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Topic: Prokofiev´s 2nd Symph., Elfman's source of "ideas"? (Read 2233 times)

piazzo23

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Prokofiev´s 2nd Symph., Elfman's source of "ideas"?

on: August 06, 2005, 05:48:45 AM

I can´t believe my ears.

Only if you have those soundtracks and listened thousands of times like I did, you´ll know what I´m talking about... $:-\$

This are all excerpts from Prokofiev´s 2nd Symphony´s 1st mov.

Sleepy Hollow:

https://www.geocities.com/rchme2/Untitledhollow3.mp3 (no commentaries...)
https://www.geocities.com/rchme2/Untitledhollow2.mp3 (check this motive, only the final note is different)

Beetlejuice:

https://www.geocities.com/rchme2/Untitled.mp3 (horns dance and typical clarinets motive)
https://www.geocities.com/rchme2/Untitledbeet2.mp3 (if you have the soundtrack you know)

Nightmare before christmas:

https://www.geocities.com/rchme2/nmbc.mp3 (Jack seeing the famous tree)

If you are not completelly moistened in Danny Elfman´s soundtracks, trust me...

I´m not insane!!! I have those tracks ingrained in my head!!

If you reply, please tell me if you HAVE any of those soundtrakcs and listened MANY times to them.

So you know, from now on:

Directed by Tim Burton
Music by Prokofiev

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stevie

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Re: Prokofiev´s 2nd Symph., Elfman's source of "ideas"?

Reply #1 on: August 07, 2005, 11:01:12 AM

how could i fail to be moistened by such beautiful music?

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piazzo23

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Re: Prokofiev´s 2nd Symph., Elfman's source of "ideas"?

Reply #2 on: August 07, 2005, 10:45:03 PM

Quote from: stevie on August 07, 2005, 11:01:12 AM

how could i fail to be moistened by such beautiful music?

Yes, my vocabulary es very limited

It´s a real challenge to understand what I write, I´m aware...
my english is so poor... I´m gonna cry...

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rabbidrabbit

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Re: Prokofiev´s 2nd Symph., Elfman's source of "ideas"?

Reply #3 on: August 08, 2005, 09:29:04 PM

On a related note, Robert Greenburg, a professor at San Fransico Conservatory (i think) in one of his lectures on music (available from the teaching company), showed how the composer of the music for the movie "The Right Stuff" pretty much stole one of the themes from Tchaikovsky's first violin concerto (for which he won an oscar!).

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