Ugo
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Posted: Feb. 10 2012, 17:46 |
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@ Nacho: of course he did. Both pieces (the one that Women of Ireland is taken from, and the Sarabande) are in barry Lyndon, and that's where Mike took his inspiration from. 
@ Olivier: as far as I know, the Sarabande was a very slow, stately and somber dance - a royal court thing. I guess not all dances are jolly and happy... the slow waltz (or English waltz) is a standard dance, a formal dancefloor step, and most pieces with a slow waltz rhythm are very romantic with hints of melancholy. 
Regarding what you said about Leonard Rosenman, well, he certainly wasn't (and isn't) a distinguished film composer... if he was, he would've had an entirely different reaction. Some time ago Ennio Morricone told an anecdote about Sergio Leone. He was talking to Morricone about some musical ideas that he (Leone) had for Once Upon a Time in America and said to Morricone: "OK, I have this lovely piece by Tchaikovsky which I'd really like you to arrange for me". Morricone reportedly blew a rapsperry in his face and told him: "Sergio, simply because of the fact that I am Ennio Morricone, I do Ennio Morricone's music and no-one else's. If you wanted somebody else's music, you wouldn't have called me." That shut Leone up. 
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Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian
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The original version (I mean Händel's original) has always sounded more melancholic than dramatic to me, but it's obvious that the heavier you do it, the more dramatic it gets. 
