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None of this answers the million dollar question. Why does Maureen Robinson take the washing machine outside to do laundry? 
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Hmmm, never mind. I got all balled up.
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Episode 7: "My Friend, Mr. Nobody"
Unfortunately, I have not been able to track this down yet, but I'll chime in when I do.
Thor, did you ever get the LLL 2CD (12 minutes) or the GNP Volume 3 (23 minutes or so) with this score on it? Your thoughts on it?
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Episode 7: "My Friend, Mr. Nobody"
Unfortunately, I have not been able to track this down yet, but I'll chime in when I do.
Thor, did you ever get the LLL 2CD (12 minutes) or the GNP Volume 3 (23 minutes or so) with this score on it? Your thoughts on it?
Oh, yes, I have all of the LOST IN SPACE music that has been released, both the Irwin Allen boxed set with the two LIS volumes and then the vol. 3 that was released separately. NOBODY may not be as progressive and dissonant as the previous episode scores by Williams, but it's definitely in the same territory.
It's funny that you ask just now, though, because I'm in the process of finding this remaining Williams-scored episode as we speak. A friend of mine has the DVD set and if everything goes as planned, I'll be borrowing his set next week to watch this episode! I'll be sure to update this thread then.
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Episode 7: "My Friend, Mr. Nobody"
Unfortunately, I have not been able to track this down yet, but I'll chime in when I do.
Thor, did you ever get the LLL 2CD (12 minutes) or the GNP Volume 3 (23 minutes or so) with this score on it? Your thoughts on it?
Oh, yes, I have all of the LOST IN SPACE music that has been released, both the Irwin Allen boxed set with the two LIS volumes and then the vol. 3 that was released separately. NOBODY may not be as progressive and dissonant as the previous episode scores by Williams, but it's definitely in the same territory.
It's funny that you ask just now, though, because I'm in the process of finding this remaining Williams-scored episode as we speak. A friend of mine has the DVD set and if everything goes as planned, I'll be borrowing his set next week to watch this episode! I'll be sure to update this thread then.
You're referring to watching the NOBODY episode after having heard the music, or you mean there's a different episode you need to watch? Sorry, I wasn't sure. Either way, I myself am really glad to have gotten this music. Although I think Williams has definitely done more incredible intricate music since, I agree that it's his most dissonant and also some of his most enjoyable work. As for dissonant, though, I think his take on WAR OF THE WORLDS was really great and in so many ways very non-JW.
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Nov 27, 2009 - 10:45 AM
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You're referring to watching the NOBODY episode after having heard the music, or you mean there's a different episode you need to watch? Sorry, I wasn't sure. Either way, I myself am really glad to have gotten this music. Although I think Williams has definitely done more incredible intricate music since, I agree that it's his most dissonant and also some of his most enjoyable work. As for dissonant, though, I think his take on WAR OF THE WORLDS was really great and in so many ways very non-JW.
I mean that NOBODY is the only remaining, Williams-scored episode that I need to see. I've seen the other, previous ones. However, I DO already have the score on the GNP album.
These scores will be part of an upcoming article of mine, about the "modernist" John Williams.
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These scores will be part of an upcoming article of mine, about the "modernist" John Williams.
Nice! Please let us know when it's ready for public eyes. 
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Dec 5, 2009 - 4:03 PM
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These scores will be part of an upcoming article of mine, about the "modernist" John Williams.
Nice! Please let us know when it's ready for public eyes.
Will do, but unfortunately it's in Norwegian.
By the way, I just now got to see the final Williams-scored episode.
Episode 7: "My Friend, Mr. Nobody"
Well, for all the New Age/spirituality silliness of the "cosmic entity" that is Mr. Nobody, there is a certain amount of tension in the relationship between Penny and it, especially in the beginning when you don't quite know what to make of it. Favourite camp moment is a toss-up between the robot and Dr. Smith playing chess or Mr. Nobody becoming a "galaxy" at the end and saying in a very formal and dramatic way "Goodbye, Penny!".
This is by far my favourite of the LIS Williams scores. I'm not too keen on the melodramatic brass dissonance of the action material (when Mr. Nobody gets angry and shakes the ground, for example), but I love those delightful flute harmonies while Penny plays in Mr. Nobody's garden. Williams is always brilliant at flute writing, and it really comes to the fore here.
OK, that's it, then. It was interesting to see Williams' work on this series, but it becomes a little too campy and dated for my taste to explore much further, especially since there are no more episodes with the composer's involvement. The first seven episodes (of which Williams wrote 4) will have to do for now.
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And certainly Williams' music helped set that tone in the first season. I'm still finishing it off, but I've heard it's downhill from there, or at least a lot more campy. I'm still looking forward to the other seasons, for fun. Never watched it as a kid - I was a Trekker all the way. Thanks, Thor, for the assessment on "My Name Is Nobody."
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Of all the Williams scores for LIS, I admire "My Friend, Mr. Nobody" the best, because it stands alone as a kind of "special" score in which Penny's isolation and discovery of an "imaginary" friend (he's not imaginary, though everyone else in the family thinks he is) is treated by Williams with a kind of magical, child-adventure quality and eventual sense of expressive emotion that were uncharacteristic of his work on the program.
I'm amazed that no one (that I've post here) noticed that the score to NOBODY contains many ideas that foreshadow his score in 1970 for JANE EYRE?
Compare the two and you'll see what I'm getting at.
Ford A. Thaxton
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I'm sure I am not alone in wishing that Mr. Williams would re-record all of his LIS work with all the brand new technology now at his disposal. I think the material could be made into an awesome orchestral suite.
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Thor brought up a fun thread, so I am bumping it up.
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Oh, thank you!
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CHARLES THAXTON
I'm sure I am not alone in wishing that Mr. Williams would re-record all of his LIS work with all the brand new technology now at his disposal. I think the material could be made into an awesome orchestral suite.
THOR
Yeah, I'd definitely welcome that. I think some of the details of this incredibly complex music would come to its right in a better-sounding environment.
Williams probably has several things in his catalog that could do with a fresh re-recording, as long as they are done with loving attention to detail. I could go for LOST IN SPACE and at least the end titles from THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (the main title was finely done by John Debney/Royal Scottish National Orchestra).
I listened to "Mr Nobody" today (the long version on GNP Volume 3) and I must have been in just the right mood for it, because I've never enjoyed it more. It has excellent melodies and portrays a wide range of feelings.
The score is full of moments where I'm thinking, "Oh-- I'm so glad I have that on CD!" I mean not just the beautiful parts, but also the most unique, quintessential moments of alien mystery and menace in LOST IN SPACE music. That's true of all the Williams LIS scores, but today I feel like "Nobody" does it better.
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