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acroyearMy general thought when asked about what I thought of Star Wars 2 was that it was ok, but the best thing about it was the music.
I'll probably say the same thing about Star Wars 3, but already its better -- I just bought the soundtrack and cranked it out last nite and it is amazing. A lot more action sequences (since the movie itself has more) and some of Williams's best "battle music" since Empire.
Since Luke and Leia are effectively the key to the movie's ending, he's able to pull in more of their themes from A New Hope which is nice, and in being able to play with themes from all 6 films (there are battle moments that follow exactly the same rhythm as the ewok battle, just with completely different notes), he avoids (perhaps accidentally) ripping off some of his works from other movies (the Trade Federation theme from Phantom Menace is almost indistinguishable from his "Nazi" theme from the first and third Indiana Jones films).
So, I'm groovin' today.
back to work...
I'll probably say the same thing about Star Wars 3, but already its better -- I just bought the soundtrack and cranked it out last nite and it is amazing. A lot more action sequences (since the movie itself has more) and some of Williams's best "battle music" since Empire.
Since Luke and Leia are effectively the key to the movie's ending, he's able to pull in more of their themes from A New Hope which is nice, and in being able to play with themes from all 6 films (there are battle moments that follow exactly the same rhythm as the ewok battle, just with completely different notes), he avoids (perhaps accidentally) ripping off some of his works from other movies (the Trade Federation theme from Phantom Menace is almost indistinguishable from his "Nazi" theme from the first and third Indiana Jones films).
So, I'm groovin' today.
back to work...
