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It’s commercial art, equivalent to the work that, say, accompanies an ad, or a newspaper article. Nobody would sit down and listen to the musical score of Star
by gumby 3y ago
It’s commercial art, equivalent to the work that, say, accompanies an ad, or a newspaper article. Nobody would sit down and listen to the musical score of Star Wars without the film playing at the same time.
He may have written other, more interesting work but I’ve never heard any.
- bigyikes 3y agoThat's funny, I was at a 4th of July gathering this week where tens of thousands of people listened to an orchestra play "Across the Stars Suite" from Star Wars before a fireworks show.
- js2 3y ago> Nobody would sit down and listen to the musical score of Star Wars without the film playing at the same time. Au contraire: https://www.aso.org/events/detail/star-wars-and-more-1 https://www.aso.org/events/detail/star-wars-and-more-1 https://houstonsymphony.org/tickets/concerts/star-wars-more-with-chorus/ https://houstonsymphony.org/tickets/concerts/star-wars-more-... https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/concerts-and-events/starwars https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/concerts-and-events/starwars https://cso.org/performances/21-22/cso-at-the-movies/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi-in-concert/ https://cso.org/performances/21-22/cso-at-the-movies/star-wa... These are pretty common. There's also a tour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_In_Concert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_In_Concert
- tgv 3y agoI actually enjoy film music. Well, sometimes. I've got some Williams, Korngold, Morricone, (Elmer) Bernstein, etc. discs with suites from movies. Then again, I also dabbled a bit in writing film music, so I come at it from another angle. It's an art, but indeed an applied one. But Williams' music works well in isolation if you listen to it as people listen to e.g. Lehar or the Johann Strausses.