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Sure, but in terms of the sound of how that folk style was adapted, voiced, and orchestrated, Copland is undoubtedly the most influential. Like take even a Western score as early as Stagecoach in 1939. I would bet real money that the opening of the main titles, especially how the brass is used, was directly influenced by Copland's music. Louis Gruenberg who worked on that score was an old friend of Copland's. I can't prove that of course.

And like I said, then think of the amazing artists that were more singles oriented. All-time amazing songs released in 1966 like The Supremes - "You Can't Hurry Love" The Monkees - "I'm a Believer" The Temptations - "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" The Troggs - "With a Girl Like You" The Four Tops - "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" Sam & Dave - "Hold On I'm Comin'" Percy Sledge - "When a Man Loves a Woman" Otis Redding - "Try a Little Tenderness" Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - "It Takes Two" Loretta Lynn - "Don't Come A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)" The Isley Brothers - "This Old Heart of Mine" The Association - "Cherish" Not to mention the non-album singles by album artists like "Paperback Writer" and "Good Vibrations"

Listening to The City (Naxos re-recording) this morning You can talk about "Coplandesque" scores all day, but nobody comes close to the beautiful complex mixture of emotions that the man himself could elicit from such simplicity. His music is such a joy for me to listen because it's so compelling at the level of musical phrases/sentences and also I feel like I'm on a larger musical journey that feels very natural and inevitable. It's interesting to compare the pared down orchestration of the original score for the documentary short to the sections that were adapted for full symphony orchestra for the "Music for Movies" suite. I love the presence of the saxophone in the original orchestration, most prominently heard in the "New England Village" sequence. See how he changed it from the saxophone heard here in the original recording at 3:08 to the bassoon in the "Music for Movies" orchestral suite heard at 2:19

That is very cool. I'd love to see Laika do one too.

I will say that some of the recent Best Picture winners did do pretty decent business internationally. Green Book made more than $300 million worldwide! Worldwide BO on the far right, American BO to the left of that

Ah Kate Hudson. Predictably for my demographic categories, Almost Famous is the only thing I've ever liked her in. The disappearance of the romantic comedy from movie theaters had a huge impact on her career.

Getting into territory where a lot of my favorite pop music is singles, not albums, and a lot of my favorite albums are jazz records, not pop. 1966 The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde The Beatles - Revolver The Kinks - Face to Face Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme The Rolling Stones - Aftermath [UK] The Who - A Quick One The Mamas & The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears The Byrds - Fifth Dimension The Turtles - You Baby The Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream / Hums The Butterfield Blues Band - East-West Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High The Yardbirds - Roger the Engineer Cream - Fresh Cream Buffalo Springfield - self-titled Small Faces - self-titled John Mayall - Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton The Animals - Animalism The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators

Just bought tickets to see Yo La Tengo in Charlottesville next month, I can't wait! It will be my 10th time seeing them, the first band I'll make it to double digits for. The 9 previous times: 4/8/2018 - Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville 3/27/2016 - Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville 9/25/2015 - Lincoln Theatre, Washington, DC 7/12/2013 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Maryland 2/15/2013 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC 1/21/2011 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC 9/17/2009 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC 1/9/2008 - Satellite Ballroom, Charlottesville 9/26/2006 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC

Here's a fun video somebody made to compare the scene to one instance of him telling the story in 2011

I've watched so much of Spielberg talking about the movie in various contexts the last few months, I have no idea where I might have seen it, but I'm pretty sure he said it really happened.

I think Spielberg has said that it is something his mother actually did, the tornado thing. I think you're right about the metaphor, but I don't think it was invented for the purpose, but chosen from his memories.

It actually seems like it could be an interesting movie.

Will this be the first performance not conducted by Williams? I can't remember at the moment if that's happened yet.

I think changing the story so that the kids are blaming the mother instead of the father for the divorce (or at least aren't blaming the father completely) might be the single biggest reason he made it THE FABELMANS instead of THE SPIELBERGS, because it is such a fundamental change.

1967 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper / Magical Mystery Tour [US] The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico The Who - The Who Sell Out The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding The Turtles - Happy Together The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons / Their Satanic Majesties Request The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced / Axis: Bold as Love Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed The Beach Boys - Wild Honey / Smiley Smile Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee-Pretty Ballerina Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk The Yardbirds - Little Games Canned Heat - self-titled Harpers Bizarre - Feelin' Groovy / Anything Goes Nico - Chelsea Girl Traffic - Mr Fantasy Love - Forever Changes Moby Grape - self-titled The 5th Dimension - The Magic Garden

Anybody watch the documentary “Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music” on HBO Max? Watching it tonight, good stuff.

Jedi Survivor has been delayed six weeks to April 28th. I have it preordered on XBSX but that’s too close to Tears of the Kingdom for me to finish in time (it takes me a long time to get through games). I might just wait until later in the summer to play it, we’ll see.

With the official reboot as the 'DCU' instead of the 'DCEU', this thread should be renamed!

Just one episode of Happy Valley left and it's got us on tenterhooks!

1968 The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society The Beatles - White Album The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet The Turtles - Present the Battle of the Bands Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends The Band - Music From Big Pink Randy Newman - self-titled The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers / Sweetheart of the Rodeo The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul The Move - self-titled The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake The Jeff Beck Group - Truth Os Mutantes - self-titled The Beach Boys - Friends Creedence Clearwater Revival - self-titled Cream - Wheels of Fire Steve Miller band - Sailor The Electric Flag - A Long Time Comin' Canned Heat - Boogie with Canned Heat

That's where we started all this! This whole thing began when I posted this on 12/31, then I went back and did '85 and then kept going up through 2010 or whatever. Then back to 1970, forward to 1984, and now I'll go back into the 60s . I'm having a great time if nothing else

Gonna go back into the 60s. I'm gonna start listing R&B/funk albums in with the rest for these (see how Dusty Springfield and Sly Stone on this list) 1969 is an absolutely insane year, undisputed classic albums left, right, and center. 1969 The Who - Tommy The Velvet Underground - self-titled The Beatles - Abbey Road The Kinks - Arthur or the Decline and Fall of The British Empire Led Zeppelin - I / II Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country / Green River / Willy and the Poor Boys Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere The Band - self-titled The Allman Brothers Band - self-titled The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! The Beach Boys - 20/20 Rod Stewart - The Rod Stewart Album The Stooges - self-titled Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline The Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola Steve Miller Band - Brave New World The Guess Who - Canned Wheat David Bowie - Space Oddity Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority Harpers Bizarre - 4 The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain And yes, I combined all three of CCR's amazing albums from this year. What a year!