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Topic: Favorite Symphonic Movie Music Score & Composer?
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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."
Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 06-22-2002 07:47 PM
While "Star Wars" seems to be John Williams' "signature" work, there are other movie score pieces from him which I prefer. It is kind of like "Stairway to Heaven" being the signature Led Zeppelin song, but many people actually find many of their other songs far more enjoyable ("The Ocean, "Rain Song" etc.).Williams is a master of the "march" motif. The opening title from "Superman: The Movie" is just simply thrilling and has a few really beautiful, optimistic passages in it. I'm really happy Warner Bros. included an isolated 5.1 score on the "Superman" DVD. "The Raiders March" main title theme from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is simply classic. Williams' march theme from "1941" is one of his great unsung works. I really came to appreciate that work when I saw the Marine Corps Band, Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and Silent Drill Team do a performance of the piece at the Commandants' Residence parade at 8th and "I" in Washington, D.C. The music and performance was wonderful, expertly played and yet all the humor of the march tune still came through. Another piece I like from "Raiders" is the "The Map Room: Dawn" where Indy uses the idol and staff to find the location of the Ark of the Covenant. The music is ghostly and the point where the sunlight lines up with the idol just rises up incredibly. That particular horn movement gives me a chill every time I hear it. I like some of Williams' more unusual sounding pieces, such as the piece "Dennis Steals the Embryo" in "Jurassic Park". I actually heard that over the house music system at Northpark Mall #1 in Dallas before seeing "Jurassic Park" for the first time at that incredible theater.
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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!
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From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 06-23-2002 12:38 AM
In Hollywood: John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Maurice Jarre, Alfred Newman, John Barry, Dimitri Tiomkin, Hans Zimmer, Erich Korngold, Carl Stalling, Milt Franklyn... Too many to list!In Japan: Joe Hisaishi, Yoko Kanno, Hajime Mizoguchi, Shiro Sagisu, Kenji Kawai, Yuji Nomi... Paul
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Adam Wilbert
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Posts: 590
From: Bellingham, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-23-2002 03:17 AM
Ugh... i mistyped my password and lost everything i wrote. Since i don't feel like typing it all again, i'll summarize:Horner all sound the same to me, though Apollo 13's launch makes me gushy. Danny Elfman rules. Shore's LOTR is awesome. The next one is only 6months away!!! not symphonic, but i like the Snatch album, and will probably buy the About A Boy cd soon. -adam
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