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« Reply #15 on: 19:17:37, 26-02-2007 » |
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I've fairly recently read 5 of H.G. Wells books and I found "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" better than "War of the Worlds", "The Island of Dr.Moreau", "First men in the Moon" and "The Time Machine" Could be because Journey is by Jules Verne... As it happens, I have myself been working very intermittently for some years on a music-theatre libretto which I suppose could be loosely described as "science fiction" in so far as the action, such as it is, takes place in a distant future, although about half of the material consists of out-of-context fragments from Shakespeare ( King Lear to be precise), for reasons which I hope I can make clear, although I'm not at all sure that my limited abilities with words will be sufficient to realise what I have in mind... composers writing their own libretti seems generally to be a risky idea. But sometimes there's no alternative. |
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« Reply #16 on: 20:16:44, 26-02-2007 » |
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Whoops, spot the deliberate mistake! Obviously not with it while I was typing (I also read Journey as well last year and got the two confused. I still can't remember the 5th Wells book, must look through the bookcases and find it again...)
Onwards...
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« Reply #17 on: 14:56:35, 28-02-2007 » |
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Ok, bear with me on this one. On another board (no, not the BBC one), we got into a big discussion and it turned out that many of us, aside from been classical music fans, were also sci-fi fans. I just wondered if this is the case here as well?
I like sci-fi, 2000ad and HG Wells, Orwell  oh,and, of course, doctor who ! |
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« Reply #18 on: 15:23:38, 28-02-2007 » |
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... composers writing their own libretti seems generally to be a risky idea. But sometimes there's no alternative.
Though not always; after all, your posts have never suggested anything other than an expert's handling of the language. If, however, the idea of collaboration (in a strictly non-World War II sense) with a so-so wordsmith with considerable practical experience of music theatre in many forms is not an anathema to you, then could I suggest that there might even be a suitable candidate or two on this very board....? |
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« Reply #19 on: 15:36:04, 28-02-2007 » |
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« Reply #20 on: 15:53:20, 28-02-2007 » |
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oh,and, of course, doctor who !
Surely everyone likes Doctor Who Was the Doctor Who theme (in its original incarnation) the first major public use of what we would now call 'new music'? |
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« Reply #21 on: 16:10:19, 28-02-2007 » |
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Interesting question. I remember asking my Dad when I was young, if he could play it on the piano and he [got out of it] by saying it wasn't "music". Later on, after I got an LP with an orchestral arrangement, he could play it.    |
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« Reply #22 on: 16:26:31, 28-02-2007 » |
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Was the Doctor Who theme (in its original incarnation) the first major public use of what we would now call 'new music'? There's also the film Forbidden Planet (1956) which was certainly the first use of electronic music in a Hollywood film, though Louis and Bebe Barron's contribution, made at their own studio in New York, is described as "electronic tonalities" in the credits, because they weren't union members so it couldn't be called "music". Plus ça change... |
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« Reply #23 on: 16:27:59, 28-02-2007 » |
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aware that i am introducing an alien world folded into this one so i will just gently write sun ra
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« Reply #24 on: 16:58:14, 28-02-2007 » |
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could I suggest that there might even be a suitable candidate or two on this very board....? That's an interesting suggestion indeed, Ron. |
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« Reply #25 on: 17:07:23, 28-02-2007 » |
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I travel back in time with classical fings and forward with sci-fi, and hang around with cool chicks just in case I need help battling the daleks.
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« Reply #26 on: 19:35:11, 28-02-2007 » |
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Calum, yea....Sun Ra, brother from another planet. KK might be surprised to know the tv documentary on him last year was a SomethinElse production !
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« Reply #27 on: 19:55:22, 28-02-2007 » |
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kk tends to know an awful lot!
somethingelse need all the cred they can muster to keep their opportunity to push aromatherapy on Jon3!
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