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Henry B

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  1. Starting the film with him at school...interesting. Hey, that would work. The movie begins with the vision in the Riddle Mansion, and Harry wakes up, but instead of waking up at home, he's in his dormitory at school...eh...yeah. There are some important plot points in the night following the Quidditch Tournament, though.
  2. Yes, an annoying cameo. The scene was otherwise good... Eh. Well, I'll have to check out my TPM disc. I, like many people, don't have a DVD-ROM drive, only a DVD player. Only the material that can be accessed by all viewers should count.
  3. Rebel Strike has an INCREDIBLE main title (menu screen) sequence. I'm looking forward to the RS soundtrack as much as the Hook soundtrack I ordered on eBay. I mean, er...Hook moreso, of course.
  4. That is great. I'm a "second-generation" Star Wars (and Star Wars music) fan, so the equivalent of your moment for me will probably be hearing the Episode III soundtrack (in the film first, then on CD).
  5. Even if you could decipher the puzzle that is Attack of the Clones' music editing, you would not have an accurate representation of the music. Much of it went unused in the film.
  6. Those idiots at FOX listed the PT actors.
  7. I'm currently working on this CD. Went on eBay and bought the OST, JPB, and the Insider's Guide! The editing is going rather well so far, though the transition from the UE to JPB to the UE again (in terms of sound quality, not the actual edits) is quite jarring (and JPB is supposed to have the best sound quality out of all the games). Ugh, just imagine the Battle of Naboo... As a side note, there are a few small ways to improve your AotC CD: - Obtain the track "On the Conveyor Belt," and place it between "The Homestead" and "Love Pledge and The Arena." - Obtain the extended version of "The Arena" from the Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns CD and edit it in after the Love Pledge part on the AotC CD (a good place to make the edit would be near the beginning, when the music hasn't really picked up yet in intensity). - There may be unreleased music in the game Bounty Hunter, but I believe this is only during cut-scenes, and there's no easy way to isolate the music from the rest of the sound (plus, you can't exactly pop your GameCube or PS2 disc into your computer and browse through it in Explorer, although I believe there are programs designed for accessing the data in a PS2 disc). Heh, Racer's not bad; you should have kept it!
  8. Yeah, the links are broken, but I'm sure that will be fixed soon. It's ironic, because I had almost completed my own compilation of the Rogue Squadron soundtrack to send to the Soundtrack Site since they didn't seem to be doing anything about it. This one has some problems. though...a few of the tracks have the first half-second cut off, and other things like that.
  9. Maybe I'm not selective enough, but I think all the original soundtracks to Star Wars games are great (and the Indy games, but I haven't played the other LA ones). Yep, and he's planning a third version (which he will make after X-Wing and TIE Fighter; ahhh, good times). And check the Soundtrack Site, they just posted Rogue Squadron, Rogue Leader, and Battle for Naboo (Rebel Strike's coming soon).
  10. Why? The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones neglected to feature a music documentary.
  11. At least the show's writers seemed to recognize that, as is evidenced by Lisa's dialogue afterward...
  12. That description is sleep-inducing. What we need are re-remastered special effects, new music where necessary rather than tracked music, such as in Jabba's scene in A New Hope, and on the fourth disc, deleted scenes and multiple specialized documentaries (including music!).
  13. Heh, I think I would've entered if the use of John Williams' themes was allowed ("Harry's Walk and the Dementor Attack" from The Order of the Phoenix, that would've been fun to score). But anyway, this music is great. Hermiones [sic] Crush I think misrepresents Hermione...she's supposed to be a strong female character, but she gets a tender, romantic theme...a bit disturbing, too, considering her age. As for the music itself, though, it's great! The atonal (?) strings near the end were a little weird, but very nice job! Magic is short and simple, but it works. Seems to draw on "Nimbus 2000" a lot. Doby [sic] the Elf is perhaps a bit too pronounced for such a, well, minor character, and the synth brass is no fun, but it's great compositition. The Second Task is the only one that isn't a "concert suite," more cinematic (not necessarily better, but I happen to like the style). The Gryffindor theme would be awesome here, or Harry's theme, or something, but of course the rules wouldn't allow them...atic. Thematic. I'm way too thematic. Anyway, the piece turns kind of sinister, just as the book does. Maybe an "underwater" musical effect would have worked here...but standard orchestral music is still good. Kind of trails off at the end; a triumphant/comical motif at the end (where Harry resurfaces, having rescued all the "prisoners") would have been good. Prisoner of Azkaban Suite is very like Hedwig's theme, but not a crude imitation of it. It introduces some great themes...sound quality is the best on this one, by the way. Wow. This is so John Williams-like. Prisoner of Azkaban Suite gets my vote.
