 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Thanks to Gustavo Dudamel conducting the opening and closing credits in this latest 'Star Wars' movie, Williams’ music has never sounded better."
Huh?
Then the writer offers a complaint about Episode VII's sound mix? Did I read that right? This article isn't really about what the headline suggests it's about. Is it?
|
|
|
|
|
|
As you may or may not know, traditionally it is not the writer of a newspaper story who creates its headline, it is the editor. He's the guy to blame if you don't think the headline is a good fit with the article.
That said, I think the writer did have some interesting points of view to express. If you think he got something FACTUALLY wrong, please let me know and I'll be happy to use the contact info provided by the Times for retracting and correcting mistakes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
I just got sort of an out-of-focus impression of what the writer was trying to say. There did seem to be a vague complaint about the state of modern film music. However, his observations about how even Williams' new SW music is mistreated by the technicians seems to throw that argument off.
He seems to think the 1977 SW score was the way things ought to be, but the technical advances in motion picture sound since then make that era impossible to recapture.
--Also, does he have some kind of deal with Dudamel's publicist?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I'm with you guys, too, as a matter of fact. (Yes, even you, Howard.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Great indeed, Amer!
Thanks.
PNJ
|
|
|
|
|
|
The gist of the essay was that scores like Williams' classics got dialed up in the mix, even though some were tonally off, which the reviewer thought was the case with Schindler's List.
There seems to be an unspoken assessment that many of today's scores deserve to be submerged in the mix.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
An excellent assessment of Swed's piece, IMHO.
I also happen to agree with your thumbnail analysis of SCHINDLER'S. When I saw the film, I was expecting music I had heard in the trailer, (which turned out to have been excerpted from a concert work by Koljar). No such luck.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
