{"id":215819,"date":"2021-03-31T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-musical-influences-film\/"},"modified":"2021-03-31T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T18:00:10","slug":"the-musical-influences-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-musical-influences-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Musical Influences \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e6e634a85\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e6e634a85\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-musical-influences-film\/#Kings_Row\" >Kings Row<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-musical-influences-film\/#The_Temp_Track\" >The Temp Track<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-musical-influences-film\/#Coda\" >Coda<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Musical Influences \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-664660 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/star-wars-kings-row-700x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/star-wars-kings-row.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/star-wars-kings-row-360x154.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Welcome to <\/span><\/em><b>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a> That Made Star Wars<\/b><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a series where we explore the films and television properties that inspired George Lucas\u2019s iconic universe. In this edition:\u00a0<\/span><\/em><b>King\u2019s Row<\/b><em>.<\/em><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">George Lucas is the sort of filmmaker who takes his influences from everywhere. It doesn\u2019t matter if they seem to fit at first. The way his mind works, any mishmash of things can make sense when they\u2019re put together through the camera lens of his brain. One of the things he wanted to do with the whizz-bang fantasy world of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was give it music that would make it feel grounded and emotional. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview on the THX remastered VHS releases of the original trilogy, George Lucas related to film critic Leonard Maltin his desire for the score: \u201cI had known Steven Spielberg for a long time up to this point. And we were talking about the film real early on when I was writing the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>, and I said \u2018I want a classical score. I want the Korngold kind of feel about this thing, it\u2019s an old fashioned kind of movie, and I want that grand soundtrack that they used to have on movies,\u2019 and he said, \u2018The guy you\u2019ve got to talk to is John Williams. He did <em>Jaws<\/em>, I love him, he\u2019s the greatest composer that ever lived. You\u2019ve got to talk to him!\u2019 and so I did.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post --><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most famous scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold was composed for the 1942 film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kings Row <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and it would play an indelible part in the history of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as we all know,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lucas took Spielberg\u2019s advice and John Williams was hired, knowing he\u2019d be able to bring that Korngold sound to life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this installment of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Movies That Made Star Wars<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we\u2019ll talk about Korngold\u2019s music that inspired <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and, specifically, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King\u2019s Row.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dXeIr470Y-M\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dXeIr470Y-M<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kings_Row\"><\/span><b><i>Kings Row<\/i><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kings Row <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tells the story of a pair of childhood friends, Parris (Robert Cummings) and Drake (Ronald Reagan) as they navigate the melodrama of a small town at the turn of the 19th century. Their lives take dramatic turns, fortunes are lost and gained, they suffer tragedies and heartbreak, but the film ultimately ends on a supremely uplifting note. The movie speaks to classism and the dark underbelly of picture-perfect small towns. Supporting performers that helped the film earn three Oscar nominations (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography \u2013 Black-and-White) include Claude Rains as a reclusive doctor, Harry Davenport as the charismatic town lawyer, and Ann Sheridan, a girl born literally on the wrong side of the tracks.<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_2 --><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows their trials and tribulations, their love lives and their successes, as they overcome all obstacles. But the town has dark secrets, and the film is as much about those dark secrets as it is the rosy picture of friendship between Parris and Drake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film earned every bit of its cinematography nomination. Cinematographer James Wong Howe (who was only allowed to become an American citizen a year after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kings Row<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s release thanks to the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act) keeps everything in a lush, deep focus and allows you to draw your own conclusions, much like the themes of the film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the entire picture, the music helps punctuate the emotion, essentially narrating the film along the surface. The score became so popular that Warner Brothers had to create form letters to answer all the mail about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One could wonder if David Lynch\u2019s film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue Velvet <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sprang from the sort of fare that made <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kings Row <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">powerful. Both films explore that notion of the small town that exists on the outside for all to see and the terror, tragedy, and evil that lurks within.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kings Row; Main Title (From &quot;Kings Row&quot;)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tysCiL1-24w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Temp_Track\"><\/span><b>The Temp Track<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_3 --><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In that same interview with Leonard Maltin, George Lucas talked about writing <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to certain pieces of music:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI write to music, so when I\u2019m writing a scene I have the music there, and I\u2019m writing it to the music. And then in a lot of cases we\u2019ll use that same music as a temp track. So there was temp tracks of classical music in the score.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of those tracks was the main theme for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kings Row.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This temp track of music tied to the movie was shown to John Williams and he would then go off and score the film. He would add flourishes and create something new \u2013 but he would sometimes quote other pieces of music here and there while always making them unmistakably <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We talked about this when we wrote about Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Psycho.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the opening notes of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kings Row<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, there is no doubting the resemblance to the main theme of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And even if George Lucas <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hadn\u2019t <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">used Korngold for the temp track, there\u2019s every chance that John Williams might have referenced him anyway. In a 1998 interview with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars Insider, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_4 --><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cI\u2019ve been particularly fascinated with the \u00e9migr\u00e9s from Europe in the 1930s \u2014 people like Max Steiner and Erich Korngold, but also Vernon Duke and Kurt Weill, who came with [directors] Billy Wilder and Ernst Lubitsch to Hollywood. They brought this tremendous European culture. In a certain sense, my colleagues and I are the artistic grandchildren of these men. We have been the beneficiaries of a rich tradition that grew up here in the early days of sound, in the 1930s and 40s.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If John Williams is the artistic grandchild of men like Erich Korngold, then the main theme of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the artistic grandchild of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kings Row.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COMPLETE George Lucas \/ Leonard Maltin interview (1995)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B-LvSbsEDI4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Coda\"><\/span><b>Coda<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kings Row <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a terrific film, even outside of its influence of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is has to say might seem dated at times, but the film is well put-together and well-staged. The melodrama is never overwhelming and always compelling, and the film\u2019s structure is so unique in how it ping pongs between characters that it\u2019s worth further study for that alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, let\u2019s be honest: this movie was probably the best thing Ronald Reagan ever did in his life. He was perfect for the role of Drake in a way never seen in any other movie. It was no wonder this was the picture that made him a star. The score was so iconic and pivotal to Reagan\u2019s life that selections from it were played at his inauguration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately, the film is about how a man needs to make a decision to make things better and how he can work toward that even if it\u2019s difficult. If that\u2019s not one of the central themes of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t know what is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kings Row <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is available to purchase or rent on most streaming services. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>                            <strong>Cool Posts From Around the Web:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                            <!-- \/post -->\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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