Kevin McCallister

Its come to my attention lately that several alternates exists for many of the cues in Revenge of the Sith. Some of which we've heard, others are unreleased, some we probably have never heard. I thought I might try a hand at identifying all teh ones we can and if I miss any, we can maybe work on figuring out any more. Let's see...

BOYS INTO BATTLE: The album version of this (1:16-3:15) is actually an alternate of the film version, as it is without the bass drum accompaniment that appears in the film.

THE ELEVATOR SCENE: Another version that contains more percussion in the beginning. Possibly more of an alternate take than a full-fledged alternate. Thoughts?

MOVING THINGS ALONG (ENTER LORD VADER): The alternate appears on the album. The film version contains heavier percussion, particularly for Anakin's arrival on Mustafar. Also of note is a timpani roll before the Imperial March statement.

THE BIRTH OF THE TWINS: Although it's never been really revealed or heard of, the description given in the score reports suggest that another version was recorded. To quote: "As babies are handed to people, in another location ‘the helmet’ descends o nto Anakin’s broken face, to just o ne chord (minor of course) which builds from p to a deafening fff and back down again." There is a soft statement of Luke's Theme when he is born, followed by the Force Theme. Tears reportedly flowed when this cue was played.

END TITLE: Like Birth of the Twins, unheard of, but reportedly recorded in the report: “End Credits”, 7M8. A full new End Credits suite, featuring the classic Luke’s Theme/Rebel Fanfare start, then a gliding harp starts off Leia’s Theme. This segues into the new “Revenge of the Sith” theme, followed by a concert presentation of the Throne Room motif from ANH, and a reprise of Leia’s Theme as the now-traditional prequel soft fadeout. Described as highly emotional with some tears flowing during recording.

Any I'm forgetting?

Here is a new interview with Ilya Salkind, one of the original producers of the Superman films. At one point, he mentions Williams and his absence from Superman II:

The sequel lost one more participant from the original - conductor John Williams whose original score was adapted for "Superman II" by Ken Thorne. Salkind recalled that Williams was set to return until an unfortunate happenstance. "John Williams came to London, we paid [for] the trip. He saw the [second] film. I made a mistake. I let him alone with Lester in the screening room and somehow Lester and him did not hit it off at all. At the end of the screening, John said 'Ilya can I speak to you?' He said 'Look I cannot work with this man.' That was it."

Wow. I wonder what Lester did.

The entire interview is here: http://www.supermanh...terview-salkind

Okay, I just got TPM OST (my library apparantly alows us to take out CDs, this being one of several I borrowed last night). I'm loving it, but does anyone happen to know the chronological cue list for it (one that is like the one potsed for REVENGE OF THE SITH)? I know there's the *complete list* on the site, but most of that refers to the Ultimate Edition (which unless I can burn, I don't see myself investing in anytime soon, as it seems to me like nothing more than the purchase of a high quality bootleg) and not the OST. Here's what I do know...

Track 2 - Duel of the Fates (Concert)
Track 3 - Anakin's Theme (Concert)
Track 16 - High Council Meeting/Qui-Gon's Funeral
Track 17 - Augie's Municipal Band (Alternate)/End Credits

Thank you!

* My original pick
+ Who I thought would actually get it
$ Who got it

Visual Effects
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN+
I, ROBOT
SPIDER-MAN 2*$

Sound Mixing
THE AVIATOR*
THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
RAY$
SPIDER-MAN 2+

Sound Editing
THE INCREDIBLES*+$
THE POLAR EXPRESS
SPIDER-MAN 2

Makeup
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS*+$
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE SEA INSIDE

Film Editing
THE AVIATOR+$
COLLATERAL*
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY

Costume Design
THE AVIATOR $
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS*+
RAY
TROY

Art Direction
THE AVIATOR $
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS*+
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

Cinematography
THE AVIATOR $
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS+
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST*
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

Original Song
"ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE", Shrek 2*
"AL OTRO LADO DEL RIO", The Motorcycle Diaries $
"BELIEVE", The Polar Express
"LEARN TO BE LONELY", The Phantom of the Opera"
"VOIS SUR TON CHEMIN", The Chorus+

Original Score
JAN A. P. KACZMAREK, Finding Neverland+$
JOHN WILLIAMS, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
THOMAS NEWMAN, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
JOHN DEBNEY, The Passion of the Christ*
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD, The Village

