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This is the kind of primitive, Stravinskian sound Grey wants Desplat to explore.

He is at the end. And actually the quiet build-up of the theme fits the scene very well I think. I always thought that with Lucas' imaginative direction, actor's passionate performances, the music is too much. Karol

By far my favourite theme in ROTS. @ 4:28. Gets me every time.

I love it too. Never understood the hate

I'm uploading it to YouTube. Should be available here in a few minutes.

39.2 degrees Celsius. Like a Borg ship!

No, it is perfect. I demand an admission of perfection!

Yeah I'm excited to see what he comes up with. Hopefully the continued use of Ligeti is a good sign of where they want to go musically.

Several books have tackled the question of film music's purpose, and there has been a good variety of answers. Here are some I'd recommend in addition to Shark's excellent suggestions: - Royal S. Brown, Overtones and Undertones - Claudia Gorbman, Unheard Melodies - Peter Larsen, Film Music - Kathryn Kalinak, Settling the Score - The Hollywood Film Music Reader - The Routledge Film Music Sourcebook The last two have particularly good and well-known quotations from Bernard Herrmann and Aaron Copland, which may be helpful.

Death is the greatest adventure.

The Wire, last 3 episodes of the final season: This is hands down one of the best if not the best TV show I have ever seen and the last episodes didn't disappoint. Now this is a way to end a series! A true journey. Magnificent.