Ludwig 1,120 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I've now started my annual analyses of the year's Oscar nominees for Best Original Score. First up is Williams' The Book Thief, a score rich in subtlety:http://www.filmmusicnotes.com/oscar-nominees-2014-best-original-score-part-1-of-6-john-williams-the-book-thief/Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Nice work! I submitted my analysis for FSMO a few weeks ago (to be published in March with the DVD release). I interpreted the end tag of Liesel's theme a little differently--as a motif for death/mortality (with a lowercase 'd') and it's impact on Liesel, as garnered from Williams' use of a minor scale in almost every melody/motif in the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig 1,120 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Nice work! I submitted my analysis for FSMO a few weeks ago (to be published in March with the DVD release). I interpreted the end tag of Liesel's theme a little differently--as a motif for death/mortality (with a lowercase 'd') and it's impact on Liesel, as garnered from Williams' use of a minor scale in almost every melody/motif in the score.Interesting. Do you hear the death/mortality motif in Death's theme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Nice work! I submitted my analysis for FSMO a few weeks ago (to be published in March with the DVD release). I interpreted the end tag of Liesel's theme a little differently--as a motif for death/mortality (with a lowercase 'd') and it's impact on Liesel, as garnered from Williams' use of a minor scale in almost every melody/motif in the score.Interesting. Do you hear the death/mortality motif in Death's theme?Yup! First they start on the same note (ie in the opening track, the motif ends on a concert G, and Death's theme starts on a G). But Death's theme also descends down a minor scale after the first 2 or 3 notes scoreman36 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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