Love and Music in Singin’ in the Rain
From one point of view, the classic 1952 film musical Singin’ in the Rain is a comical take on Hollywood’s transition from the silent to the sound era in the […]
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John Williams Themes, Part 3 of 6: The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)
The Imperial March, or “Darth Vader’s Theme”, is one of the most pervasive and well-liked themes in John Williams’ Star Wars scores. Even so, the truth is that it was
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John Williams Themes, Part 2 of 6: Star Wars, Main Title
The main title music to the Star Wars films is probably the most recognizable cue in film music history. Ever since its 1977 debut in Episode IV: A New Hope,
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Musical Themes in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Part 6 of 6: The Dark Knight Rises
As I mentioned in the first post of this series, from watching the Dark Knight films, one can get the impression that the soundtracks are largely atmospheric rather than tuneful. But
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John Williams Themes, Part 1 of 6: The Force Theme
The “Force theme”, also known as “Ben Kenobi’s theme”, “Obi-Wan’s theme”, or “May the Force Be With You”, is one of the most beloved of John Williams’ music for the
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Citizen Kane Leitmotifs and Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead
Bernard Herrmann is well known to have largely avoided the technique of leitmotif, which by the late 1930s had become a staple of Hollywood film music, especially in the scores
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