Dixon Hill

What's Star Wars? Is it based on that ride at Disney?

Fine I change my answer to "all of the movies."

Well there are plenty of ridiculously complex pedal parts in the organ literature, and not only in fugues, but the thing about the trios is they are essentially written for three separate players, then the staves are connected and Bach says, "Here, do this yourself." The degree of independence in each part is really high, even by Bach's standards.

Fair enough.

That's fair. Maybe I'm just romanticizing it a bit.

Yep, which is the formula for most organ music. But the trios... you go in thinking that three lines will be a cake walk, and then you come out totally wrecked.

Terrible lyrics.

Ok. I am.

I doubt Williams is consciously approaching every score as if it could be his last. He's in excellent health and mentions in every interview how he hopes to keep scoring films for a long time. I've gotta disagree. From the standpoint of an artist, no matter how optimistic, there's bound to be some thought and consideration on what could be the last thing you say.

It's about the how the whaleship Essex was sunk by a furious spermwhale which was being hunted down, and the crew survived in the open sea in just a long boat. It's a quite shocking story, involves a great deal of cannibalism. It was this event that inspired Melville on Moby Dick Oh I read that a number of years back. Fantastic! Oh yes, Guardians too for me definitely.

War Horse, and I'll tell you why. The last bars of that score, with those pentatonic flute figures, approach divinity. There is a similar moment in The Peterson House and Finale on solo trumpet but it's slightly less striking. It's the sound of "passing into history" to me, if that makes any sense to you. As morbid as it may seem (and to me it seems far more poetic and beautiful than morbid), it feels like John is ending most of his scores now in a way that would be fitting as an... overall end as well. War Horse was the first one that made me feel like that.

Interstellar, TABA, X-Men

I watched it. I thought the fellow that won was rather odd. John probably wasn't even there; I think I saw Hans.

Shutter Island - Various =) Architecture

WOW. The mind palace scene was magnificent. Redbeard brought a tear to my eye. How can this get better? Ok fantastic episode. This break had better not be as long as the last.

Hans Zimmer, Inception. Mining

That's usually really frustrating to me but for TBT it doesn't present much of a problem. I confess I've not seen the film.

I hear a certain Woman is mentioned yet again. Color me giddy.

Exactly, I always saw the actual lighting as a fairly lengthy process. The thrilling portrayal just makes it seem fast.

The pipes work for me in the hushed opening of the film, and in the cue I posted at the end of the film. Also in The Legend Spreads. Some of their appearances during the battles could be trimmed though, probably. The string writing is gorgeous as you say, and quite Vaughan Williams inspired, with those warm fifths and sixths in the celli and basses and frequent divisi parts.

It's also a good time to be McCreary.

I love the album version of that cue, with the Tchaikovski's Romeo and Juliet-like horn counterpoint.

Ugh, that's always been one of my favorite parts. I'm glad he was born 40 years too late.

I totally forgot! *patrols internet for links*

Doesn't anyone want to talk about those violins in the Horner link I posted, damn it?!