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Star Wars minus John Williams
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Letterbomb
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Dem lip smacks bothered me.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
hahaha awesome
Broder Salsa
Banned
Chewbaccas screams and then the clapping, reminds me of that yoko ono performance.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Holy shit imagine how awkward this actually was when they filmed it.
Chewbacca though...XD
Chewbacca though...XD
Especially Star Wars. I'm not sure if it was George Lucas who said it, but I remember hearing a quote where someone was talking about the importance of Williams' score and how Star Wars could be basically understood without the dialogue track because the music told the story with all the different themes.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
in tears at chewie
Bucket Mouse
Member
Fucking Chewbacca.
That old ET without John Williams video is also humorous:
http://youtu.be/kWcg3cITkTI
That old ET without John Williams video is also humorous:
http://youtu.be/kWcg3cITkTI
thesoapster
Member
Even reading this did not prepare me LOL
More Fun To Compute
Member
This is why people call it space opera.
CountAntonius
Member
Amazing how awkward it all is with silence.
CyclopsRock
Member
Interesting that they had Jupiter at the start - it's really clear when you listen to it that Williams was very heavily influenced by Holst.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Oh man, Chewbacca has my sides hurting.
Lucas had a temp score of classical pieces that had the feel he wanted. So he basically took that to Williams and said to make original pieces that have a similar feel.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
This is hilarious because it just doesn't work without the score. Real life would have dialog to state why they are there and why they are being presented with awards.
But this isn't actually from the sound stage, is it? I thought it was someone being funny and overdubbing everything.
But this isn't actually from the sound stage, is it? I thought it was someone being funny and overdubbing everything.
Mighty Chin
Banned
Omg I can't stop cry laughing.
This is indeed both hilarious, and a great example as to why music is so critical.
Now I'm stuck in the rabbit hole of looking up scenes without the music.
Here is one of the Psycho shower scene...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81qweiWqyTU
Now I'm stuck in the rabbit hole of looking up scenes without the music.
Here is one of the Psycho shower scene...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81qweiWqyTU
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Lol the Jaws one definitely takes out the tension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2K-YedETiI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2K-YedETiI
Holy God, I just found this one someone did of the famous scene from Rocky and it made me bust out laughing even more than the Star Wars video with Chewie...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNgauJMdZbc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNgauJMdZbc
CyclopsRock
Member
Ooh I didn't know that! Thanks!
Yep. Even though Williams kinda failed, Fates is such an utter Burana ripoff, there is not much originality left.
CreepingFear
Member
Ha ha @ Chewbacca.
Lucky Forward
Member
I remember back when Star Wars was released, one of the guys in Kraftwerk said he loved the film, but the music was all wrong, and that Star Wars should have had cutting edge electronic music. LOL
Yeah but to be fair Spielberg re-edited the film to conform to Williams' score, so integral the score is to E.T.
CreepingFear
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Guys, that isn't actually Peter Mayhew roaring, it's the person who made the video that put that in for a joke.
Eh. The two pieces are pretty different. They only share choral elements. If you want a real Carmina Burana ripoff, I give you James Horner:
Charging Fort Wagner - Glory
WRONG!
That is what the entire point of the video is about. The music was so important to the scene that it literally altered the Chewie roar.
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
Banned
That was my exact thought too. Thank you.
Zantetsuken
Member
From a wookie to a wolf cub.
EDIT: Fuck, I can see why Mark Hamill was laughing. Got damn. hahaha
EDIT: Fuck, I can see why Mark Hamill was laughing. Got damn. hahaha
CreepingFear
Member
Now David Prowse's voice vs James Earl Jones can make a difference as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSm9DDxQv8E
MacGurcules
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You know, I've had this conversation with friends before. I proposition that something like 80% of the feel of Star Wars comes from the music and the sound effects. Hearing it put to the test pretty much confirms it for me.
EXACTLY the music enhanced the roar.
CountAntonius
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But that's how it really happened.
That was great, thanks.
Oh my God, he actually sounds like Dark Helmet.
Brian Griffin
Member
Chewie was awesome but the fart is where I lost it.
Was just about to say that.
Going down some youtube related links, I came across this Star Wars music documentary about The Empire Strikes Back, it happened to have an actual on-set scene without music followed by with music that was interesting as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzohziFmseE#t=5m50s
There was a scene with David Prowse-voiced Darth Vader a bit earlier also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzohziFmseE#t=5m50s
There was a scene with David Prowse-voiced Darth Vader a bit earlier also.
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