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Haha! We were typing the exact same thing at the exact same time. Small world.

Yes I have the original LP too. I have made a nice CD of it. It's a very nice score, I'm surprised it's never been out on CD. It desperately needs to be remastered for CD, especially the Gloria. Organ music never quite worked on LP, the levels are too extreme. This score really NEEDS to be put out on CD remastered.

No one on that list. Let me think about it.

I would hope so. My concern is that most movie music from the first half of the 20th century that gets any kind of airplay/performances today is from the movies that people still love and cherish. Once those films are forgotten will the public have the patience to listen to the scores? I'm not talking about during our lifetime here, I'm thinking a couple of hundred years down the line. Do film composers really have a chance of being the Beethovens and Mozarts we still remember today? I'm pretty sure it'll be remembered long after all pop music has been forgotten. I'm not sure if even the Beatles will be listened to by anyone except pop-historians 100 years from now. Eminem has NO chance. So he can SHOVE his oscar! censored

WOuld Jack Nicholson have played the Albert Finney character? If so I wonder who would have played him as a young man. (Ewan McGreggor was the perfect choice as the young Finney. Even kinda looks like him.)

I hope so. I wonder how much of that will depend on the continued populrity of the films he scored. Movies date so much more quickly than orchestral music. I would hope people are still listening to Hook and Home Alone long after those movies have faded into obscurity.

Someone in the Academy wanted ROTK to win 11 oscars to divert attention away from the Titanic traversty.

If by classical you mean 1750-1827 then most of the composers listed so far aren't classical. This thread seems to be dealing with the wider meaning of the word however, as SeekYouYoda put it, music composed specifically for the concert hall. I don't think that minimalism should be discounted. Western classical music has always evolved through reaction to or against other contemporary musical styles. Serialism was a 1920s reaction against German Expressionism. Minimalism was a 1960s reaction against Serialism. It is very valid and definitely has a place of historic significance within the canon. Besides, many composers who made their name writing "strict" minimalist pieces are now working in a broader more post-romantic style, including Adams. Many of his pieces are symphonic, including Harmonielehre.

It's a direct quote from ESB

I wish I could hear it. I tried to listen but I only get 2 second of music followed by 15 seconds of buffering. Then another 2 seconds of music. That's no way to hear a piece.

I know this one VERY well. It struck me the first time I heard it. My family then pointed it out when I was playing one of my compy CDs a few years ago. It's in the main theme. As for the quote from Mars (Holst) it is very obvious, but also very appropriate. The Death Star (the "Bringer of War") bites the big one, let's let Holst shine through here! Besides, it works beautifully in the score at that point. Holst uses the repeating chords (altered dominants) to signify the end of the piece. Williams uses them very effectively to build tension. Classic moment!!! Ok here is a non-Williams one. In the movie Time Bandits there is a scene set in the Napoleonic era which uses a brilliant parody of the march from Mahler's 6th! I'm not sure who whote this music, but it's really cool!

Why not?

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Impossible to say for me. The 1930s-1950s produced a far better class of film score composer than nowadays. Every name on that list is a respected musician who produced scores that added to the movie while also proving to be worthy music in its own right. Nowadays any twerp with a computer seems to be making a name as a film-score composer. In my mind there isn't a single decent movie composer under the age of fifty working today. All the names on that list up there were writing mature pieces in their twenties!

Walter Mitty has the potential to be a great film. The original was a scream. Jim Carrey is certainly the right choice for the main character, a hopeless fantasist. Kinda sounds like it should be a Gilliam film... Personally I think Spielberg should have made this.

The real question is who should play Mad Eye Moody in the next one. I know It's probably already been cast, but I always imagined Tom Baker as Mad Eye. He's just so perfect for the role!!!

Why? Some of us find this quite interesting. If it's not your cup of tea you don't have to read it. Musical "theft" has been going on for hundreds of years. Brahms lifted tunes from Beethoven, Mahler lifted tunes from Brahms. It's always fascinating to me to see who stole what from who. My contribution: One of the pieces from The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing is a pretty good rip off of Hoe Down from Rodeo (Copland), right down to the solo trumpet break in the middle! Arlington from JFK is clearly based on the second movement of Barber's string quartet. Though Arlington is much more dissonant it is still incredibly powerful, especially the climax with the violins in their highest register.

Right now I feel ashamed that of all the fantastic movies he has made, the only Marlon Brando film I own on DVD is the awful A Countess From Hong Kong. What can I say? I'm a Chaplin nut! Must buy: Julius Caesar Superman The Godfather On the Waterfront The Wild One And maybe The Island of Doctor Moreau (where he played the island).

Something I can never agree with, regardless of the score's quality. Though John could've reflected the love aspect of the film better had he opted for somthing along the lines of Jar Jar's Theme rather than the lovely Across the Stars. I agree for the most part, though I honestly think Johnny did a lousy job on this score. It could have been written by anyone (I wonder if some of it was!). The film for all it's terrible dialogue and hokey acting still had a few innovative images (the water planet, the beautiful opening shot, the cool bombs in the asteroid chase etc). There is nothing remotely interesting or innovative in the score for me. This is all the more disappointing as I hold Williams' art in higher regard than that of Lucas.

In all seriousness I wonder what George Lucas will do next. He's lost so much cred over these bloody prequels I wonder if the public will allow him to make another successful movie once the blue words read Written and Directed by George Lucas for the last time on a Star Wars film.

Are you it's biggest fence-sitter then?

Gang One. Star Wars and Empire are the perfect pairing of classic movie and superb sequel. Having said that I still enjoy the last 45 minutes of Jedi very much. Attack of the Clones is fun for the most part (though the Anakin/Padme stuff is terrible!). I never watch Phantom Menace these days. I find it very boring.

Hmmm. That gives me an idea... Mooahahahahahahahahaha

But it will be even odder if people watch the six movies back to back expecting them all to look the same, only to find the HUGE jump in style between Episode 3 and Episode 4. The fast-paced technical geekery of 3 will jar horribly with the slower-paced more realistic-looking 4. Not to mention the quality of direction will no doubt improve between movies!