Supporting Actor
ALAN ALDA, The Aviator
THOMAS HADEN CHURCH, Sideways
JAMIE FOXX, Collateral+
MORGAN FREEMAN, Million Dollar Baby*$
CLIVE OWEN, Closer

Supporting Actress
CATE BLANCHETT, The Aviator $
LAURA LINNEY, Kinsey
VIRGINIA MADSEN, Sideways
SOPHIE OKONEDO, Hotel Rwanda
NATALIE PORTMAN, Closer*+

Actor
DON CHEADLE, Hotel Rwanda+
JOHNNY DEPP, Finding Neverland
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, The Aviator
CLINT EASTWOOD, Million Dollar Baby
JAMIE FOXX, Ray*$

Actress
ANNETTE BENING, Being Julia
CATALINA SANDINO MORENO, Maria Full of Grace
IMELDA STAUNTON, Vera Drake
HILARY SWANK, Million Dollar Baby+$
KATE WINSLET, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*

Adapted Screenplay
RICHARD LINKLATER, ETHAN HAWKE, JULIE DELPY, KIM KRIZAN; Before Sunset
DAVID MAGEE, Finding Neverland
PAUL HAGGIS, Million Dollar Baby
JOSE RIVERA, The Motorcycle Diaries
ALEXANDER PAYNE, JIM TAYLOR; Sideways*+$

Original Screenplay
JOHN LOGAN, The Aviator
CHARLIE KAUFMAN, MICHEL GONDRY, PIERRE BISMUTH; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*+$
KEIR PEARSON, TERRY GEORGE; Hotel Rwanda
BRAD BIRD, The Incredibles
MIKE LEIGH, Vera Drake

Director
MARTIN SCORSESE, The Aviator*
CLINT EASTWOOD, Million Dollar Baby+$
TAYLOR HACKFORD, Ray
ALEXANDER PAYNE, Sideways
MIKE LEIGH, Vera Drake

Best Picture
THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY+$
RAY
SIDEWAYS*

--With the exception of 6 categories, everything that won was either a personal pick or prediction. Hee.

--The Terminator theme was used not once, not twice, but three times by the orchestra over the course of the show. I had no idea Bill Conti was such a fan.

--Scorsese screwed again. BAH.

--Spider-Man 2 won for visual effects! Score!

--Anyone else think Jamie Foxx was a bit confused when RAY won for best sound mixing? The look on his face just said, "Umm, hey guys, did we just win for something?"

--Since Cate won, this technically means that Katherine Hepburn now has a record five oscar wins.  

--Chris Rock, while not as charming or entertaining as say, Billy Crystal or Johnny Carson, did a fairly good job. I liked him.

--Thank God Eternal Sunshine won. If it hadn't, I might've been forced to give up film.

--Hilary Swank just HAD to win for Million Dollar Baby. "I don't know what I did in life to deserve all this." Neither do we, Hilary. Now go away.

--Morgan finally got an Oscar. Woo-hoo Morgan!

--The score category sadly proceded as I predicted. Oh well.

--Unfair or not, but I am just sick of Clint Eastwood. I don't really care how good Million Dollar Baby is. I would just much rather have seen Sideways or Ray win instead. And his Lord of the Rings comment from last year? *smack*

And there you have it.

I just posted this over at Don's Diner on Superman Cinema and wanted to know what you guys thought as well...

I just re-read both Gary Kurtz interviews (one at filmforce and another elsewhere that escapes me), in which he delves into some of the original details that were planned for Return of the Jedi following Empire before he left his spot as producer of the films. Such plot details include...

- Sticking to the original plan of nine films.

- Killing Han Solo.

- No new Death Star.

- Having Leia wind up becoming Queen of whatever remained left of the galaxy.

- Making the Luke/Vader conflict revolve around the idea of Vader luring Luke to join him in an attempt to overthrow the Emperor.

- No Ewoks.

- Leia not being Luke's sister and making her someone else in the galaxy whom we would see in the next trilogy.

- The Emperor would not appear until Episode IX.

Others that have been mentioned as well include...

- Luke and Vader's final battle taking place on Coruscant, due to no Death Star.

- Due to no Ewoks, Wookees would be used instead.

- Lando would die in the Millenium Falcon as it was blown up, along with all aboard.

Man, if some of this had happened...I think it would've been great. Much more in tone with Empire before it, and it sets up for the final trilogy.

I don't know if an entire new trilogy based solely on Luke without the other main characters would've worked, but if Kurtz had remained on and Lucas stepped aside some more...man who knows what we could've gotten.

Thoughts?