10-28-2009, 11:53 PM
Jona wrote:
....it seems to have become fashionable ever since the 1944 version of Shakespeare's "Henry V", starring Sir Laurence Olivier. In that film, a number of scenes were set to just a musical soundtrack ( no other sound) including the charge of the French knighta at Agincourt. The music in that case ( and unusually) was very well done, having been composed by the famous composer Sir William Walton....
Quote:And in general, directors ought to avoid putting music to battle scenes altogether. Showing violence is usually sufficient to get the people's attention.
....it seems to have become fashionable ever since the 1944 version of Shakespeare's "Henry V", starring Sir Laurence Olivier. In that film, a number of scenes were set to just a musical soundtrack ( no other sound) including the charge of the French knighta at Agincourt. The music in that case ( and unusually) was very well done, having been composed by the famous composer Sir William Walton....
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
