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The score

posted 11 years ago by plkldf
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Saw it a second time today, and got to enjoy the audience a bit, and also got to pay some attention to the score, which is credited to Joss Whedon. Really, is there anything this guy CAN'T do once he sets his mind to it? I think the score is almost inaudible, as well as gorgeous. It does what it's supposed to do, pretty nearly perfectly. The Don John theme, if that's what it is, is particularly good.

The score fits in beautifully with the spirit of the Beatrice/Benedick farce: They know she knows, but she doesn't know they know. The score does not tread on this delicate construction.

I think this is a masterpiece, and I think the music is exceptional.

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GEORGE
And all's fair in love and war?
MRS. BAILEY
[primly] I don't know about war.

[–] rjbmuse 11 years ago

I thought the music was extraordinary. I have to see it again. Did Jed write some of the songs, or did he (and Maurissa) just perform Joss's work?

[–] sco7t 11 years ago

Agreed. The score is very nice, including I think a few notes from Fumio Hayasaka and from Leonard Bernstein.

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