Star Wars Special Edition 2 CD cues with film descriptions/themes

[EdC 16]

Hi!  I have lurked here from time to time but the level erudite scholarship here has been so high that I never really had anything to contribute!  But maybe now I have something?

 

In the past I've written several blogs about music and other things (Beethoven, Stockhausen, anime, etc...) but my new blog project is to describe film action during soundtrack cues - I feel that this helps me enjoy the music (especially if the film itself is kind of fuzzy).  There was an interview with Bernard Herrmann where he characterized the film's non-score elements (dialogue, visuals, sound design) to be the "melody" and the underlying score to be the "accompaniment" - a bit of a rough understatement, but it's an interesting viewpoint.

 

Anyways, I just finished write-ups on Ep IV and V (with a good bit of corrections from the SE Mike Matessino notes).  I see that Faleel has a fantastic thread breaking down the thematic material, and my posts aren't nearly that detailed (and are probably in need of a revision one day soon), but maybe these will be interesting to some parties.  I'll be doing Ep VI very soon...

 

My blog - called "Cue by Cue" can be found here

http://cuebycue.blogspot.com/

 

I'll be the first to say that it's not cutting edge journal-level musicology, but I think it's presented in a fairly easy-to-read way - I hope!

 

So far I've done Herrmann's "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and JW's 1st 2 SW films. 

 

Enjoy

Star Wars direct link:

http://cuebycue.blogspot.com/2016/01/star-wars-1977-williams.html

 

Empire direct link:

http://cuebycue.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-empire-strikes-back-1980-williams.html

 

[Incanus 5,713]

Good job EdC!

 

Oh and welcome to the messageboards!

[EdC 16]

Thanks!  This is a great board and I've learned alot from lurking all these years.....

[EdC 16]

Return of the Jedi done:

http://cuebycue.blogspot.com/2016/01/return-of-jedi-1983-williams.html

 

I hope that Official expanded editions of the Prequel Trilogy somehow get released....

[EdC 16]

OK, finally got around to doing The Force Awakens.  Thanks to Jay and his great analysis spreadsheet for providing cue references (http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/25913-the-force-awakens-complete-score-breakdown-chronological-order-film-spoilers-allowed/&page=1).  I reformatted and expanded the timings he listed there.

 

http://cuebycue.blogspot.com/2016/04/star-wars-force-awakens-williams-2015.html

 

I'm happy to hear any corrections, the ears on this forum are bigger than mine!