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Willravel · 11-04-2005, 02:53 PM

As far as I'm concerned music is a huge contributing factor in an epic that is usually overlooked. While Gladiator wasn't the epics of yore, the soundtrack (Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard) was truely amazing, bringing me back to Lawrence of Arabia and such great epics. BTW, the music in Alexander, Troy, and Kingdom were terrible.

Look at 2001: A space Odyssey for example (I consider it a good example of an epic). That movie would have been a lot less impressive had it not been for Kubrick choosing such a beautiful soundtrack. Shindlers List also couldn't have possibly been as powerful without the brilliant John Williams as the composer.

I have to disagree that Epics are gone, though. Dune (2001) was one of the best miniseries I've ever seen. And what about The Lord of the Rings? Those movies were spectacular. Did you see Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith? That was classic Star Wars through and through. I loved Jet Li in "Hero" (who knew he could act?).

11-04-2005, 02:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	As far as I'm concerned music is a huge contributing factor in an epic that is usually overlooked. While Gladiator wasn't the epics of yore, the soundtrack (Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard) was truely amazing, bringing me back to Lawrence of Arabia and such great epics. BTW, the music in Alexander, Troy, and Kingdom were terrible. Look at 2001: A space Odyssey for example (I consider it a good example of an epic). That movie would have been a lot less impressive had it not been for Kubrick choosing such a beautiful soundtrack. Shindlers List also couldn't have possibly been as powerful without the brilliant John Williams as the composer. I have to disagree that Epics are gone, though. Dune (2001) was one of the best miniseries I've ever seen. And what about The Lord of the Rings? Those movies were spectacular. Did you see Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith? That was classic Star Wars through and through. I loved Jet Li in "Hero" (who knew he could act?).