  14. Well, I have the main theme from The Fury on the "40 Years of Film Music" (or some such title) CD. It's damn good.
  15. Can't make an informed decision here; only heard four of five of these. However, The Forest Battle is an incredible cue.
  16. Oops, what I meant to say was, the Imperial March is a horrible, horrible piece of music, and it isn't disrupting at all to hear it in the first three movies and the last two but not right in the middle, and that the original versions of the film and the 1997 soundtrack are impossible to attain, so if it is added to A New Hope, we'll never hear the music as it was originally intended to be heard again.
  17. I have started doing that recently. In The Return of the King, for example, I'd always notice if the Fellowship theme was played, or the Hobbit theme...the "Moth" theme. I wasn't expecting that brass rendition, but it got my attention right away.
  18. IMO the Imperial March is a more grand and evil theme for the Empire. But emphasis on "IMO." We'll just have to see what Lucas/Williams do with A New Hope.
  19. I didn't not say "altered to fit in with the Prequel Trilogy." Just an improvement of special effects, mostly (see the rest of the paragraph). The Imperial March would be nice in A New Hope as well.
  20. I have never seen the Star Wars films in widescreen (save for a few clips that have appeared in various places). This will be a very interesting experience! I am all for improving the Trilogy, unless we get a bunch of Senate/Jedi Council/Padmé scenes. Reinserting cut scenes, maybe, but filming new ones, no. Except for replacing Clive Revill in The Empire Strikes Back with Ian McDiarmid (although that raises an ethics question; should they replace somebody who is not around to "okay" it?) In terms of special effects, the movies need work, there is no question; the Millennium Falcon in the Cloud City scene doesn't match the Millennium Falcon that lands on the north platform. Some errors in the originals were not corrected (e.g. black lines around the Rancor). And try to make Jabba a little...better. The CG Jabba in Episode I was okay.
  21. I dunno, won't the Yule Ball be source music? Perhaps some kind of "wizard rock." Right on the Cape Cod Canal.
  22. Hi, thanks for the welcome. That theme was what I had in mind when I mentioned "Voldemort's Theme." Misused in Chamber of Secrets? Yes...but it is a very fitting theme for Voldemort. More so than his "official" theme, IMO. Well. It's a nice evil theme. Awesome rendition in "Meeting Tom Riddle"! Okay, here's an idea...keep most of the film completely devoid of it...worry people, make them fear that the theme is no more. THEN, when Professor Trelawney makes her prophecy, reintroduce it at last (in similar fashion to its statement in "Diagon Alley"). Flirt with the theme a little for the rest of the movie, but no grand statements...sort of a foreshadowing effect. Bring it back in full force for Goblet of Fire!
  23. Hedwig's Theme is Harry Potter. But Fawkes the Phoenix is a close second...it represents perfectly the change in tone of the Potter series that begins in The Chamber of Secrets. A more mature theme. However, after a long portion of new music, it is wonderful to hear good ol' Harry's Theme, or the Family Theme. And at the very end, Hedwig's Theme. In fact, I think a crucial music component of the seventh film, if the series lasts that long, is that Hedwig's Theme must play at the very end of the credits. Not Nimbus 2000, but Hedwig's Theme on the celesta. Quietly. Then it fades away...the end. And Voldemort's Theme is spine-tinglingly evil. Oh, they're all good, save for a few mediocrities (Gilderoy Lockhart, Moaning Myrtle). Also, what is the Sorceror's Stone motif?
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