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It’s a MASSIVE work — 78 minutes in 6 long tracks — but I THINK it is my favourite Glass score, all things considered.
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST/PASSION by Peter Gabriel is another one of the scores I considered as example for “great” film scores.
After listening to (and reviewing) Sarde’s new score for MOI QUI T’AMAIS recently, and hearing his reuse of music from this 1972 film, I decided to listen to it again. It’s a beautiful affair, wistful and warm (and a little hotjazz thrown in), so I can understand why Sarde keeps using the theme(s).
The re-use of a musical “theme”, motif or subject isn’t really anything unusual, and never has been. Composers have been recycling and re-using themes — their own or others — for as long as there is music history. So I don’t mind it either when it fits. Even Beethoven got a lot of mileage out of a theme he used and recycled in different compositions, such as in “The Creatures of Prometheus”, his third symphony, or his violin concerto, plus some piano work. So if Beethoven could do it, why not Sarde. 🙂
Of course during Beethoven’s days music was not so wide spread available so probably not many noticed 😉 I can surely understand to re-use a good theme, especially if you maybe even feel it is wasted in its original movie. After all its his property he can do what he likes.
Yes, people have reused for centuries. Heck, I don’t even mind it when Horner does it.
I think it’s a great way of identifying film language, to identify recurrent emotional currents or situations, and score them with a musical idea from one’s past.
Years ago I was less forgiving for Horner but nowadays I made my peace with it. He does it so rather well that it doesn’t bother me. And I am not that familiar in detail that I don’t always notice (besides the danger motif maybe).
If you are nasty you could say for example Glass always sounds the same even if he does not re-use themes 😉 Just kidding, I like Glass but often need the mood for it. Thanks for tipp with VISITOR. Didn’t know that one and will give it a listen.
Recently resdiscovered these four acoustic Tangerine Dream covers a composer and school teacher did with his students.
That’s lovely. I don’t always think electronic music translates very well to acoustic (Vangelis being a prime example), but it kinda works there.
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