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Post #147237

Author
InfoDroid
Parent topic
Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
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Date created
11-Oct-2005, 5:12 PM
I'll have to disagree with Commander Courage on this and say that I love the choice of the trench run music for this scene, Trooperman. From the portion you've provided, it seems to be a perfect (and exciting) fit and helps to raise the level of tension for the entire scene. Unlike that aimless, percussive funeral knell that John Williams crapped out for the official release. Whatever that was.

People tend to forget that 50% of the OT experience was the music, a part of the experience which in my critical opinion (with a few granted exceptions) is severely lacking in the Prequel Trilogy. Don't get me wrong, John Williams is the master and all, but in the case of the Prequels, the Goose had apparently run out of golden eggs.

Musical Synchronization is the key.

As a matter of fact, I must mention that you have come a LOOONG way since I last visited this thread, which was when it was only one page long. Back then, after reading your first entry, I admit that I laughed it off and said that what you were proposing (with a full redub of the main characters, sound effects, etc.) could never be done with any degree of acceptable quality. But now... Wow! I've seen the screenshots and sample vids... and what can I say? You've made a believer out of me!

Best of luck to you in this endeavor, as I read this thread I'm noticing that your directorial sensibilities are very much in tune with a lot of the changes I would've made myself. I'm overjoyed to see that someone is putting so much focus and effort into recreating the soundtrack of this film. It is an aspect that has been largely overlooked or ignored by most fan-editors up to this point. And IMO, it is where the prequels need the most work.

I look forward to tracking down a copy of this once it's completed. Meanwhile, I'll continue to follow this thread.

MTFBWY,

InfoDroid

P.S. - The saber sound effects on the above clips sound SO much better than the official release. Brings us right back to the OT, which is where we want to be in the first place.