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OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Ok guys, time to play name that tune. I was just listening to Horner's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, and towards the end of the score, there is a source cue, played by the carnival band. It's after the scene where Mr.Dark threatens Mr.Halloway, and it is a slow funeral march piece.....I know it's something classical, but I cannot place it, and it is driving me absolutely mad!!! If it helps to hum it: dum dahhh da da da daaaaaa da dum duh duh Anyone know this! You get a box o' Dunkin Donuts and my lifelong gratitude if ya do! Cheers! Sean
posted 02-13-2002 10:46 AM PT (US)

James Oscar® Winner	The film's end credits don't mention the use of any classical work, so I'm guessing it's either an original James Horner cue or an "original" James Horner cue. Or they just decided not to cite their use of the piece. But I don't recognize it from anything else. Kirk
posted 02-13-2002 11:25 AM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	I think that a lot of times they just don't credit source cues like that, and this may be a public domain piece anyway...its driving me crazy, I want to say it's Beethoven, but I'm not sure. The scene plays out where the carnival band(brass,cymbals) plays cheery 'carnival' music, then a cue by Horner for the conversation, then the band resumes with this funeral march. I can hear the classical rendition in my head, it's for heavy strings and winds, but I just can't place it...and I know I have the original piece at home!! Ahhhck! Sean PS...thank you for checking the credits Kirk, I appreciate it! [Message edited by OHMSS76 on 02-13-2002]
posted 02-13-2002 11:29 AM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	I know Georges Delerue wrote a bunch of "source cues" for SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES - I wonder if they stayed in the final film? (Kinda like how George Fenton's classical arrangements are still in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE......) Dan
posted 02-13-2002 11:36 AM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Now that's one I hadn't heard before! The source cues are all carnival organ, band, church organ, two slow 'big band' jazz cues....at least from the isolated laserdisc track. The source cues sound totally generic, unlike Horner, Delerue, anyone really...except this damned classical reference. S~
posted 02-13-2002 11:38 AM PT (US)

shureman Oscar® Nominee	I was fortunate to receive a dub of the complete Delerue score to SOMETHING WICKED which I also watched this past week. He contributed an astonishingly atmospheric score and many source cues, including carnival organ, marches, etc. However, none appear to have been retained. The complete Delerue effort is most worthy of preservation, and the performance is superior to the London Sessions CD. My tape leaves quite a bit to be desired sonically, though.
posted 02-14-2002 05:59 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I've never seen this movie or heard the score. Can anyone make an MP3? I like riddles.
posted 02-14-2002 10:26 PM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Hey Marian! There ya are! I know that you must know this one, and if I can figure out how to rip this track and make an MP3, and get it to you!, you can free my brain of this incredible frustration!! I know it's sitting on a rack here, and it's Beethoven, or Mozart, or maybe even, oh yes....Bruckner! It's one of the heavyweights, and Maestro Anton keeps coming up in my head for some reason.... More to come... Sean
posted 02-14-2002 11:41 PM PT (US)

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