle of the Heroes. The orchestration doesn't really resemble what we've heard so far...still, considering the theme's reported presence in the film, we should be getting plenty of different orchestrations of it. Sequencing this MIDI helped me better understand the tempo of the theme. I think the problem is that with both the ringtone and the trailer music, the first beat or two is cut off.

Orchestration is not bad But you got the rhythm all wrong. And what makes you think something is cut of? It doesn't sound like that (moreso, in the "tragedy" clip it plays twice, so you can hear without a doubt nothing is cut of at the beginning). Have a look at the Sibelius scorch file I posted earlier in this thread

[Markuz]

Hello!

Sorry if that's been posted before, but here LINK DELETED BY MODERATOR

you'll find a lot of information, pics and interviews with Johnny Williams about scoring Revenge of the Sith!

Best Regards

Markuz

[MrScratch]

And did anyone noticed that in one moment Anakin has his scar on the opposite side??

That shot is flipped. His hair is also parted the wrong way.

I'm sure Lucas will digitally re-part Hayden's hair and move the scar to the other side of his face. Don't forget, the movie is still in the last-minute tinkering phase

...and will be for some time.

Jeff

[Adam]

That?s interesting. A new "fun", percussive piece for Grievous? Must be the context of the scene. He mentions 3 or 4 new ?pieces? wich include a couple lamentations. Its not clear if he means this in the sense of new thematic material or just in the sense of something like the The Asteroid Field being a new piece. And, not surprisingly, he mentions revisiting the old themes even more than in any other film.

He also addresses one of the criticisms that gets repeated maybe as much as any other - that he
only scores the obvious emotion that?s on the screen. He says he does this often but that sometimes its necessary to to score the ?undertext? of emotion that isn?t actually on the screen, gving an example, I assume, from Anakin and Padme's encounter in the movie.

- Adam

[Zéyann]

And did anyone noticed that in one moment Anakin has his scar on the opposite side??

That shot is flipped. His hair is also parted the wrong way.

I'm sure Lucas will digitally re-part Hayden's hair and move the scar to the other side of his face. Don't forget, the movie is still in the last-minute tinkering phase

...and will be for some time.

Jeff

he doesn't have to, because the shot was mirrored for the trailer, to make it flow better. In the defintive film, we will see it right

[John Crichton]

Just like Obi-Wan's amazing flipping Padawan braid was fixed in Episode I?

[ChrisAfonso]

Hello!

Sorry if that's been posted before, but here LINK DELETED BY MODERATOR  

you'll find a lot of information, pics and interviews with Johnny Williams about scoring Revenge of the Sith!

Best Regards

Markuz

Hey, what's that? Why's the link gone?

[John Crichton]

Yes, I was wondering that as well.

[jamesie]

I just watched the trailer... And I think, simplistic though the theme (BotH) is, it'll be cool to listen to on the soundtrack. And it will go along well with Duel of the Fates, if it does.

[Lurker]

It was a direct link to a file.

Neil

[king mark]

I just watched the trailer... And I think, simplistic though the theme (BotH) is.

We haven't heard all of it,only what appears to be the "main statement" of it,like the "A" section of the Raider's March.I'm sure it goes through a few permutations and briding themes througout the concert track.

K.M.

[Joey]

Really epic stuff! I like it! Very wagnerian and full-blown

now if you say this with a really shirley temple voice, you will understand how absolutely absurd what you said is.

next someone will be saying from a mere 30 seconds or so,

This is the best John Williams score ever, really epic.

[bondo]

Is anyone here an actual subscriber to Hyperspace? I expect a description of this track ASAP - details! Knee-jerk reactions!

[Jeshopk]

Hey guys, I can't tell you how I got a hold of this...but I think you'll be pleased. I can only keep this on my server a short time.

No presenting Anakin's Dream from the unreleased soundtrack to Revenge of the Sith!!!!


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ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE FAKE

[bondo]

Wow, definitely a departure from Williams' normal style! (and is that him doing the lyrics??)
It'll be interesting to see what happens in this 'dream'.....

[Sandor]

Over at the www.millenniumfalcon.com Ternian (a highly reliable source) stated that Battle Of The Heroes also contains THE duel music from ROTJ (you know; when Luke attacks Vader for one last time).

Can anyone confirm this?

[Markuz]

Hello!

Ok, sorry for posting a direct link and confusion about it! But you can simply find the lengthly notes about the ROTS scoring on star wars.com. Just look for "The Final Chapters" pdf file. It was advertised somewhere in the later news or so!

Best Regards

Markuz

[king mark]

Are the preview clips on Hyperspace yet?

K.M.

