Subject: Re: Choral Chanting in American Chronicles
From: bjl@ESD.3Com.COM (Bobbie J. Lawson)
Date: 1990-09-11, 08:51
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <724@sunkist.megatek.uucp> dubb@megatek.UUCP (Howard Airhart) writes:
> >Hello -
> >Does anybody know what the name and composer is for the choral chanting
> >with orchestra which was used during the of the premier of American 
> >Chronicles?  Several minutes was played 15-20 minutes into the show.  
> >Sounded rather gothic. 
> >- ha
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The piece that struck me during American Chronicles was Orlff "Carmina
Buranga " (spelling on the last word is incorrect).  It was also used
in the movie "Excaliber".  I went out an bought the piece after seeing
the movie.  I don't know much about classical music/contemporary.
However, this piece is extremely dramatic.

On Sunday night I found myself in somewhat of a dilemna solved by
taping TP and then watching American Chronicles.  I thought it was
dark, but excellent.  I got the "feel" of New Orleans, not the pretty
pictures.  I liked the collage effect and the way it was written, and
Dreyfuss as narrator worked quite well.  IMHO, the approach was to New
Orleans "mystery" and the reality of the carnival, not to a glossed
advertising, ie:  "come to New Orlean's at Mardi Gras".  The other
part of my dilmena:  I wish I had a tape of "Farewell to Flesh".
Also, IMHO, Frost is just as weird as Lynch, and FYI, I think being
weird is a compliment, not an insult.  

shanti,
bobbie
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