FSM HOME MESSAGE BOARD FSM CDs FSM ONLINE RESOURCES FUN STUFF ABOUT US  SEARCH FSM

LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      General Discussion: STAR WARS Main theme     1 2    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 1:30 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) I cant believe no one is talking about this! Brm    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 1:38 PM     By:   other tallguy   (Member) I cant believe no one is talking about this! Brm It's one of the most recognizable movie openings in the history of history? Or is there something more than that?    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 1:40 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) I cant believe no one is talking about this! Brm It's one of the most recognizable movie openings in the history of history? Or is there something more than that? uhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....... but is there a thread devoted to JUST THE THEME?    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 2:25 PM     By:   mstrox   (Member) I'm partial to the first three notes, but I can't find a thread for them.    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 2:43 PM     By:   Tall Guy   (Member) I cant believe no one is talking about this! Brm How does it go again?    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 2:44 PM     By:   other tallguy   (Member) It did occur to me just recently that the opening fanfare before the theme really starts is opening of the Throne Room which is also the end of the end title. So the score ends where it begins. (I think I realized this when listening to the end of Rogue One.)    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 2:48 PM     By:   Last Child   (Member) What's this Stair Wares thing again? Can someone remind me. Is it about escalators at Sears?    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 2:59 PM     By:   Tall Guy   (Member) I cant believe no one is talking about this! Brm How does it go again? Oh, I know - dum dum dah, Su-permannnn!    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 2:59 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) I cant believe no one is talking about this! Brm How does it go again? "Star Wars, those near and far wars If they should bar wars...." forget the rest.    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 3:19 PM     By:   Reeve   (Member) What would you like to “read” about the Main Star Wars Theme? It is like me asking someone to talk about The Theme From Superman. Once people hear something they like, unfortunately it seems that the subject matter ceases. People only talk when they have something to complain about. That is life. My favourite variation on “Luke’s Theme” is probably the last time we hear it in the End Titles. In regards to the score – I also enjoy hearing it down the Death Star trench – it sounds like a variation on Vader’s Theme (when in fact it is Luke’s Theme!) WOW! In regards to that contrasting theme, which is also Luke’s Theme, I don’t believe Williams used it anywhere else, except The Throne Room. There is a nice variation on the contrasting theme in The Empire Strikes Back, in the Ice Planet Hoth cue (not complete, but at least it had been acknowledged). Three main characters have a contrasting theme: Luke – Indiana Jones – and – Superman – (I must also acknowledge James Bond). Where are these great themes etc for today's Super Hero Movies?! Other than John Williams Star Wars sequels - It is amazing that I can’t find one that is at least melodious.    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 3:28 PM     By:   Captain Future 2   (Member) Well, "King's Row" and an inversion of "Born Free", right?    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 3:39 PM     By:   Grecchus   (Member) Of all the SW anthems, the first is definitely the best. The opening blast is quite different to the one for Empire and Return, etc. The original has a most satisfyingly balanced brass fanfare, whereas, Empire offers a much heavier bombardment of the opening salvo - it just goes bang without the subtlety of the original. Basically I just prefer the timbre of the original from the LSO. Now, if you really want an argument there's the version from the original LP, which continues on with a splice after the star destroyer flies overhead in the movie, and there's the version from the 1st Matessino back in '97, where the music ended with the star destroyer flyover. I think I prefer the longer original version because, in spite of the splice, it's that momentum going back all those years that packed the punch to give that piece of music its longevity. Edit: there's also tons of potential talk of all the variations from 'take 16' on the '97 album. As I haven't heard them for some time, I'd have to go back and listen to the different constructions to see which were best. They made the right choice with the release version.    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 5:15 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) "Congratulations Thor"!    Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 5:18 PM     By:   henry   (Member) I don't like it!    Posted:   Mar 23, 2018 - 6:14 AM     By:   Graham Watt   (Member) I find it rather clumsy myself. I also find JG's STAR TREK Main Theme clumsy in a similar way.    Posted:   Mar 23, 2018 - 6:38 AM     By:   Tall Guy   (Member) There are some real experts on here - this version, that version, impressive. I like the blast of the first one, having been in possession of the double LP for a good two or three years before I saw the film, but I think I prefer the Throne Room, with its Elgar/Walton-ish pomp and circumstance prologue. The sort of music that Hans might slow down and slot into a war film score, causing apoplexy left and right.    Posted:   Mar 23, 2018 - 8:17 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) Samples please!    Posted:   Mar 23, 2018 - 9:02 AM     By:   WagnerAlmighty   (Member) I cant believe no one is talking about this! Brm It's one of the most recognizable movie openings in the history of history? Or is there something more than that? uhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....... but is there a thread devoted to JUST THE THEME? I'm actually surprised about this, I mean it might be the most iconic theme in movie history... I like Ben Hur's themes (and score) better. A lot.    Posted:   Mar 23, 2018 - 11:29 AM     By:   Morricone   (Member) Always loved the Newman miked original. The theme is totally Korngold influenced. It should have been called the STAR WARS theme, NOT the Luke Skywalker theme. Then it's use when Luke isn't as involved or is totally gone makes sense.    Posted:   Mar 23, 2018 - 11:35 AM     By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member) For me the "Star Wars main theme" is the Force theme. Love it and never tire of it, unlike the one (over)used in the main title crawl of each film (which I guess is also called "Luke's theme")...that one I get burnt out on. Yavar     General Discussion: STAR WARS Main theme    < 1 2  > >>  Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

© 2024 Film Score Monthly. All Rights Reserved. Website maintained and powered by Veraprise and Matrimont.