William Sommerwerck
2011-09-19 00:37:39 UTC
I just finished watching the first four "Star Wars" episodes, on Blu-ray. A
Certain Person will be happy to hear that I found Hayden Christiansen's
performance rather less bad the second time around -- though it still leaves
much to be desired.
In the scene in Episode IV when Ham Salad lifts the cover on the cargo bay
where he's been hiding, John Williams plays the "mad house" theme from
"Psycho". I've been wondering for 20 years what exactly Williams was getting
at -- if anything. I doubt it's an accident, because once you've heard those
three notes, you're not going to forget them.
Thoughts, anyone? Or is their use at this moment so utterly obvious that I
am exposing myself as a total musical idiot for not recognizing it?
It is unlikely I will respond before next Saturday morning.
Certain Person will be happy to hear that I found Hayden Christiansen's
performance rather less bad the second time around -- though it still leaves
much to be desired.
In the scene in Episode IV when Ham Salad lifts the cover on the cargo bay
where he's been hiding, John Williams plays the "mad house" theme from
"Psycho". I've been wondering for 20 years what exactly Williams was getting
at -- if anything. I doubt it's an accident, because once you've heard those
three notes, you're not going to forget them.
Thoughts, anyone? Or is their use at this moment so utterly obvious that I
am exposing myself as a total musical idiot for not recognizing it?
It is unlikely I will respond before next Saturday morning.
--
"We already know the answers -- we just haven't asked the right
questions." -- Edwin Land
"We already know the answers -- we just haven't asked the right
questions." -- Edwin Land