Figo
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Thank you, A.I. (and it pains me to call you that) -- you've just brought the envy of the entire board down about my ears.
Figo, who is very much aware of his talent, but who only gets paid for writing very bland articles about music.
Anyway, I don't know how you expect me to get anything done, when I fritter away all my time on the internet. bawling
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Bless you, Morn! That was actually a hell of a nice way to introduce a ludicrously self-serving post.
Anyway, you're very lucky to share your birthday with one of the greatest composers who ever lived. Just don't think you can ride on his coattails forever. :evil:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, INFURIATING ONE!
Your everlasting nemesis,
Figo
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There is a Japanese import of what I guess was the original album release in my local HMV superstore for about $35 US. Should I fork out the cash?
That's like a dollar a minute. :?
Unless you can find it used, I would wait for the expanded issue. But that's just me.
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Glad I could provide a soap box for you, Damian. Gratifying to see this thread is serving some good.
Yes, Victor Young is vastly underrated. I've sung his praises here several times before, but it always bears repeating.
Sorry the kid got killed in a crash and all -- but at least it ended his career. (I'm sure that will generate plenty of hate mail from Kevin.)
Figo, whose glass of milk is always half full.
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As for the film, it was ok, but the other thing apart from the music that I didn't like was the fact that Rome was soooooooo clean?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! As if?! It should have been disgusting and full of filth and Illness.
If you want disgusting, rent Caligula or Satyricon.
While we're on the topic of big time movie stars, why has Williams never written a score for Chris Elliot?
LOL
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Darth K would also work (Darth K, is, of course, the subject of Kafka's often overlooked and long-forgotten sequel to "The Trial").
Yes, but I doubt audiences will shell out just to see him get stabbed and tossed in the lake.
I also thought of Darth K, but why repeat a good joke? Oh wait a minute -- isn't that basically what Lucas is doing?
Figo, not just a client, a donor.
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Believe it not, fivetones, you and I see pretty much eye to eye on virtually everything you said, although for me, personally, I draw the line a year earlier, in 1982 (E.T.). That doesn't mean I gave up on being a fan, just that most of his subsequent scores have disappointed me in one way or another. I do think the '84 Olympic Fanfare and Theme is among his best non-film work. Of course, it's ceremonial music, so you can't expect it to run very deep. Summon the Heroes, at least, deserves some credit for introducing a little nobility, albeit shortlived. I do find most of his occasional pieces to be overblown and headache-inducing. American Journey is a tough haul for one sitting. And, yes, I feel the same way about Jurassic Park. Definitely.
I like the Liberty Fanfare, though.
Figo, groping candy-stripers at the Old Folks Home.
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... but then again, becoming a "member" seems so paradoxical.
If it's anything like the Hair Club for Men, you could also be the president!
"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." -- Groucho Marx
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Darth Cognito
Darth Calculable
Darth Terred Corpse (that one may give Grown Toenail a run)
Lost Darth Space
Darth Cubus
I also like Darth Cisor and Darth Carcerated. LOL
Darth N!
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Well, I had intended my last post for Gamecube, but I suppose anyone can take it.
Figo, who always wanted a son to carry on his evil legacy.
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My hands and your brain -- together we could rule the galaxy as father and son! :evil: :evil: :evil:
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If the curiosity gets to be too much, I'll rent one of them, or at the very least make sure I get the names.
Figo, wondering if the Germans adopt the kind of broken Indian-speak we use here in the United States, or if the braves all talk in words consisting of 15 syllables.
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I admit that I had considered the "in" connection before now (InVader, InSidious) -- but man alive, Gamecube! How the hell did you find that link? What did you do, a search under bogus Darths?
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Figo, try to controll your evil curse-typing fingers.
Figo, who lost his hands in an auto accident and had them surgically replaced with those of a madman.
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DARTH COSTANZA?!!!!!!
Those rebels are braver than I thought.
Don't worry about it, Dyl. I knew just who you meant.
Figo, assuring you it's no typo when he writes "dickobolus."
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Sheesh... what a spoilsport.
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Yeah, that stuff is more immediately accessible than the concertos. You might also enjoy the Elegy, on the Cello Concerto disc, with Yo-Yo Ma. If you're as big a Williams nut as most of the other people here, then you should find something of worth in just about anything. Even at his most seemingly abstruse, there is generally some connection with something you've heard somewhere in one of the films. That is to say, the concertos still have the Williams "sound." You just have to perservere and listen closely. I'm surprised, at least, you didn't care for the big moment in the first movement of Five Sacred Trees. It's very cinematic. Also, see if you can catch the Sorcerer's Apprentice homage at the end of the second.
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Darth Veigle
Darth Voluntary Manslaughter
Darth Creasing Cloudiness
Darth Flagrante Delicto :evil:
Not sure anyone would be so anxious to work with a Darth Continence.
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Hey, Bob, good to see you again.
How about:
Darth Sane
Darth Ept
Darth Furiating
Darth Fallible
Darth Conceivable! (played by Wallace Shawn)
Darth Tercourse
Darth Grown Toenail
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Hey, Marian -- since you happen to live in the German-speaking world, let me ask you something. Are you familiar with a series of German westerns made in the 1970s, I think, that feature stories primarily about American Indians (Native Americans or "Indigenous Peoples," in the current parlance)? I ask, because I see the boxes all the time at my video store. One of them, at least, is an adaptation of one of Fennimore Cooper's Leatherstocking tales. Supposedly, they were very popular at the time of their release. Have you ever heard of them? The entire concept of Chingachgook and Natty Bumppo coversing in German blows my mind. I may have to rent them.
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Hmm. Interesting. I'd like to hear it. The reason I said I should have known Hallelujah was a parody is because the song in the opening credits is so cornball. But western songs are almost always cornball, so it's not always so easy to tell!
There's also the overture, on a Silva compilation called Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Volume 2 (#1136). I don't own this one, but I borrowed it from the station. It has another six minutes from Hallelujah, and yes, it does kind of fill in with a better idea of the score. Still, hardly worth investing in a 2-disc set, if that's all you're interested in. It's one of those City of Prague Philharmonic anthologies. They don't always get it right, but I am astonished by just how often in this collection they do. The suite from The Big Country sounds very idiomatic. I guess everything they touch doesn't have to suck, after all.
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The last three minutes are very exciting. It always reminds me of some discarded music for an Indiana Jones movie. I could picture it in the Desert Chase, after Indy reclaims the truck. However, for as thrilling as it is, Summon the Heroes can't match the perfect balance of structure and expression achieved in '84.
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Do you have the Koch International recording of Mag 7 (3-7222-2)? It contains a seven-minute suite from Hallelujah Trail. I must admit, I have never seen the movie, so I didn't know it was a parody, although I must say it certainly sounds like one! The disc received the composer's benediction. Supposedly, he called it "definitive." I'm sure he was speaking of Mag 7, but Hallelujah's good, for what it is. Typical peppy Bernstein.
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Figo, padding his post count, much to Morn's dismay.