Laerasėa
Tol Eressea
Feb 11 2013, 12:13am
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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That was one of my favorite soundtracks of Williams, just because of the range of styles it has. The most notable piece from that one specifically is, of course, Double Trouble (that's got to be one of my favorite settings of that text), just because it's so fun. Plus, it features singing frogs in the movie, and you can't beat that. Another one that I particularly like is Buckbeak's Flight. And, sometimes, I'll just listen to the End Credits, which features returning themes from the older Harry Potters, as well as music written just for the third one, including about a bazillion variations on the "Double Trouble" theme, and I like variations.
I found this excerpt here on George Lucas and Williams:
Lucas confessed that, back in the mid-1970s, he asked Spielberg for advice on a composer who might be able to write "an old-fashioned symphony orchestra score" for his space opera, and when Spielberg suggested Williams, Lucas responded, "Isn't he a jazz guy?" Spielberg responded, "Trust me," and the rest became cinema history. Lucas, describing the composer's quiet, reserved manner, called him "a casual genius."
Happy birthday, John Williams!!
"When we can take green from grass, blue from heaven, and red from blood, we have already an enchanter's powerupon one plane; and the desire to wield that power in the world
external to our minds awakes."
--J. R. R. Tolkien
Mozart and Chocolate
(This post was edited by Laerasėa on Feb 11 2013, 12:15am)
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