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SeekUYoda

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  1. I know it's been said before, but... Binary. Sunset.

    Two that might not have had a lot of attention -

    Episode III, when it cuts to Anakin on Mustafar after he's killed all the Trade Federation people... unreleased I believe. "Anakin's Dark Deeds" conveniently has about a 5-10 second cut in it, right at 3:31, that skips the best part!

    The last few minutes of War Horse did it for me too.

    And dang, I forgot about this one too!

    Oy, so many great moments mentioned in this thread. One I'd like to add is the transition into the end credits of Star Wars. With this one, the performance and recording make such an incredible difference. Something about the fast tempo and aggressive brass sound in the original recording makes that moment purely magical. It brings the film to an absolutely perfect close.

  2. Wow, I'm late to the party. This has been out for three weeks and I'm just clueing in!

    I love how the first chord (0:28) is so obviously and familiarly JW. Nobody else voices chords like that! It's rather comforting to hear. The harmonies throughout are so thick and lush.... love it.

    I confess that I read the first 8 pages of this thread and then skipped to 12 and 13... but I don't think anybody mentioned the obvious reason why we all love what we've heard so much: it's a thematic horn feature. :thumbup:

  3. My biggest problem with the interview is that it was so damnably short. I could spend a day listening to him quietly ellucidating his passion.

    This!

    How can this be called dull? He's not pretentious, he's... he's.... "an elegant weapon for a more civilized age."

    I'd love to hear a CD of him playing his own compositions on the piano. Letter-writing campaign to Gorfaine-Schwartz, anybody?

  4. But is the score such a masterpiece?? ;)

    Two words: Smee's Plan. It's fun and all in the OST, but you must get the Williams on Williams recording to really get the full impact. Love the bassoon countermelody!

    Score - 5. LOVE HOOK!!!

    Film - 3. Can't remember the last time I actually watched it. Don't own it, but I'd probably watch it if I came across it flipping through channels. I did love Dustin Hoffman as Hook though.

    Hook or JP - Currently, JP, though it varies.

  5. I dunno. Digital Fortress was way more compelling for me than A&D, but still not as satisfying as any of Crichton's books. I read those two once each and called it good. I will admit to having read DVC more than once, but I was in a foreign country at the time and my reading material was limited. On the other hand, Sphere, Andromeda Strain, JP, etc., etc., I read, re-read, re-re-read.... Like LOTR, my copies are falling apart!

  6. I loved the book and its 3 sequels. (Don't forget, I'm a girl, and not a teenager). Actually, all the women I know who have read these books, ages 12-60, have loved them. What can we say - it's an intriguing AU and a beautiful love story.

    The movie was pretty much a waste of time. The "Lullaby" was especially disappointing. It sounds more nightmare-inducing to me, but I was probably expecting something along the lines of Fawkes the Phoenix... silly me. There was some quite effective scoring at times that I did enjoy - mostly the orchestra/electric guitar parts Neimoidian mentions.

  7. I still say it was a cop-out and a better solution could have been found.

    I can just see then putting a tape deck on stage and some large pictures of the players. ROTFLMAO

    John Cage might have enjoyed that ;)

    Ha!

    Seriously.... YOU try moving your fingers outside, for a long period of time, at that temperature. Not so much. Moving on.

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