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Episode 34 - The Paper Chase
Episode 34 - The Paper Chase
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jul 31, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Though "The Paper Chase" was famous mostly for the Academy Award-winning performance of John Houseman, the score by John Williams deserved some recognition at the time. Though not his best effort of 1973, Williams wrote a score that host Jeff Commings is surprised was not nominated for an Original Score Oscar. Williams composed a couple of baroque pieces to serve the "action" scenes in the film, and wrote a tender love theme to underscore the shaky on-again, off-again relationship at the heart of the story. Most John Williams fans regard this as just an average effort by Williams, but will you have the same opinion after listening to some of the musical cues from the film?
Released:
Jul 31, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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