1. Who performs/composed the song "Dance of the Spirits" that (I believe) Denkova and Staviyski skated to during the ice dancing finals?
2. What was the slow, sad song playing in the background during the profile/interview thing of Sasha Cohen tonight (2/21)? It sounds really familiar.
Thanks for any help!
Answer to 2: Gravel Road from "The Vilage" by James Newton Howard which arguably deserved the Academy Award for Best Score.
I think it was Grushina/Goncharov who used the Dance of the Spirits. I'm not sure who composed it though or performed it.
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Thank you ever so much! I knew I'd heard that music before, I was just drawing a blank on where. And I agree..."The Village" had wonderful music.
share*grin* I especially loved The Village because the score required the orchestra to become a character in the film. It became the creatures the residents dared not speak of. That's rare in my experience as a score fan, that music becomes a character.
The only score that measured up to The Village last year is arguably The Passion, which according to some fans should have gotten the Oscar that year. Debney uses authentic instruments of the time in sparse sections. Really interesting. But most people I know would have given the Oscar to Village. *rolls eyes* So what gets it, out of Lemony Snicket's, Harry Potter/Prisoner of Azkaban, Finding Neverland, Village and Passion? Finding Neverland. Great in the film, but nothing compared to the others.
LOL as you can tell I'm still reeling from this decision.
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If anything else out of that category deserved the Oscar aside from The Village, I would have gone with Harry Potter...but then again, I don't think a year has gone by when I *don't* think the Oscar people are full of crap. Oh well.
I totally agree with you about the way the soundtrack was done in The Village. The music is so perfect with the film because it literally seems as though it 'is' the character. Movies with that kind of feeling are few and far between.
To heck with the Academy. I think we should create our own Oscars. LOL.
The Passion is the only thing that year that was close to The Village's brilliance, and in some ways it surpassed it.
This year, I am extremely nervous. I think with Best Score they should choose Brokeback Mountain, but whether or not they WILL is another matter. Munich is also deserving, and... Memoirs of a Geisha, with its Lawrence-of-Arabia-like formula.
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"When daylight comes, my kiss shall break the silence which makes you mine!" Calef from Turandot
I'm pretty sure it was Domnina/Shabalin from Russia who used Waltz of the Spirits. It's by Karl Jenkins. I know, it's hard to keep your ice dance D/S's straight :) Denkova/Staviyski used Adagio by Albinoni, and Grushina/Goncharov The Feeling Begins by Peter Gabriel.
shareAhh THAT'S right! Thank you! Yes you're completely right!
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"When daylight comes, my kiss shall break the silence which makes you mine!" Calef from Turandot
Thank you sooooooooooooo much! I've been going insane trying to find Waltz of the Spirits. Had I had the sense to do it, I would have taped the dancing competiton, considering I always find some music I like and never remember who used it. LOL. But thank you once again!
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