Movie soundtracks

[laurenmcoakley]

And now Lauren:
Karen- I really respect your opinion (and thanks so much for taking 
the time to share your opinion on all of this with me!) I didn't 
snip your post because I didn't know what to snip!

I read your posts (with my post snipped) and I didn't mean to sound 
so darned arrogant (as I think it sounds as I re-read it)!!  When I 
mentioned my music teacher and me being his student, I was basically 
trying to say that he had a high opinion of JW that rubbed off of on 
me.  So basically, I nearly love everything JW does, maybe even as 
people say that his themes get a little old hat (which I agree with, 
but strangely, still love all the same!!).  (Anyway, I hope that's 
the way it came across, not like I am some sort of music snob 
smartypants...I am certainly not that at all).

I do agree with your mention of "Harry's Wonderous World" becoming 
more and more of a scarier world, and it will be interesting what 
Mr. Williams will do this time around.  OoTP certainly doesn't 
afford much time for themes like "Buckbeak's Flight" (I think that's 
what it's called...I don't have my copy of PoA at work with me 
today).    

I guess what Mr. Williams will do this time remains to be seen.  I 
don't expect him to disappoint me! :-)

Humbly, Lauren

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Karen Chuplis <kchuplis at a...> 
wrote:
>
> 
> On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 07:19 AM, laurenmcoakley wrote:
> >
> >
> > I must admit, I haven't cracked open yet my GoF soundtrack 
(well, I
> > just popped it in for the first time, actually).  It's ok so 
far, but
> > I'm finding the Quidditch World Cup to be a little (IMO) too 
bare.
> 
> That's interesting. I would never describe that as bare. I mean, I 
see 
> where you get that as it is very much homophonic with the 
percussion 
> underneath but that keeps the character of the "national" music 
> (particularly the Irish teams theme). It *is* very 
straightforward. 
> This is the Jig for the Bare Fisted Fun Loving Rough Housing 
Irish, 
> this is the Cold Weather Very Dark Bulgarian team.
> 
> >
> > You must understand, I'm a music student from way back, and have
> > probably had my views of music tainted by my very influential 
high
> > school music teacher.  I am undeniably subjective when it comes 
to
> > John Williams.  I think he is GENIUS.
> 
> Yeah, my bachelors is in music. While I give JW great kudos for 
> bringing orchestral soundtracks back to its highest prominence 
since 
> Korngold, I lost my reverence for him in college once I'd heard 
Holst's 
> The Planets. It didn't diminish how much I liked Star Wars but it 
did 
> make me more critical of him.  I also am a bit disappointed in 
his "bag 
> of tricks" that he pulls out all the time (Which I'm sure is often 
> dictated because of time limits). I will say I think PoA is really 
a 
> good soundtrack and has quite a bit of a different sound than I 
often 
> hear from JW. Honestly though, I'm glad he didn't do this one. I 
have a 
> horrible feeling that the World Quidditch Cup or some of the Tri-
wizard 
> championship music would have been a rehash of Call of the 
Champions 
> (which I really, really like! Just don't think he could have got 
past 
> the temptation :) and I wouldn't have wanted to see that here- but 
> then, I like the more simple nationalistic music. To me the WW is 
a 
> pretty small community even in world terms and it seemed 
approriate to 
> me. )
> 
> >
> > So of COURSE I'd recommend the first two soundtracks too!  SS is
> > (what I think) the rest of all the following HP soundtracks are 
based
> > from.  The Prologue is the familiar Harry Potter opening song 
that we
> > are all acostomed to hearing at the beginning of each film 
(except
> > GoF, of course).  Harry's Wondrous World, track 2 is great- it is
> > very upbeat- you feel like you are being carried off to some
> > fantastic place.  And Hedwig's Theme is another one brought 
through
> > all the different movie soundtracks.
> 
> You KNOW I'll end up getting them :D  I just don't know if I will 
> listen to them as much as GoF.  But I really like the darker tones 
in 
> GoF. I really, REALLY hope JW treats OoTP with the more grown up 
ideas 
> that start to come into play. OoTP will not work with too much of 
> Harry's Wonderous World at that point. It's Harry's Fascinating 
but 
> much Scarier World now. ;)  I actually think it could be a real 
> opportunity, but I have a feeling that "available time" dictates a 
lot 
> of the creativity of Film composers. It's a real shame, but it is 
true 
> and I cannot blame them.
> >
> > I wonder though, if your preference if for GoF, then you might 
not
> > enjoy the first two soundtracks, because the songs are much in 
the
> > same style as JW (and therefore PoA).
> >
> > Lauren
> >
> As I said, I don't DISlike PoA but I just really like Doyle's GoF. 
But 
> I have liked pretty much anything I've heard of Doyle's despite   
> some of the critiques I've seen of him. I've always liked what 
I've heard of 
> him.
> 
> Karen
>