Darth Editous said:
Jaitea said:
No, no, I actually think that the music that Mr Williams composed for the prequels is very good........it's just that his style has changed especially when contrasted to his 70's work....it doesn't blend.
J
Isn't it also the case (I may have imagined this bit) that the prequels were (re-)edited after the music was composed and recorded, unlike the original trilogy, where the music was recorded after the edit was complete?
DE
Yep absolutely DE, you've hit the nail on the head, there are definitely different factors involved between then and now....the way films are now are different..my son used to say Star Wars was boring compared to the later films.......WHAT.......too slow......WHAT...... Superman also....the cinema audience today are used to a..........ah! I'm gonna quote him,......'Faster, more intense' style of movie making.
When I was a kid I had a LP collection of soundtracks....you could actually sit down and listen to the whole soundtrack of SW....and get swept away by the pure elegance. I couldn't sit through the prequel soundtracks....they are clunky and bitsy...as you say trying to fit a fast paced movie, changing scenes less than every 2 minutes.
Anyway...enough of this rant....next subject.
J
EDIT: Exactly Pagz, you beat me to it.