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Comments about the soundtrack for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (John Williams)

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Re: Boy, am I outnumbered on this one
• Posted by: Tomek   <Send E-Mail>
• Date: Thursday, March 17, 2005, at 3:24 a.m.
• IP Address: acg78.internetdsl.tpnet.pl
• In Response to: Re: Boy, am I outnumbered on this one (John)

> He isn't crazy! I have the same problem with this score that he has. Don't
> get me wrong, Duel of Fates is an awsome track. But; some of the other
> tracks are just horrible! Like "Aniken Defeats Sebula" and
> "Angies Great Municipal Band" And most of the rest of the CD is
> just boring fller music that will put you to sleep, or it's regular Star
> Wars rehash that you've already heard a dozen times.

"Anakin Defeats Sebulba" is horrible?!? I hope You're not reffering to the regular release track, because it is the music from final battle between droid army and guangans. I think this is one of the most exciting, powerful action sequences Williams wrote in post-Schindler's List period, period of his non-melodic action music, which is not liked by most of the people. I agree that although Williams' action music from technical point of view, intensity of the orchestrations is very, very impressive, it is weaker than that of Goldsmith, Poledouris or even James Newton Howard. But "Anakin Defeats Sebulba" is very best example of awesome, orchestral action writing we can get today.

Tomek




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