From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V9 #35 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Tuesday, May 18 2010 Volume 09 : Number 035 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [chakram-refugees] The Norse Trilogy ["ribaud" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 11:09:07 -0500 From: "ribaud" Subject: RE: [chakram-refugees] The Norse Trilogy I've wanted to add a note to cr's comment about the music in the X:WP Ring trilogy but in my usual way it has taken me a while to do the research I needed... > The music was excellent - contributed nearly as much to the > atmosphere as in > Sin Trades. It was, I think, probably Wagnerian (though my > ignorance of Wagner is fairly complete). The music does indeed sound Wagnerian. I am particularly struck by the theme played as Xena makes the ring. However, it isn't actual Wagner. That theme is in fact one LoDuca used previously (the dam building scene from The Abyss and the catapult making scene from Dangerous Prey, as two examples) albeit with differing tempi and keys. I point out this bit of trivia only because TPTB did indeed quote Wagner on at least one occasion -- but it was in Herc, not Xena. They very last seconds of Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge close with a full orchestral (but no vocals) quote. It is so quick I can't identify which opera it comes from for sure, but it is one in his Ring Cycle -- probably Gotterdammerung, though as I say, don't hold me to that. Lynn Ribaud ribaud@anl.gov ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V9 #35 *************************************