The Stringy PT

Is it just me or is John Williams using a lot more string instruments in the PT? Not to say they were absent from the OT, of course not, but the newer tracks seem have much more string in them. I don't know, maybe it's just me. Has anyone else noticed this? And oh yeah, is it just me or is the Euphonium barely getting any love in the PT?

 

I don´t know about the euphonium, but there is noticably more strings in the PT. This is because there is music in scenes that would´ve been quiet back in the OT days and for those scenes, JW usually choose strings for emotions and flutes for "colder" scenes.
It could also be because the PT as a whole is more about emotions than the OT.

 

Also John Williams' style has evolved a lot since Return of the Jedi. He uses more strings in a lot of his work. I think it's mainly a byproduct of this. And I am embarassed to say that I don't know what a euphonium is.

 

maybe it's a candy bar

 

euphoniums aren't used in major symphony orchestras. The main purpose of the euphonium in a band is to cover cello parts. and to double up on woodwind parts.

 

Yes but... what is it?

 

It's a brass instrument, and er... that's all I know about it.

[image=http://www.brassbandnw.org/images/euphonium.jpg]

 

It's mainly used in wind ensembles and sometimes known simply as the "Baritone" or "Baritone horn".

 

Oh a BARITONE! LOL!!! I played one of those when I was in school!

 

Well, ok, is it just me or is the BARITONE getting very little loving? I mean, there are lots of great Baritone melodies in the OT (although none that I can say at the moment, I'm too tired, haha). Now they seem very few.

 

I liked the candy bar idea...