Has anybody noticed how much Bernstein's main theme for these is a virtual paraphrase of the original theme from STAR TREK!! D'ya think he (Peter Bernstein) got the gig and got the wrong Sci-Fi franchise mixed-up? The similarity is quite amazing. Still, some good music in there.
I always thought it sounded like a mix of the Star Trek theme and the Fantasy Island theme.
They were lousy kiddy movies then, and since I have no desire to revisit something I laughed at 25 years ago, I would not now. The Ewoks KILLED the ROTJ.
And George Lucas.
The world has changed between then and now. I sincerely doubt a film like Star Wars would be popular in this cynical, brow-beaten age of stupids.
(Sometimes I feel like Harrison Bergeron on this damn board.)
They were lousy kiddy movies then, and since I have no desire to revisit something I laughed at 25 years ago, I would not now. The Ewoks KILLED the ROTJ.
Many good scores accompanied films we weren't fond of. I would hope you at least think the music is good. I too would LOVE to see these released. The amount of solid memorable themes on this LP is incredible.
I love Teek's theme, so cute.
Agreed, NOT about the LP though. It's barely even full of "highlights", so many important set pieces are missing. The programming almost feels arbitrary.
A job for Intrada I hope, not Varese.
I don't care for the movies but especially the music for the first one is outstanding, with colorful orchestrations by Christopher Palmer. The LP is really strange and the sequencing and the mixture of cues from both movies does not work. A re-release of the LP contents only would be very disappointing.
I wonder if Fox and Lucasfilm gave Varese in perpetuity rights back then.
The world has changed between then and now. I sincerely doubt a film like Star Wars would be popular in this cynical, brow-beaten age of stupids.
(Sometimes I feel like Harrison Bergeron on this damn board.)
Was talking with my girlfriend about this. Everyone's become so obsessed with keeping every story as grounded as possible that nobody has room to break barriers or do the impossible for the sake of entertainment. Everything has to be done in the style of a Shakespearean Play.
Was talking with my girlfriend about this. Everyone's become so obsessed with keeping every story as grounded as possible that nobody has room to break barriers or do the impossible for the sake of entertainment. Everything has to be done in the style of a Shakespearean Play.
Without wanting to de-rail the thread...
(although I haven't seen Tomorrowland yet)...isn't this exactly what John Carter and Tomorrowland tried to do? They didn't exactly kill it box office wise...
Anyone have the LP and can list the correct track titles and order? My understanding was that the tracks were broken up by the Caravan of Courage tracks first (5 including the Main Title) and then the 9 Battle for Endor tracks. According to SoundtrackCollector.com, though, they're scattered throughout.
Anyone have the LP and can list the correct track titles and order? My understanding was that the tracks were broken up by the Caravan of Courage tracks first (5 including the Main Title) and then the 9 Battle for Endor tracks. According to SoundtrackCollector.com, though, they're scattered throughout.
Anyone have the LP and can list the correct track titles and order? My understanding was that the tracks were broken up by the Caravan of Courage tracks first (5 including the Main Title) and then the 9 Battle for Endor tracks. According to SoundtrackCollector.com, though, they're scattered throughout.
The world has changed between then and now. I sincerely doubt a film like Star Wars would be popular in this cynical, brow-beaten age of stupids.
(Sometimes I feel like Harrison Bergeron on this damn board.)
Was talking with my girlfriend about this. Everyone's become so obsessed with keeping every story as grounded as possible that nobody has room to break barriers or do the impossible for the sake of entertainment. Everything has to be done in the style of a Shakespearean Play.
I have no issue with making things "grounded" - the first two Daniel Craig 007 movies excelled as films because of that element, until they Roger Moore'd all over again with Skyfall - but I do take issue with completely "false intellectualism". A lot of films are marching after Chris Nolan, who's films have the depth of a first year college student aping Kubrick, and they're chasing that distant horizon instead of being their own thing. (Admittedly, you could replace Nolan's name with Abrams or another name but its really only half a dozen people or so.)
The issue comes down to what George Carlin said about the Blues: "its not enough to play to notes, you need to know *why they need to be played*." People - and Hollywood - don't get that.
Ha, ha...that much I've gathered, and you can be sure that the feeling is mutual. But I'm glad to be in the company of most things on this Earth that annoy you so.
