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Scaramouche 05:04 pm UTC 02/08/07 |
| In reply to: | Vespers/Angels/Graveyards, what I think - Rakae 04:19 pm UTC 02/08/07 |
| I think Jim is only considering it for Bat at the moment, as he says in his blog it may not make the final cut. The Graveyard Shift (title, music & lyrics) is obviously perfect for Batman, as that is what it was written for and would certainly need a lyrical re-write for Bat. I also agree that 'Graveyard Shift' may be misleading to the Bat audience; why would Captain Hook be singing specifically about working at night? However, the song is too good to waste, and should appear somewhere; I would suggest the Dream Engine album is a more appropriate place than the Bat musical. > Okay. I’ve got my own visions of Neverland which I’ve > never been able to totally separate from your music, or > your scripts, so pardon if I missed out something obvious. > It’s been a while since I’ve read over Neverland or Dream > Engine. > > This is what immediately comes to mind when cross > referencing Vespers/Angels Arise/Graveyard Shift with > Neverland. > > I can see the group of lost children ‘chanting’ the Latin > and English vespers, and the soprano singling herself out > for the solos, getting sucked back into the children, > sometimes reluctantly, sometimes willingly, depending on > if the context is going with or against the grain of what > the children chant. Obviously ‘as the dark entwines with > darkness’ is great contrast to the ‘radiance’ of the > context as well as the melody. The second soloed part I > can see her addressing it to the children. Totally sucked > in and not in sight after ‘save us’. > > When the piano starts getting rumbling and rough I can see > Hook stalk into view and start proclaiming himself as a > hero, under the impression he is only good and righteous, > as I suppose all villains think they are. Very self > martyring sounding… Music sounds heroic though, might > confuse audience a bit. A couple questions about context: > > Why would Hook be talking about symbolism of graveyard > shift? Does his facility only run nocturnally? > > Is ‘criminals’ an accusation at lost children? > > Hook saying to the memories of innocent destroyed by > crime? Might be believable to some audience members not > totally with it, either that or a REAL laugh. > > Would reference to burying parents be relevant, perhaps > could be rewritten? > > I might’ve overly taken the song out of context, but I’d > be interested to see what you’ve got to say. One last > question: > > This isn’t the first song you’ve encorporated Latin into > as a sort of ‘chant’ (take that word lightly, you make it > sound a lot more melodious then real chanting), and > Wikipedia says your mother was a Latin teacher. Do you > –actually- know Latin? My father’s quite adept and at > least in Carpe Noctern he said it was random words taken > from the Psalms. Come to think of it, what languages do > you know besides English? > > ~Rakae > > | |
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