Reply To: Different versions of the same work?

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Malte Müller
Keymaster

Since we are going into detail, I am not sure if a film adaptation of a stage play (or book) and a interpretation of (classical) work can directly be compared this way. Especially film adaptions often take great freedom leaving things out or adding things, changing dialogues etc. A interpretation of a classical work may change pacing or speed here and there but the notes itself are not changes. There is no movement shortened or a counterpoint change because the conductor thinks so (at least in general). Beethoven’s 9th will still sound like it. While surely film adapting the same work will be much more different than that.

That said I understand the interpretation idea. Often you like what you heard first. Which apparently applies to a great many film score fans that see the film version of the score with all possible flaws as the only valid interpretation.