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Thanks everyone! I agree that the resolution is slightly less cliche for not landing at the tonic right away...but the V(sus4) is still pretty cringeworth to my ears.

The technique is used so often, it's become a really annoying cliche IMO. What is actually going on? I'm talking about the first two chords you hear right at 2:32. To my untrained ear it sounds like some sort of suspension, maybe over a IV-V progression? help!

It's Mia gelosa! Thanks BB.

Thanks!

Does anybody know what opera piece is playing when the little kid hands Milk a brochure for Dan White? It's around 49:20 of the movie. Thanks!

ah that's right

there are synths in Soundings? I thought it was just prerecorded instruments?

I remember watching the film and loving the score, especially the part where the lady in the wig first shows up (with the synth and harpsichord feature). I spent at least 30 minutes searching for the soundtrack online, and eventually learned that it didn't exist. I was devestated...and it eventually led me to JWFan :')

Yeah I agree. I bet the suits would prefer Giacchino.

Thanks! I was aware of the trumpet duo, it was the synth I was wondering about...very weird sound

What is that weird sound at 1:39? Is it a trumpet doing some weird sort of tonguing?

LOL. So glad I read this thread today

I would actually want this to happen, as long as it is rewritten to sound organic and not just edited in the soundtrack.

"Brody Misunderstood" from Jaws 2 also reminds me a movement from the Planets. I think it's Venus.

Interesting. Whats the Ligetti piece he references?

Yes, it's a great score. But it won in the "original score" category instead of the "scoring" category, and Stothart's score (magnificent and beautifully orchestrated as it is) leans heavily on Harold Arlen's songs, as well as pieces by Mendelssohn and Mussorgsky. It's too bad that Prokofiev's outstanding score for Alexander Nevsky wasn't nominated that year. I think Menken's best score is the one he didn't win for: The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I don't really object to most of Menken's wins (although Goldsmith really should have won over Aladdin for Basic Instinct). I was just pointing out that Menken's wins (and Zimmer's for The Lion King) are probably attributable to the fact that he was scoring popular musicals. Academy voters often seem to think musicals = Best Original Score & Best Sound Mixing Oscars. I think that's why Stothart probably won for The Wizard of Oz in a year in which Gone with the Wind was so dominant. Agreed 100% (except I haven't heard Basic Instinct)!

I don't see JW OR Cuaron wanting to return for HP

There's also one of JW's clearest references to Rite of Spring in RotS. It's like he was using references to transition from the prequels to OT. @ 4:55

The Menken Oscars were also mostly deserved, although it really should have been in a category separate from the non-musical contenders.

Uranus

Hmmm, is it in this track? I don't hear it

Probably the most widely copied piece of classical music in film. Was this the case before Star Wars?

Oh no I like Giacchino but JW needs no help...

I really like TPM title. Seems like a very original title for some reason

It's a nice contrast to A New Hope