tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post5894483493413765566..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Sunday Burst of WeirdnessKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-73578748703009433512009-04-14T09:41:00.000-04:002009-04-14T09:41:00.000-04:00Well, I'm not a an afficionado, by any stretch of ...Well, I'm not a an afficionado, by any stretch of the imagination. All I know is that I own both The Planets, and the Star Wars soundtrack, and have listened to them both, and said to myself, "wow, do they ever sound similar to me."Call me Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704646008578216859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-38527827898789599062009-04-13T10:18:00.000-04:002009-04-13T10:18:00.000-04:00All of the LOST soundtracks feature horrible-pun t...All of the LOST soundtracks feature horrible-pun track titles, and a quick spin through the iPod shows that some other Giacchino scores have some as well. Seems like a thing he does. I'm much more in Giacchino's camp than you, although none of his film is anywhere near as good as his LOST work to me.<BR/><BR/>My favorite Holst lift is the opening piece to the Coppola Dracula score, which is very reminiscent of the opening to the Mars piece.Tosy And Coshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466315384515717261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-10469132863970407482009-04-12T22:22:00.000-04:002009-04-12T22:22:00.000-04:00Paul, that is nonsense to such a staggering degree...Paul, that is nonsense to such a staggering degree that I can only assume you're saying it to get a rise out of me. The similarities between "The Planets" and "Star Wars" are so overblown as to be almost comical. The main citation is always the climax of the Death Star battle versus the climax of "Mars the Bringer of War", and even there, the pieces aren't that similar -- Holst's long chord blasts are held and sustained whereas Williams's are not. There is nothing in "Star Wars" that sounds anything like, say, the Mercury movement, or the Venus movement, or the Jupiter movement, or the Neptune movement, et al.Kelly Sedingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-6313929628666394112009-04-12T22:09:00.000-04:002009-04-12T22:09:00.000-04:00Is John Williams all that different? Most of the o...Is John Williams all that different? Most of the original Star Wars soundtrack was flat out copied from Holst's The Planets.Call me Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704646008578216859noreply@blogger.com