Ollie 859 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 My nephew recently turned 6. He is obsessed with Star Wars so for his birthday I bought him the "Galactic Heroes" re-issue of the Millenium Falcon. Needless to say it appears to be his favorite present.He has also displayed a trait of picking up music and notes very quickly. You play something once and he can hum or sing it almost note for note. His interpretive dances to "Duel Of The Fates" and "The Imperial March" are something to behold but that's another story.He's starting to enjoy film music and Star Wars has really increased his awareness of it. His only source of the music has been thru the films. When he was 2 or 3 I made him several compilations of themes and music I felt was proper for a little kid. At his b-day party he was playing with his Falcon when he came up to me and started talking about the music when the MF escapes from the space slug in TESB. He then proceeded to hum the entire sequence, so I couldn't resist and joined in with him. Then we broke into the Raider's March because he mentioned he'd seen the commercial for the toy whip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,759 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 start giving him cdr's of the great filmmusic you have collected. You have it within you power to push him into the light and away from the darkside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,765 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 No, no! Don't push him! Let his interest progress naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob 0 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Awesome.I have a niece who goes "Boom Boom" to Goldsmith's Universal fanfare. One day perhaps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,759 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 No, no! Don't push him! Let his interest progress naturally.perhaps I should have said direct him, but do your best to keep the zimmer and MV scores away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,765 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 That is wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrScratch 292 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 No, no! Don't push him! Let his interest progress naturally.perhaps I should have said direct him, but do your best to keep the zimmer and MV scores awayI'd encourage anything and everything, even if its stuff you personally don't like. He's a kid, naturally he's not going to be very discriminating. I would just say that I like the Williams stuff the best, instead of knocking Zimmer. If he's a smart kid, he'll figure it out or ask you why you don't like something like POTC more than Star Wars and then you can elaborate more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,765 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Just as long as he gets his fair share of Horner and Barry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 73 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 That's very cool. In time he may become even a bigger fan than you..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 13 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Go on! I have been shaping my 9-year-old godson's taste for a while and he is on the good way already. I have bought him mp3 player recently and presented with dvdr full of great film music mp3s - complete Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings among others. He really enjoys it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 859 Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 Well I'm not gonna overload the little guy with film music but if he listens to Zimmer it won't be from me.But he can listen to whatever he wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 No, no! Don't push him! Let his interest progress naturally.perhaps I should have said direct him, but do your best to keep the zimmer and MV scores awayOr rather, keep the RCP scores away. Let him have a taste of the Hans and Powell. A little Gregson is good for the soul too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Nice job, a future boardie in the making.Yea, I've been planning on brainwashing my future child to become a John Williams/film score fan since I became one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 5 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 My kid's still in the womb but apparently he/she loves "Yub Nub". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 My kid's still in the wombThat's no excuse! Pop an earbud in your wife's bellybutton and play some Johnny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,759 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 No, no! Don't push him! Let his interest progress naturally.perhaps I should have said direct him, but do your best to keep the zimmer and MV scores awayOr rather, keep the RCP scores away. Let him have a taste of the Hans and Powell. A little Gregson is good for the soul too.better to euthanise the poor thing than do that, there are laws against child abuse you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 152 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Good, good! We can use more!Just keep the rap away from his ears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,391 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I like Rap. Some of it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Nice. You should see if you can bring him to the next AWS concert we go to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWfangirl1992 18 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Just keep the rap away from his ears! Agreed maybe a bit of nice Rock to balance him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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