Jeff

I listen to a wide array of genres - alternative is my favorite, but I appreciate film scores, pop, rock, showtunes, classical, jazz, folk, and even a couple of country songs. On rare occasions I listen to hip hop, R&B, and soul. Pretty much the only music I avoid is punk rock, heavy metal, and rap, but even then I occassionally run into something I like. There's a lot of good music out there.

I was also at the concert on Saturday night and it was amazing. I had never seen John in the flesh and seeing him conduct live was exhilarating. Who knows how many more years it will be possible to do so - I'm glad I got the chance. I'm surprised indy4 didn't mention the Entr'acte from Fiddler on the Roof. The solo violinist was spectacular. She took the Sabrina/Audrey Hepburn tribute to the next level, and the Fiddler cadenzas brought quite a reaction from the crowd. The highlight of the night for me was Raiders' March. The clips from the film were brilliantly selected and edited, IMO. The whole experience with the film, the music, the orchestra on stage, and John himself with the baton was perfect - the nostalgia was tangible. I had goosebumps by the end. Overall, it was a great show. I'm so glad I made the trip!

Not necessarily. Shirley Temple Black became a public servant and ambassador late in life, but anyone who's ever heard of her will think of her first and foremost as a child actress. But Shirley Temple as a public servant didn't have a catchy nickname. Kids will remember the Governator.

Never before sacral music (telling the story of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, if I'm not mistaken) has been so chilling and ominous. Karol I think you mean "sacred" music. Sacral is just a load of balls! Sacral can mean sacred, but not used too frequently.

Interesting selections. Mutt's and Irina's themes are kind of obscure. I'm really excited for North by Northwest and Sabrina before intermission, as well as all the IJ and Star Wars music in the second half. This should be an amazing concert!

I own a couple of "soundtrack" albums which are mostly a compilation of popular songs with an orchestral suite at the end, and I enjoy these albums as much as my score albums. For example, the Burt Bacharach-heavy My Best Friend's Wedding is one of my favorite compilations. How could you not love "What the World Needs Now is Love" or the cast performance of "I Say a Little Prayer for You?" The 90's version of The Parent Trap is also a lot of fun. If I ever hear a song on the radio from one of these albums, I associate it first and foremost with the respective movie. On the other hand, I don't care much for Sting on the Sabrina OST.

I didn't know there was one either but I looked it up and here it is. Looks dumb.

I like that movie. It's a little funny to the modern viewer at times, but you can't beat that duo.

Huh? I think he's referring to the fact that the Throne Room is in the End Credits of ROTS on the OST but not in the film itself.

This horse is not dead yet till that Part II composer enters the recording studio.

I grew up on this movie as well. I haven't seen it in FOREVER. I don't remember a lot of the details you reference, like decapitated women, but I do remember being much more frightened as a child watching Return to Oz than I ever was watching the original. Makes me want to watch it again. I have no problem with the fact that it treads a completely different path and style than the original - I enjoy both for what they are.

While we're on the subject do we have an official policy on spoilers? How old does the film need to be before we can talk about it openly?

It sounds like it was written to sound like Raiders but not quite close enough to infringe on copyright.

I'm fine with the OST version of TPM being on the list. ROTJ is one of my favorites as well. And the ROTS End Credits from the OST is Williams' gift that keeps on giving. Not quite the same as Star Wars and deserves its own place on the list IMO. The only ones I might disagree with are the ones I haven't heard before, so I have no right to call them out.

I think there are enough events in Part I to make it interesting, even with all the forest refugee boredom. There's the Seven Potters chase, the Bill/Fleur wedding ambush, the London Death Eater chase, the spooky Godric's Hollow encounter, the trap at the Lovegoods' house, the infiltration of the Ministry, and the escape from Malfoy Manor, just to hit on the major plot points. Just listing them made me realize just how exciting the first half will be. Plus there will be a lot of necessary exposition about what the horcruxes and hallows are, Dumbledore's history, the fight with Ron, getting the sword, etc. Part II will have the Gringott's scene and the epic Battle of Hogwarts - kind of a ROTJ format (Jabba's Palace, Battle of Endor). I've already heard some people comparing the way Part I will end to the feeling at the end of ESB.

I don't know who Christopher Young is but surely his efforts will not be wasted.

Wow, this thread didn't turn out at all like I thought it would. So much for a detailed discussion of where the split is and where everyone thought it should have been. I guess this discussion about the level of moderation we desire has been helpful, bickering aside. Jay - I don't mind if you point me to the correct thread in the future. I will try not to take it personally next time. (Just to clarify, though, I was thinking back to the Inception thread we created after everyone kept hiding spoilers in every post, and I was trying to avoid the need for that here. In retrospect that was unnecessary because apparently nobody has anything specific to say about the split.) Agreed.

Awww, cute.

Are you the thread police or something? Geez I might take up a KB of server space that we can never get back. Anyway, I'm excited for this split - I can just imagine Voldemort holding up the wand with a creepy smile on his face as his robes billow in the wind and a bolt of lightning strikes, then the screen cuts to black. What a cliffhanger!

I was about to post it there but then I realized some people may not want to know where the split is and won't want to discuss it openly on the other thread.

Don't read this thread if you don't want to know where the split is. You can read the page from Entertainment Weekly here. I think it's a great place to put the split. Any thoughts?

I seem to remember David Yates saying they wanted the two films to be stylistically different to keep things interesting. I still think a Williams score is highly unlikely for a multitude of other reasons but the Part I/II issue does not necessarily preclude it.

I think you're missing my point from the 2008 vs. 1984 thing. I'm not remarking on the effects or production or anything. I'm simply pointing out that the mere order in which movies in a series are released, as well as the length of time that has elapsed since you first saw it, can affect your perception of its quality. I think your opinion is completely valid and I understand each point of it, and in many cases I agree with you. The main argument I'm making is that the "reasonable plausibility" of events in a film alone do not equate to or disallow enjoyment of the film.

I have no personal vendetta against TOD but I think Data has made quite an objective assessment here. The truth is, the effects in TOD were simply not as convincing as most of what you see today (I know that's hard for a true fan to hear). That doesn't diminish the value of the film, that's just a fact (actually, I enjoyed the raft scene in TOD more than the waterfall scene in KOTCS - it's still a fun scene, just not "reasonably plausible," which was the point of my post above). Before I watched it again, my memory was foggy and I remembered it being better than it was. I think if you watched it again on a big screen TV you'd see what I mean. Leaving objectivity aside, my personal opinion is that if KOTCS had been released in 1984 and TOD in 2008, fans of the trilogy would have been much kinder to KOTCS and would have much more negative to say about TOD. I think its the heartstring factor at work.

Does the Tanglewood program usually end up being similar to the Hollywood Bowl program? I'm going to the Bowl at the end of this month and I'm curious what the final program will be.