In Reply to: Now, that's just nuts. posted by rbolaw on May 11, 2016 at 12:50:56:
No Schoenberg, no Rosenman (or Jerry Goldsmith). Is that what you're arguing? Really? Let's see if I can re-construct the argument:Do I have it right? I won't say this argument is nuts, but. . . a syllogism it is not, especially since I daresay that most folks would not agree with at least a couple of the premises! ;-)
- Rosenman studied with Schoenberg (and Sessions and Dallapicola)
- Rosenman wrote some serial music
- Rosenman also wrote some tonal music
- Rosenman wrote some music influenced by atonality
- Rosenman composed science fiction music (a claimed "lighter" genre)
- The Twilight Zone is an example of this science-fiction genre
- Some episodes of the Twilight Zone were humorous
- Rosenman (Jerry Goldsmith too!) is unthinkable without Schoenberg
- Therefore, the Twilight Zone music would not be the same without Schoenberg
- (implied?) And 12-tone / serial music can evoke humor and/or lighter, more carefree states
BTW, correct me if I'm wrong, but I just checked, and could find only one episode of the Twilight Zone that used Rosenman's music. Are there more? And that particular episode of the Twilight Zone ("And when the Sky was Opened" - my wife and I know all of the episodes tolerably well) didn't seem to me particularly light or humorous, but of course I could always be missing the finer points of interpretation. ;-)
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Follow Ups
- I think you're grasping - Chris from Lafayette 22:22:06 05/11/16 (8)
- I'm not grasping -- you're wringing. ;-) - rbolaw 07:51:52 05/12/16 (7)
- That's a heartfelt response, and I do respect your personal musical journey - Chris from Lafayette 09:46:10 05/12/16 (6)
- RE: That's a heartfelt response, and I do respect your personal musical journey - learsfool 18:12:12 05/12/16 (0)
- "A temporary dip" - rbolaw 10:56:58 05/12/16 (3)
- What got cut out of my attempted edit - Chris from Lafayette 16:52:39 05/12/16 (2)
- Oh man, I am so done with this thread. That's just nasty. nt - rbolaw 18:24:02 05/12/16 (1)
- But I've got more! - Chris from Lafayette 23:16:46 05/12/16 (0)
- Our server chokes again with diacritical marks - click on the date of my post just above {nt] - Chris from Lafayette 10:06:35 05/12/16 (0)