[Maurizio]

Really epic stuff! I like it! Very wagnerian and full-blown

now if you say this with a really shirley temple voice, you will understand how absolutely absurd what you said is.

next someone will be saying from a mere 30 seconds or so,

This is the best John Williams score ever, really epic.

Think whatever you want, no problem with me. It was simply my opinion based on the snippet I've heard.

[Mr. Breathmask]

It was a direct link to a file.

Neil

Then this is okay, right?

[Rogue_Leader]

Cant really make any judgement from these clips.

[Jack]

Are the preview clips on Hyperspace yet?

K.M.

No. I think they'll probably appear in around 5 or so hours time...

[Lurker]

It was a direct link to a file.

Neil

Then this is okay, right?

Yep!

Neil

[Jeshopk]

Hey guys, I can't tell you how I got a hold of this...but I think you'll be pleased. I can only keep this on my server a short time.  

No presenting Anakin's Dream from the unreleased soundtrack to Revenge of the Sith!!!!  


LINK DELETED BY MODERATOR - DO NOT POST LINKS TO MP3 FILES THAT ARE NOT YOUR OWN CREATION  





ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE FAKE

OH! Too cruel, Neil! It was "keep on a rockin me baby" by the steve miller band. My wife suggested it and I couldn't resist. I thought april fools was a day where pranks were expected, but april 3rd was the true day to attack!

Besides, I said "No Presenting Anakin's Dream". Which was actually a typo, but was true. There is no presenting of it!

[Bowie]

LOL. Very cruel. The both of you.

For Shame

[Simon R.]

I can't believe I am reading this. On the other hand, it has happened before...

You guys are already kinda judging the whole score or certainly the whole theme, from a short excerpt, covered in sound effects, trashed by bad sound encoding and what not. Oh well, nothing changes it seems...

[Vamphyri]

Really epic stuff! I like it! Very wagnerian and full-blown

now if you say this with a really shirley temple voice, you will understand how absolutely absurd what you said is.

next someone will be saying from a mere 30 seconds or so,

This is the best John Williams score ever, really epic.

Ligthen up dude, there is more going on in that 30 second clip, than in all your precious 3 Potter scores combined.

[Bowie]

The BotH theme is growing on me heaps. It's so early Romantic... it's almost as if Johnny's progressing the SW saga's concert tracks through a musical history:

Duel of the Fates = barbaric
Anakin's Theme = quasi-classical
Across the Stars = classical/early Romantic (Schubert-esque?)
Battle of the Heroes = early-mid Romantic
Luke's Theme/most of OT score = typical Romantic leitmotif, Wagner
Dune Sea = early 20thC Stravinsky
Imperial March = ? (back to barbaric I spose, 20thC Shostakovichy though?)
Forest Battle = early 20thC Prokofiev

[Joey]

Ligthen up dude, there is more going on in that 30 second clip, than in all your precious 3 Potter scores combined.

The BotH theme is growing on me heaps. It's so early Romantic... it's almost as if Johnny's progressing the SW saga's concert tracks through a musical history:  

ok, this place has officially gone twilight zone.

[Bowie]

ok, this place has officially gone twilight zone.

Yikes, you're jaded. Yes, the theme is growing on me.

Go find something you're enthusiastic about and discuss that with people who care. You're spoiling this for us fans.

[Joey]

ok, this place has officially gone twilight zone.

Yikes, you're jaded. Yes, the theme is growing on me.

Go find something you're enthusiastic about and discuss that with people who care. You're spoiling this for us fans.

you don't even know if its a full theme yet,

sorry but this is crazy. And if I spoil it for you to bad, deal with it.

[Vamphyri]

you don't even know if its a full theme yet,  

and you don't know if its not.

Yikes, you're jaded

boy he's got that right, you just don't get it, it just doesn't reach you, Herbert.

[Lurker]

boy he's got that right, you just don't get it, it just doesn't reach you, Herbert.

Another original series Trek fan. Cool!

Neil

[Luke Skywalker]

Over at the www.millenniumfalcon.com Ternian (a highly reliable source) stated that Battle Of The Heroes also contains THE duel music from ROTJ (you know; when Luke attacks Vader for one last time).  

Can anyone confirm this?

If it has it, i hope a different arrangement, it will be great

[Markuz]

Hello!

Sorry if that's been posted before, but here LINK DELETED BY MODERATOR  

you'll find a lot of information, pics and interviews with Johnny Williams about scoring Revenge of the Sith!

Best Regards

Markuz

Allright, now my hint turned up on the main page, guess it was unknown then ..

[hunky_artist]

just like the "I have a bd feeling about this" tradition.... I think Lucas has a 'flipped shot' tradition of his own. (can't remember all examples... im not that much of a geek...welll maybe... but I cant remember them anyway, lol) I'm sure there are in each film though (I remember artoo being flipped)