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In Reply to: RE: Now for some REAL music: a new recording of Respighi's Roman Trilogy posted by Chris from Lafayette on August 21, 2016 at 13:00:26
Try not to cry during the final "Ah" chorus.
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The CGI effects should be spectacular (IMAX 3D and all that)! I don't care if some critics said they were cheesy.
But, no matter what, there's no Miklos Rozsa in the credits! (Who's this Marco Beltrami guy anyway?)
Yes indeed, there's a direct line of musical descent from Respighi's Roman Trilogy (and Bloch's Jewish-themed works) to Rozsa's "biblical epics" such as Ben-Hur - and Rozsa kept the standard pretty darn high IMHO! A worthy successor to such greats as Respighi and Bloch, although I'd say that that final tear-jerking "Ah" chorus probably owes more to Bloch than to Respighi. ;-)
BTW, the director (Timur Bekmambetov from Kazakhstan) claims that his new Ben-Hur is a "re-interpretation", not a "re-make". Probably so - it's only 2/3 as long! ;-)
He wrote Bari Sax Solo in the Credits to a Tommy Lee Jones Movie, The Electric Mist, or something like that.
And I got to play it...
He was interested in the difference between a low Bb Bari, and Low C, which he used.
BTW, you've got to toot your own horn more (no pun intended!) in this forum - I've heard your contributions on some recordings and I'd like to hear more!
BTW, my MOVIE review of the new Ben-Hur (as opposed to my MUSIC review on this forum) is now over on the Films forum.
And for those anti-flashers, a link
Will have to research first to make sure reinterpretation doesn't include Ben jumping into bed with his childhood friend this time around.
Edits: 08/22/16
The music was a BIG letdown (compared to Rozsa's score), and the final portion at the very end and the credits was one of those absurd vehicles for some American-Idol-type "lay the emoting on thick" female singer. ("Man, can't you hear the pain and feeling in my voice? - I'm a twenty-something who's really suffered, just like Ben-Hur and Jesus!") I'd prefer Rozsa's holy "Ah" chorus any day of the week! ;-)
But. . . overall. . . (aside from the music), I didn't think it was bad at all. I may try to post something over on the film forum here.
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