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Feb 26, 2020 - 2:47 PM
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Mike Esssss
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I recall what got me started on the topic was how "The Phantom Menace" was underscored nearly non-stop and I think that in that particular case, it was a big liability.
It made the whole movie seem like a big, long montage sequence.
Not only that, but it felt to me like the music was trying too hard to telegraph how I should be feeling from one scene to the next.
It's never really necessary to spoon-feed the audience in such a fashion.
So I'm scrolling through this thread and thinking to myself, "Oh man I can't wait until I get to the end of this so I can base my entire reply around THE PHANTOM MENACE." DAMN YOU, OCTOBERMAN.
But yes, if I ever I think about the topic of over-scoring I immediately think of TPM. It's hard to blame Williams, with Lucas being the boss and constantly tinkering and maybe realizing how much dramatic weight the music needed to carry. The irony being that over-scoring tends to stunt dramatic momentum, not raise it. So you're left with Williams noodling all over basic walk-and-talk scenes, and instead of those scenes making the film more compelling by quietly drawing the audience in to the characters, story, etc, they work against it with unnecessary distraction.
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To be fair, I think we all know we can't trust the opinion of "every forklift operator and drywall installer who posts on this Website", which of course includes you. ;-)
Seriously though, both opinions have validity; dismissing one because it's perceived to be not the opinion of the person who states it, doesn't make it any less valid. There has to be more to invalidate it or at least make it an inferior stance.
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