MusicHunta131

Another interesting technique to create the said "sound screen" is to divide a fast figure among the different parts. Say you want constant 16th notes from the flute section, but the tempo is quarter note = 180 or something. You can have the 1sts play the first two sixteenths and the 2nds play the lasts 16ths. This is done often in Hindemith's 'Symphony in Bb'

how can an opinion be false, i wonder?

October - Eric Whitacre

Hebrides Tragic Overture - Brahms

Seems to me like a lot in a lot of the Harry Potter signature editions, the celeste plays where it isn't supposed to play, like on bar 116 of Hedwig's Theme and throughout a lot of the beginning of Fawkes the Phoenix. In Fawkes, you can barely hear the celeste as it plays the swirling string line and most definitely hear it as you reach bar 30 where the strings take over the melody. It's not written, but it's heard Also in Fawkes, does it sound like a trumpet echoing the oboe solo in measure 17? It is written to be played by the oboe again, but it sounds like it has the edge of a trumpet

One of my professors actually said something about Williams stating in an interview or in a Q&A that he himself created (or perhaps adopted) a specific formula that aided him in creating his melodies. Whether this formula is used through the entire process of creating the melody or just to get him started is something I'm unsure of.

John Williams and his turtlenecks

For those of you who wish to take a listen to a track from the score before the official release of the soundtrack, Mugglenet provides a link to where you may download a song for the Yule Ball and the first track on the soundtrack, "The Story Continues" by Patrick Doyle. To be completely honest, I like it

Lucius Malfoy's Theme from CoS is missing too, though it sounds an awful lot like The Conflict theme from AotC

I would also like some help on finding and extracting the music files!

I'll do it

the re-recording sounds to me to be at a slower tempo than the original. the slower tempo is MUCH better and allows for a more comfortable feeling while listening. i love it!

My vote was given to Anakin's Betrayal. The emotion is too captivating to explain, and it's all mixed with the darkness of Anakin's thoughts. My next pick would definitely have been Anakin's Dark Deeds, which I simply didn't pick because it's always a little hard to listen to just because you have to turn the volume up to hear the beginning of the track and then slam it down before the choir breaks the sound barrier. though that is one of the cooler parts in the history of film music. other honorable mentions: Revenge of the Sith (slams us RIGHT back into star wars! Love the Force Theme!) Anakin's Dream Anakin Vs. Obi-Wan

i did download the MP3s, but I'll also be buying the soundtrack as well, since it has all the JW footage. Hmm...maybe this is what George Lucas wanted??

only if it's my first time hearing something PERFECT from him though

When will lucas learn :roll:

i want to say Zimmer or Mark Mancina

Zimmer's really good. I'd like to see him do something different than war movies, though =P Horner does have a really nice sound. But I favor his old scores for the cartoons that he used to do, like Land Before Time and An American Tail. Those were brilliant! aside from the fact that he used the EXACT SAME chord progression in each one of those cartoons (u know, the 'falling' progression heard at the end of 'If we Hold On...') but now-a-days, his music seems to fall more into the Easy Listening category rather than the thematic one

Oh, I may have to change my vote to MIMIC as well. Scary, yet incredibly gorgeous and uplifting at the finale

I would have to go with James Newton Howard. He has the best bet out of the others, I think. Coming close would be Danny Elfman and Howard Shore. I think John Debney could take it, but I haven't heard anything absolutely mind-blowing since Cutthroat Island. I almost want to say Howard Shore, but I just really don't like his style. He has great themes, but I can't quite sit down and listen all the way through many of his tracks on a CD. Of course, I would have voted for good ol' (young?) Mikey G. =)

I Know What You Did Last Summer by John Debney (has this guy touched every film genre??)

The Lost World is a good pick. I like it a lot. But I would have to go with either Hook or Jane Eyre. Only 1 of my friends seems to also think that Hook is one of the greatest out there, particularly the Prologue. Genius! And Jane Eyre is just simply brilliance. No other way to put it.

I'd have to throw my vote to Leonard Bernstein

Jane and Rochester from Jane Eyre, hands down

Festivity in Thornfield on Jane Eyre. Take a listen to it, it's probably the most professional piece a film composer has ever written. (and this was written before Jaws!)