Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
It seems Lucas was a better score manipulator with the O.T. than he became with the prequels. Maybe copy-paste wasn't a technical feasiblity back then ... or maybe his talent in this area tanked over time just like his other talents.
It seems Lucas was a better score manipulator with the O.T. than he became with the prequels. Maybe copy-paste wasn't a technical feasiblity back then ... or maybe his talent in this area tanked over time just like his other talents.
I believe this is pretty much spot on. Editing rolls and rolls of tape recorded music was clearly a more time consuming and challenging process than dragging and dropping sound samples in a sound editor program today. I couldn't care less about Lucas' statements that it is today's technology that allows him to finally fulfill his vision, because I happen to think that the technology that existed around 1980 was by far the superior technology to fulfil the audience's vison of Lucas' work. And that it what matters to most people.