Showing posts with label Star Wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Wars. Show all posts

Friday, January 25, 2008

Star Wars Fantasy w/Anderson and Roe Part II

A few weeks ago, I posted about the first part of duo pianists Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Roe's Star Wars Fantasy. The eloquently arranged and played second part is based on the Force theme. A wikipedia commentator also notes that:

...the Force theme is most consistently developed and, consequently, most difficult to attach a specific meaning. This theme variously represents Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Jedi and the Force from which they draw their power, as well as more abstract ideas such as fate or destiny. In general, its appearances mark moments of significance in the films -- due in part to its portentous minor mode and upward-striving melody.





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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Star Wars Fantasy w/Anderson and Roe Part I

Duo pianists Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Roe have previously developed a wide audience for their YouTube performances Piazzolla's Libertango, Barber's Pas de deux, and the Blue Danube. Their latest foray into the world of duo pianism: a Star Wars Fantasy. Here's the first part, with a mashup of the Cantina Band from the Mos Eisley spaceport ("that wretched hive of scum and villainy" in Episode IV) with other well-known themes from the Star Wars series.



"Do or do not. There is no try."

--Yoda