Originally posted by: elvisjones
Blaming McCallum and Burtt for these things is a little unfair to both of them - Things get changed in movies ALL THE TIME even when McCallum and Burtt AREN'T working on them -.....
Anyhow, 'nuff of my rambling...go listen to some star wars music - hahaha

It was kinda a joke... but at the same time... from what we do know, the biggest problems with everything in the Prequels and the SE were ideas from these two. so there you go.

And you didn't say anything we don't already know. I don't mean to be rude but it's true. We all understand that.

But at the same time, there is a trade off. If you edit something to the point that it's no longer recognizeable after you've had someone redo something 4 times, you'd get pissed off too.

And Williams composing music is not really like an actor. An actor is trying to portray something the director wants. The Composer is brought in to bring a different take on what the Director wants but still capture the essence of the Directors ideas.

It's also different in that it takes a lot more time, effort, and money to do what Williams does than it takes for Haydn to say he's the most powerful Jedi ever...
I believe in Editing... Some of the best sequences in film are edits of cues... the final chase sequence of ET with the kids on the Bikes...

ET being introduced to Elliots Toys is TRACKED music... it's NOT the original cue... but it works perfectly.

So I believe in the power of editing... but what they're doing is suicide ....:-p

But yes... lets not get into this as that's NOT what this thread is about... there are many other threads for you to voice your concern.

EDIT: Just wanted to let you all know that there is a surprise coming within the next week. Another score edit I've finished.