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  1. He came to speak to a bunch of us up-and coming composers a few years ago and we got to sit and talk to him after he spoke. What he meant by "Luckily what he came up with was good" was the fact that just because Williams wrote the theme, Kasdan had not heard it orchestrally. He might not have liked it. I think he did mention that he played it earlier on the piano but he also said that Williams did not do mock ups for the director to hear which is the norm now in Hollywood. Most directors want to hear everything mocked up and sounding near perfect before you go into the studio to conduct the orchestra. I actually said that I think he's making a big mistake by not working with him again, which wasn't seen as the thing to say, but hey, I have my view and besides, I hate the way directors and producers who have no idea about music, butcher and shcange things all over the place. Please, give the composer some credit!!!!

  2. Morn,

    It's one of the last tracks, or maybe it was only in the film and not on the CD, I'll have to listen to it again, but it's the whole down bow aggressive chomping string thing, and it's not the part at the end of track 13, its just like the rite of spring part... very effective!!!!!

  3. Kasdan said that he would never work on it again. As far as I know he and Lucas had dissagreements, bad ones. Also when I asked him about working with Williams on Accidental Tourist and why he didn't use him again his reply was this:

    "Williams works by himself. You give him a film and he takes it and delivers the final product. He doesn't like interaction and says he knows what the film needs. I don't work that way, I need more collaboration. Luckily what he came up with was good, but I can't work with someone like that again."

    From his mouth, to mine to yours...

  4. Adventures on Earth was completely based on the last movement of Howard Hanson's ROmantic Symphony. I think the scene was tracked with it to start with. NOt only the woodwind figures at the begining but also the brass repeated duplet/triplet descending and ascending motif.

    Firebird ballet by Starvinsky. It's the same music Williams uses for Tinkerbell in Hook.

    Stravinsky's Rite of Spring - Williams has used this as a basis of a lot of compositions in Star Wars and other big adventure stuff. In Harry Potter Williams uses the same String motif as in "Dances of the Pretty Maidens" and in Star Wars when the droids are in the desert look at the similarities between that and "Great Sacrifice - Introduction".

    Both Star Wars and Superman's main titles uses stuff from Korngolds "Kings Row" I have the MP3 of it if anyone is interested.

    etc etc etc etc..... Williams has a lot of other Influences like the before mentioned composers.

  5. Which means that you should get to it and read the second book. They are all fantastic especially the 3rd and 4th. And to go back to the actual topic posted, I think it will be a mix of the old themes with one or possibly two new ones, not more though. Even though I would like it to be new new new.... :)

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