Help Needed & Feedback Wanted: STAR WARS - Symphony for a Saga — Page 2

Bingowings said:

Johnny Ringo said:

Seems to be working fine for me, at least in firefox. Didn't have to jump through any hoops...

I was attempting to download them via Opera so under your recommendation I flipped over to Firefox and the popped up like a flash so thanks for that.

I am looking forward to giving these a good listen.

My only advice in terms of doing a visual version is avoid any shots of lips moving without speach, it really breaks the mood and is visually jarring (silent movie buffs will note that silent films with spoken scenes without speach cards at regular intervals look very strange).

If you want to keep up with the action replace those shots with conceptual art matching the scene.

On a side note could you use your music editing skills to produce a couple of variations of the Anakin theme which blend in pitch, pace and with element additions of The Imperial March etc, to reflect the change from the innocent boy of Episode One to the near Vader of the middle of Episode 3 (and perhaps even a triumphant version intercut with the Force theme for Anakin redeemed)?

This came up as a suggestion in the Radical Prequel Redux thread but might also come in handy for people re-editing ROTJ.

It would also be nice to have a longer form versions of the Imperial Motiff from ANH and the Droids motiff from ESB (two musical elements which sadly were not revisited in later films).

 

 Thanks for the suggestions. I am sticking to using each film's music for each film's suite. The Imperial Motiff you mention from ANH is actually the Rebellion Motiff, if I remember. The best place that theme was expanded in was the assault on the blockade runner. I tried to create some form of an extended theme, but there wasn't enough variety to create a suitable theme. Unless, of course you are referencing the Death Star motiff, which also doesn't have enough out there to create a theme.

And finally, as for the incredible Droid Motiff from Empire, it has to be one of my favorite themes that isn't really fleshed out, kind of like the Qui-Gon theme from Menace. While I was able to create a nice theme for Qui-Gon, there once again isn't enough Droid motiff in the film, let alone including Jedi to make anything substantial.

I like your ideas about Anakin's theme, and I would love to hear a new triumphant version, but no original music exists to do that. It would certainly be cool, though.

darthatton said:

Wow, incredible editing on both the "A New Hope" and "OT Preview" track! I especially liked the transition from the Force theme to the Episode 6 duel. Again, just excellent work!

 Thank you sir! It took quite a while to get the JEDI music tweaked to the point where it flows with the rest of the trilogy. Give the rest of the suites a listen and let me know what you think!

Unfortunately I can't download anyhting, filefront jsut gives me an error whenever  Itry... *sigh*

Ah  I fixed it, seems Filefront doesnt like Internet Download Manager... :p listening to it in 1 min lol

darthatton said:

I have, and I've got to say that they're all quite impressive. The Episode 1 suite would have to be my favorite due to your excellent remix of the Duel of the Fates and also, the Qui-Gon single. (Didn't even realize that he had a theme until I listened to it!)

 Thanks for compliments. TPM is probably my favorite suite as well. For some reason, that one just flowed together quite effortlessly.

Todd,

Wow what can I say, OTpreview is PHENOMINAL!!! I also LOVE how you opened up the New Hope track, in alot of ways, listening to Star Wars like this is even better than watching it, thx for  all the hard work!!!!!!

Thanks again, Rob.

Boy if I ever feel bad about this work, all I have to do is get your opinion. Thanks for you're support!

Thanks! Please let me know about the ROTS FLAC version. I believe I had to upload that one twice, so it very well could have a problem with the file.

Hey Todd!

I don't pop in often on the forum anymore, but imagine my suprise when I realized you were working on these again!  All of these have a permanent spot on my ipod.  

Hope all is well.  

Tom

very nice work :D

Any updates Todd?

I've signed up at filefront and still the links just take me to ageneric filefront page. Are the links still good or am I doing something wrong. Please help.

Any news? Listening to the Episode I set reminds me of hours long wasted on the video game tie-in... good memories, better music.