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And remember...IF you MUST steal...

Steal from the BEST!

hahahaha

Whenever I hear Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony, my mind sings the Russian Folk Song Lyrics from “V’polye beryoza stayala”, the tune from which he lifted the main theme of the last movement. LOL.

[Borges]

Tchaikovsky didn’t ‘lift’ that tune...it was a conscious quote that all his Russian listeners would have understood. Using folk material was very common at the time. Russians were especially obsessed with it.

[onedoug]

Glad to see a story about scoring that I think is one of the most underrated parts film making.

I like Hans Zimmer a lot: “As Good As It Gets”. Listen to the insectoid syncopations therein.

My favorite right now though is Carter Burwell’s “Alamo” from 2004. Such beautiful themes that he makes the approach to sound so simple....

[real saxophonist]

The Composer's Recipe for Fried Chicken:

First, steal a chicken...