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Date Posted: 14:38:51 03/08/06 Wed
Author: Prince Barin
Subject: Flash Gordon in a New Way !

I have to say that the tremendous amount of work that our Forum leader (and honored Commander of the Nitron Squadron)Rick has put into Flash has enabled me to view the series in a whole new way. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of music, he has researched the musical accompaniment and painstakingly put together a whole new body of knowledge about this wonderful part of the FG heritage.
From time to time over the years I would be with someone and "Les Preludes" or some other fragment of FG music would be playing. Instantly he or she would comment on it being "Flash Gordon music" or "Flash Gordon fight music", so widely known and recognized was the music.
In reading comments from other FG enthusiasts, I learned that there were innumerable people who, having heard the music in their childhood, wanted to know more about it or to have copies of it. Having absolutely no musical background myself, I always assumed that the music originated with mainstream classical composers and was available in one way or another. We now know, thanks to Rick, that its origin is very diverse and that much of it is inaccessible. But at least here we can come to celebrate this great work together and work for its greater dissemination and preservation.
Long may Flash Gordon music sound through the universe of our imagination.
Thank you, Rick!!

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[> Re: Flash Gordon in a New Way ! -- Rick, 05:27:59 03/10/06 Fri [1]


Hi Barin,

Thank you. It was no easy task, but a fascinating one for me. My mentors, Richard Bush and Tom Aldridge deserve the credit of researching the music over the years and helping me. Tracking the music over 8 months was a great deal of work, but so rewarding in its completion.

I am sure many will come here once the site is published, and they'll have a new music narrative to read that is a totally unique creation I am in the process of writing.

Yes, it does seem the music was "made for Flash and Buck", and the film editors deserve all the credit for their hard work in tracking it all over, for a custom-made film score from Universal's films, both silent and talkies in that era.

I remember one time I went to see Star Wars in 1978 and snuck in a portable audio cassette recorder so I could bring the film's soundtrack home.



Rick


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[> [> Re: Flash Gordon in a New Way ! -- Rick, 07:06:14 03/10/06 Fri [1]



Hi Barin,

In tracking the music in the feature films and space serials, you must know the cue titles and how to match them to every scene they are in. This is something that you must learn for yourself, as I did. It really isn't hard. In fact it's all based on common sense and logic. You must also know how to study the music compositions and how they were written for the films.

Example; the cue from Werewolf of London ( First Murder ) was originally composed by Hajos, to underscore the werewolf as he murders his first victim. In Flash, it's used to underscore scenes in Ming's palace and also is the first cue that establishes King Kala in chapter 3 of the 1936 film.

Cues are written for mood and action; chase, happy, sad, tension, fights, storms, march, etc. In some cases, the cue titles from the feature films do not match the scenes in FG, so it's all done by logic and knowing how they suit a scene.


Rick


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