I once noticed that the HOME ALONE score sounded a lot like The Nutcracker. I was watching a press kit generic Making Of doc and noticed that they used The Nutcracker as a temp score. Here's the opening titles.
Here is The Dance Of The Sugar Plumb Fairy
Here is a piece of Home Alone Score called "Holiday Flight"
Here is The Russian Dance
I'm not even sure it's limited to Home Alone. Take a listen to this bit of John Williams' SUPERMAN score entitled "Planet Krypton"
And now listen to "Sprach Zarathustra", also known as the theme to 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Astute observations or rantings from someone doped up on cough medicine? YOU DECIDE.
- D
No John Williams is not a thief. He simply created a pastiche of 'The Nutcracker' for Home Alone. As you correctly stated, it was used as the temp track for the original work edit. However, I can't see where you're coming from with 'The Planet Krypton' and 'Sprach Zarathustra' They are totally different. The arrangement is similar but that's an entirely different thing, altogether.
ReplyDeleteI think they have the same build up and the exact same ending.
ReplyDeleteWilliams was being witty. Go figure:
ReplyDelete"I love those who do not first seek a reason beyond the stars for going down and being sacrifices, but sacrifice themselves to the earth, that the earth of the Superman may hereafter arrive.
I love him who lives in order to know, and seeks to know in order that the Superman may hereafter live. Thus seeks he his own down-going.
I love him who labors and invents, that he may build the house for the Superman, and prepare for him earth, animal, and plant: for thus seeks he his own down-going."
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra