"Somewhere in Time" Headed to the Stage- Page 2

[kaycee]

Posted: 7/17/06 at 5:06pm

Didn't John Barry create his own orchestrations around Rhapsody on a Theme?

[Craig]

Posted: 7/17/06 at 5:09pm

John Barry and Chet Swiatowsky orchestrated that. The actual theme (I just looked it up) from the movie, however was created by Roger Williams

[kaycee]

Posted: 7/17/06 at 5:12pm

So says my film score. However, it confuses me when they have "Somewhere In Time" by Barry, "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" by Swiatkowski, and "Theme from Somewhere in Time" by Williams. All three have the same melody.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/17/06 at 5:13pm

I can't imagine they will use any music from the movie: that's actually one of the responsibilities of the musical team: to come up with a musical theme that makes you forget the music from the movie.

[kaycee]

Posted: 7/17/06 at 5:16pm

Oh, nothing could make me forget the theme from the film, be it by a classical or a modern composer. It's just one of those things for me.

[TomMonster]

Posted: 7/17/06 at 5:28pm

The song from the movie is a classic. But Michael Bennett is right. The new score must supercede the original to work. It will be tough.

[RuprechtJr.]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 3:02pm

You don't realize how pissed I was when I saw this. I love Somewhere in Time. In fact, I was writing a musical version of it. As of this date I'm half-way through Act II. It took me over three years to do all that. Now it's all worthless, wasted paper and wasted time.

[TomMonster]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 4:43pm

Alway, ALWAYS, secure development rights before starting on a piece. If it's not in the public domain, you could get screwed.

Development rights have a limited time period, but prevents others from beating you to the punch...

[RuprechtJr.]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 6:42pm

Thanks for the advice. See, I thought that it would just be performed at my local community theater, not majorly, so I thought getting rights wouldn't be a big priority. I know now that I was completely wrong. Before I get any further with my other projects I'll secure rights.

ON TOPIC:
I think the Rachmaninoff song should stay because it was what the music box played. You can't...well, shouldn't really, change something as major and important as the Music Box's Theme. That's like changing the characters genders. (In my mind, at least.)