The Worst Aviation Movie of All Time

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:09:22 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote:

In article ,
vincent p. norris wrote:

Midway *does* have good music...another John Williams score.

I guess I never noticed that! I'll try to pay closer attention next
time I watch. (And I will watch; I love looking at those old
airplanes, even if they're the wrong ones.)

One of the characteristics of a good movie score is that you
don't notice it.

Well...I'll disagree with you, to some extent. A good score should not be
intrusive, but the best ones enhance the movie. The opening for "The Rocketeer"
is a good example. "Star Wars," as mentioned by others, is another good case.
Each major character had their own musical theme...subtle most of the time, but
they'd be worked together during action sequences.

Lucas went a long, LONG way to build sympathy for Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker
by the time Vader dies in "Return of the Jedi." But the crowning touch was the
"Empire Strike Back" theme, played in a minor key on a single mandolin, just as
Anakin dies.

Or, to slip back to aviation, imagine the scene at the beginning of "Twelve
O'Clock High," when Stovall puts the Toby mug back on the 918th mantel. The
music transitions from a song of peace to a song of war as Stovall's mind
transfers from the tranquility of the abandoned air base to the harshness the
return of a shot-up bomb group.

Ron Wanttaja

In article ,
Ron Wanttaja wrote:

One of the characteristics of a good movie score is that you
don't notice it.

Well...I'll disagree with you, to some extent. A good score should not be
intrusive, but the best ones enhance the movie.

We are actually in agreement. I don't think I've expressed myself
very well. The score needs to enhance the movie, the plot, the story,
without being the story.

--
Bob Noel
(gave up looking for a particular sig the lawyer will hate)

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:25:17 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote:

(gave up looking for a particular sig the lawyer will hate)

What happened to "Downloading copyrighted media since 1995"?

or

"Kids! Download these plans for making explosives from stuff you have
around the house!"

or

"Email today for more information on Uncle Bob's Mystical Mushroom
Logs!"

Don

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:25:17 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote:

In article ,
Ron Wanttaja wrote:

One of the characteristics of a good movie score is that you
don't notice it.

Well...I'll disagree with you, to some extent. A good score should not be
intrusive, but the best ones enhance the movie.

We are actually in agreement. I don't think I've expressed myself
very well. The score needs to enhance the movie, the plot, the story,
without being the story.

Yes, I saw one of your later posts and realized what you meant.

I remember back when I was a little kid and my parents dropped me off for one of
those movie-mill live-action Disney flicks in the '60s. Even THEN I noticed how
badly the music suited the movie. In retrospect, I think they just had some
generic music they added to all their cheapie films.

Ron Wanttaja