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Darth_Vader-Anakin 
Registered: Jul '02
14748_Duality IV
Date Posted: 1/12/08 12:33pm Subject: RE: Is it just me... - Date Edited: 1/12/08 12:35pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Vader-Anakin
I must be listening to the original version of Costume Montage because I'm really not hearing anything that great. What are the two versions you guys are referring to?

Edit: Nevermind. Answer is a few posts up...

So, I guess I'm just not crazy about the cue, but I've never really been too fond of the score.

 
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Crash_Davis 
Registered: Mar '06
47175_2008 Winter Holidays
Date Posted: 1/13/08 5:53pm Subject: RE: Is it just me...
Robi-Wan posted:
But I love it in POtC: AWE in the Parlay cue.


My wife and I just got around to watching this movie this past weekend, and when we got to this scene she asked "What's up the the 'Miami Vice' music?"

laugh

I listened to Elliot Goldenthal's score for Alien3, and the cue "Wreckage and Rape" features an electric guitar. I'm not sure what to make of this example. I think it works, much like "Costume Montage", because the entire piece isn't saturated with traditional orchestral instruments. It's very heavy on the drums, etc., almost has a grunge type of sound, maybe. So before the guitar even makes an appearance, you almost expect it because of the other instruments that are being used throughout the piece, therefore, it doesn't feel so disjointed.

 

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Well_Of_Souls 
Registered: Aug '01
46109_Indiana Jones
Date Posted: 1/13/08 10:47pm Subject: RE: Is it just me...
Crash_Davis posted:
Robi-Wan posted:
But I love it in POtC: AWE in the Parlay cue.


My wife and I just got around to watching this movie this past weekend, and when we got to this scene she asked "What's up the the 'Miami Vice' music?"

laugh


That cue has Ennio Morricone written all over it.

 

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rich-narco 
Registered: May '04
8146_Hyperspace Webcam<br>"Bicycle Man"
Date Posted: 2/6/08 4:23am Subject: RE: Is it just me...
DarthButt posted:
As a guitar player myself, I don't think it belongs. Some flamenco stuff on a classical guitar is fine, but not a distorted electric.


nothing wrong with using the electric guitar but you can see Williams is out of his depth with the instrument - the tone, performance and written part for the guitar are naff.

 
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Kwenn 
Registered: Mar '01
8059_Qui-Gon Jinn
Date Posted: 2/6/08 11:46am Subject: RE: Is it just me...
Well_Of_Souls posted:
Crash_Davis posted:
Robi-Wan posted:
But I love it in POtC: AWE in the Parlay cue.


My wife and I just got around to watching this movie this past weekend, and when we got to this scene she asked "What's up the the 'Miami Vice' music?"

laugh


That cue has Ennio Morricone written all over it.


Specifically, Man With a Harmonica from Once Upon a Time in the West. And it's clear the makers are Sergio Leone fans, as the Davy Jones/ Tia Dalma locket conceit is liberally lifted from For a Few Dollars More.

 

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Well_Of_Souls 
Registered: Aug '01
46109_Indiana Jones
Date Posted: 2/9/08 9:04am Subject: RE: Is it just me...
Another example of electric guitar coexisting with a full orchestra and it actually sounding cool is James Newton Howard's Treasure Planet. It's not all over the place and lays a groundwork for the orchestra to play over while never overwhelming it.

 

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darth-sinister 
Title: Manager Emeritus
 Registered: Jun '01
24181_Palpatine Hologram
Date Posted: 2/11/08 11:17am Subject: RE: Is it just me...
The guitar useage in AOTC doesn't bother me in the slightest. I've also enjoyed it in the "Lethal Weapon" series, Eric Clapton working with Michael Kamen's score. When you hear it in the "Gonna Fly Now" theme from the "Rocky" series. Buckethead performed with George S. Clinton in the "Mortal Kombat" films. Stweart Copeland used it throughout "Highlander II" and J. Peter Robinson used it for the final fight in the third film.

So I guess for me, I'm not bothered by including an electric guitar in a orchestra score.

 

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xx_Anakin_xx 
Registered: Jan '08
24221_Anakin and Obi-Wan
Date Posted: 2/12/08 8:47pm Subject: RE: Is it just me...
A small piece of oddly placed music never bothers me. The guitar in ATOC was fine. I just hate it when the musical score behind a movie ruins it altogether - have seen two in my life and the whole way through I wanted to strangle the composer. One I recall was rock music set to a 18th century movie...just friggen weird.

 

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Trentman359 
Registered: Oct '02
8150_Han Solo
Date Posted: 2/16/08 9:50pm Subject: RE: Is it just me...
I like my film scores to be as natural as possible. I just love seeing an orchestra show all that power without any kind of electrical influences. Brian Tyler posted a video on Facebook of his AVP:R score and it really surprised me that all that power was coming from a live orchestra. If I can find a way to share the video I will.

 

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